There is a startling 17.6% of youth under 18 in poverty (Baca Zinn, 2009, p. 195). The younger the child is the greater the probability of living in poverty is for them. Children in working poor households tend to have their parents more absent from their life. Working poor parents have to make ends meet, even if that means working day and night. This is an even more prominent problem for single parents because this means they need to find another source of childcare.
Friday, March 11th, 2016 Professor: Dennis Raphael HLST 3010 Reena Sandhu 213931472 Short Paper II The video, “Let’s Start a Conversation About Health . . . and Not Talk About Health Care at All” presents the importance of health and how it is more than just receiving health care. (“Health equity resources”, 2016) It focuses on how individuals are impacted by their economic and social conditions leading to dissimilar opportunities for health. This video presents a broad perspective of health and emphasizes everyone, which includes, students, nurses, parents, teachers, politicians and more to take action by focusing on health instead of health care.
Abuse victims are the receivers of unfair treatment and pain. The mentally ill often suffer in solitude without proper treatment. The children of America are the future of America. These groups may all seem to be unrelated; however, when we are speaking about poverty, they share an all too real and heartbreaking story. These are just some of the few people who are in the homeless communities of America.
According to Hodgkinson et al, there are “disparities in poverty rates depending on age, race or ethnicity, family structure, and geographic location. Although the largest number of poor and low income children are white, minority children are disproportionately affected, particularly African American, American Indian, and Hispanic children. In 2013, Hispanic and African American children were ~3 times more likely than white and Asian children to be poor. Children raised by single parents and children raised in the South or West are also more likely to be poor or low income than children residing in the Northeast” (Hodgkinson et al, 2016). Children and youth are a vulnerable population because they have no control over their situation or environment;
As our economy, family dynamics, poverty levels, and population changes, there is a need for social changes as well. Programs aimed at poverty should be evaluated on a constant basis to ensure they continuously meet the needs of the public. The poverty level must
They are often disadvantaged in the areas of education and employment, which means access to general services such as health professionals, hospitals, and dental facilities... Etc. is limited. During the ‘Minimising Health inequalities’ video, Robbi Chaplin, CEO of Inner South Community Health Service stated, “What determine people’s health. It’s people’s access to resources’.
Health care has witnessed a significant shift from a reactive practice (treatment) to that of proactive (prevention) in efforts to improve societal health. With this change, it has opened the door for communities to become active change agents by investigating disparities that impede the rights of the people to achieve and maintain their optimal level of health. To that end, community health cannot be improved unless civic leaders and public health professionals gain insight into the needs of the people. Important to note, not all needs are the same, they often differ by age, race, ethnicity, as well as socioeconomic position. For this reason, it’s important first to identify your target audience followed by the development of a survey.
The World Health Organization (WHO, 2017) estimates that 1.2 billion people in the world live in extreme poverty. This concept of poverty is used to describe those who lack the means or resources to meet basic needs. In effect, those living in poverty are deprived of ready access to sufficient food supply, clean water, basic toilet facilities, safe housing or any health care that is generally the norm of living enjoyed by the broader community (Torpy, Lunm & Glass, 2007, p.1837). In saying this, it is obvious that poverty is a social determinant of health that causes health inequality for those across Australia. In general terms, the lower an individual’s socio-economic status (SES), the poorer their health.
It is disheartening to know that so many children live in poverty and they cannot change it. Caring for the children of families living in poverty can potentially change their futures as adults. If they have more opportunities for success as a child then they will have a greater chance at success as an adult. Personal Response to “The Resurrection of America’s Slums”
I believe that the rates of poverty are alarming yet it is an eye-opening realization. Poverty among youth is much greater in underserved communities as opposed to areas that have a higher population of residents. Poverty negatively affects the physical and mental health of children in these communities as well as their overall well-being. Children and families in these communities are also more likely to face undesirable circumstances, such as inadequate housing, homelessness, food insecurity, inadequate child care, lack of access to health care, as well as hazardous neighborhoods. Poverty also affects a child’s educational attainment and puts them at-risk for performing poorly in school, dropping out of school, and/or having developmental delays that affect their school functioning.
By reducing health disparities, vulnerable populations are empowered, increasing the equality in access to health care services, quality of care and efficiency of services. The United States is currently integrating the population health framework into its health care system to be understand the different determinants of health. As described by Jonas & Kovner, population health involves primary prevention, as well as the ability to involve social, behavioral, and environmental determinants of health in a way that the patients will be able to carry out their medical providers’ recommendations about lifestyle behaviors to reduce potential complications as well as to prevent social crises such as homelessness and losing jobs (95).
Healthcare is not immune to these problems. Poverty is the indicator for social disadvantage. Finances often define what type of care you can afford, without
The most importance population I care about are children/adolescents that have experience some form of trauma. They are the most vulnerable because they are not in control of the lives they have been placed in. They suffer based off the consequences of their guardians or their environment. I believe that I am their voice of reasoning. Due to many children/adolescents that has experience trauma, their cognitive function has been disrupted.
Vulnerable populations are those with a greater risk of developing health conditions. These groups may have difficulty accessing healthcare because of sociocultural status, limited economic resources, geographic, or characteristics such as age, gender (****). This separation puts members of these groups at risk for not obtaining necessary medical care and thus creates a possible threat to their health. Vulnerable populations include some group like chronically ill, people with HIV/AIDS, mentally ill and disabilities, substance abusers and homeless groups population. For example, disadvantaged and poor working individuals who are unable to obtain health care due to their immigrant status also ethnic minority groups, typically discriminated against even though they have successful careers, higher education and
Who Is Poor, Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division, US Census Bureau, Volume 16, Number 3S46-3S51 Boivin, M., Booij, L, Cote, S., Lambert, J., Mazza, J., Pingault, J-B., Tremblay, R., & Zunzunegui, M. (2017). Poverty and behavior problems during early childhood: The mediating role of maternal depression symptoms and parenting, Vol 41 (6) pages 670-680 Kaplan, S., Madden, V., Mijanovich, T., & Purcaro, E. (2013). The Perception of Stress and its Impact on Health in Poor Communities 38: pages 142-149. DOI1 Burke, L. (2013). Head Start’s sad and costly secret---what Washington doesn’t want you to know, http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/01/14/head-start-sad-and-costlu-secret-what-washington-doesnt-want-to-know.print.html
