Health Concerns:
Health Concerns:
Families who live in poor conditions are the ones in high risk in getting diseases and the #1 problem is not getting the proper care. People in the third world countries suffer in getting proper care, people in America who live in poor communities are also the ones at risk.
“Due to differences in health status or distribution of health resources between different population groups, health inequities are unfair and could be reduced by the right mix of government policies.” (World Health Organization) If a family is in the lower end of socio-economic positions, there is a such a higher risk for developing poor health. It’s a fact that lower-income families suffer more in health than those with health care.
“In low-income countries, the average life expectancy is 62, while in high-income countries it is 81”( World Health Organization) This life expectancy are due to some countries not having proper health resources or they don’t have access to healthy food.
image by: Jane Goodman & Claire Conway
The image below shows how U.S is among the 2 in child poverty. The countries that have all the possible resources available to help people and its ranked the 2nd highest. “Take, for instance, a family with a child just diagnosed with severe asthma – a chronic condition commonly found in children living in areas exposed to high levels of automobile exhaust. “The mom may not have a job that lets her leave to take care of her child. She has to deal with health insurance, accessing specialists, and getting and affording medications” (Anda Kuo) This is just a real-life example of what is happening. This is a problem that many lower-income families are going through. Living in a country where you have access to the right medications, but not having access to health insurance has an affect on families and even kids.
“convincing link between low socioeconomic status and poor health.”(When Poverty Becomes Disease) it’s not just about not having health insurance, diet and exercise play a role in your health. Many factors can contribute to having poor diet because if you don’t have access to healthy food or live in an unsafe neighborhood then the risks are higher for these families. “Poverty gets under our skin and leads to biological changes that can last into adulthood, even when circumstances change, and, in some cases, affect the next generation through maternal health.” (When Poverty Becomes Disease). It’s a non-stop chain for the families who suffer from this not being able to provide such necessary needs. If they are not giving the proper care than there’s a biological change and the next new generation of these families continue to suffer and don’t get any better.
“Poverty and its effects on mental and physical health are the subtext of many of the year’s headlines”( When Poverty Becomes Disease) This is not just another headline in one of many articles. This is a problem that many need to be aware of and needs a solution to help those who are being affected
Citations:
“10 Facts on Health Inequities and Their Causes.” World Health Organization, World Health Organization, 21 Apr. 2017
Goodman, Jane, and Claire Conway. “Poor Health: When Poverty Becomes Disease.” Poor Health: When Poverty Becomes Disease | UC San Francisco, 21 Nov. 2019, https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2016/01/401251/poor-health-when-poverty-becomes-disease.
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