Question 1

what are long term effects of poverty on children?

Accepted Answer

Cheap diet: People do escape from poverty by their inner drive. The trouble is that short cuts in diet causes deterioration in health and the inner drive suffers.

Question 2

why is poverty considered to be a public health concern?

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Depends: The impoverished utilize health and other facilities and depend upon the public for support.  They can be the source of some types of communicable illness.  Dealing with poverty can cut down some of these risks although the diligence for this varies from state to state.

Question 3

what affect does malaria have on poverty in developing nations?

Accepted Answer

Healthy productive: What is the diffrece being healthy and productive and being sick and unable to be capable to be productive?  Your developing nations are some what handicaped to begin with and if their health is affected their capabilities to work as well are being diminished.  Sadly we in america are priviledged and take our health for granted and don't take advantage like we should.

Question 4

how does growing up in poverty affect someone's social development?

Accepted Answer

Resources: On a most basic level, the less resources are for people, the more competition there is, the more hostility and agression there is, and the less hope there often is as well. These phenomena can profoundly effect development, and quite negatively.

Question 5

how does poverty affect your health?

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Multiple Ways: Poverty can affect your physical as well as your mental health in a variety of ways. Malnutrition can lead to delayed development and healing. Poverty can be a primary factor in delayed access to medical and dental care leading to more advanced problems. Unsanitary living conditions due to poverty is a major factor as well

Question 6

what's the correlation between low-income/poverty and obesity?

Accepted Answer

Lower food quality: Obesity also clusters by zip codes, as does diabetes and hypertension.  Eating lower quality (higher fat and salt) diets results in more obesity. Lower quality food seems to be cheaper in the western world.  Also recreational habits and participation rates are worse in impoverished coommunities.

Question 7

how can poverty lead to ill health?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: due to malnutrition, lack of health education, inaccessibility of vaccines , medicines or health care, overcrowding, lack of sanitation (ie. for urine/feces), etc.

Question 8

i live with a poverty mentality yet don't mind gladly playing the slots, what's wrong with me?

Accepted Answer

Gambling addiction?: You might have a gambling addiction. It might be useful for you to find a gambler's anonymous or celebrate recovery group and explore this further.

Question 9

i'm wondering what effect does poverty have on mental health?

Accepted Answer

Effect of poverty: On mental health is too broad a question to answer here.  Are you asking about the effect on the person in poverty or the effect on obtaining or delivering mental health services or something else?  You'll have to be more specific.  Obviously poverty affects access to health resources, especially in a predominantly capitalist society.

Question 10

mental health advocates: is war on poverty of thought as important as war on poverty?

Accepted Answer

Really: I think your answer can ne found by examing how mich government funding os provided to each.

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