HLTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Positive Liberty, Circular Reasoning, Public Health
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Refers to a lack of the essentials to life: i. e shelter, food, clothing. Relative poverty being worse of than most people around you leaving a sense of deprivation i. e essentials to a student are like: not having the latest phone, computer, internet connection. If you do not have these, you may feel like an outsider and do not fit in: feelings of lonliness, alienation and stress which all have health impacts. Low income cut off (lico: assessed from income pre tax, or assessed from after tax. Market basket measure (mbm: cost of a basket of good and services that are essential. Low-income measure (lim: used to make inter"l comparison of poverty. Pros and cons in using each measure of poverty. The choice to use which ever one is a political decision. Social justice is about the fairness of society and the structures of society that ensures everyone is treated fairly: w/ respect to gender, abilities, sexual orientation, race etc.
