HSCI 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sub-Saharan Africa, Health Equity, Malnutrition
16 Oct 2016
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Hsci 160 lecture 3: health, education, poverty and economy. Intergenerational links: parents" health and education affects their children. Malnutrition and disease affect children"s cognitive development and school performance. Education contributes to disease prevention and management. Vicious cycle: intervention --> diseases --> poverty --> malnutrition --> burden on system. Virtuous cycle: healthy kids --> better healthcare --> better economy. Good health increases longevity and lifetime earnings. Healthy workers are more productive than unhealthy workers. People cannot work while sick and as a result cannot make any money. Costs of illness can cause individuals and families to dispose of assets and fall into poverty. Lots of resources must be spent on health services to take care of people with long- lasting disabilities. Health disparities refers to big differences in health amongst people or groups of people that is closely linked with social or economic disadvantage. Disparities can be between groups with different socioeconomic levels.
