FRHD 3090 Study Guide - Final Guide: Human Resources Development Canada, Median Income, Poverty In Canada

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Week 1: defining and measuring poverty ch. 1, poverty in canada today, sixteen impacts of population growth. Before 1930s: poverty was viewed as a flaw in the individual. 1930s depression lent support to the view of restricted opportunity. 1960s a modified flawed character notion was common and persists for some even today no one single origin. Poverty: experience of material and social deprivation that prevents individuals, communities and entire societies from reaching their full human and societal potential townsend 1993. An indivual or community lack of the basic necessities of life (un) Conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age including health system. Are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels, which re themselves influenced by policy choices. Mainly responsible for health inequities- the unfair and avoidable differences in health status. Influence on behaviours known to be associated with disease (i. e. affordability) Psychosocial conditions (i. e. subjective experience and perception)