PHIL 2015 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.0: Health Literacy, Food Security, Basic Income
23 May 2020
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Poverty can cause multiple morbidities and even influence early childhood neurologic development. Mental health illness underlies many of the social determinants of health. Social inequities are a major cause of stress and insecurity. Focused on external factors referred to as the social determinants of health. Many studies show that people low on the socio-economic scale are likely to carry a higher burden of just about any disease. Poverty underpins most other social determinants of health such as adequate housing, nutritious food, and proper early childhood development. The societal viewpoint that if you"re not making money, then you"re not really worth anything can also have a huge impact on people"s health. Guaranteed income program in dauphin, manitoba in the 1970s. After adequate income, the need for proper housing was mentioned most frequently as being a fundamental necessity for ensuring health. Premature death is 8-10 times higher among the homeless.
