Does poverty cause bad health or does bad health causes poverty?
Poverty and poor health go hand in hand; however, which one causes the other? Harvey discussed in the article how poverty is affecting the health of citizens and how it is linked to diseases:
The poverty rate in the US in 2013 was 14.5%, and 45.3 million Americans lived at or below the poverty line. Almost 25% of children and 20% of the elderly live in poverty. Poverty status is directly associated with cardiovascular disease, asthma, arthritis, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and poor dental health. Poverty is a social risk factor for cancer mortality. In addition to chronic diseases, infections of poverty are caused by parasitic, bacterial, and congenital …show more content…
According to research done in 2011 by the foundation for AIDS research, more than two-thirds of all people living with AIDS lived in poverty (Whinery). It is also estimated that 1.2 million people died from AIDS, this accounts to 71 per cent of all AIDS related deaths in the world. However, this only applies to individuals and families in developing countries, in which diseases are already prevalent. In developed countries, diseases are caused by inadequate socioeconomic factors instead. Health care in the US costs a large amount of money, a sum that lower income families are unable to afford. Because of administrative costs, high prices for branded drugs, and that, “Americans receive more medical care than people do in other countries” (Cutler), people have trouble affording the health care in America. As a result, people who cannot afford health care are unable to maintain their health. This causes the individuals’ health to deteriorate and facilitate conditions for harmful diseases to thrive in, such as asthma, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and infections. This explains how the only people that live in developed countries and have prevalent diseases could worsen their socioeconomic
Poverty and poor health go hand in hand; however, which one causes the other? Harvey discussed in the article how poverty is affecting the health of citizens and how it is linked to diseases:
The poverty rate in the US in 2013 was 14.5%, and 45.3 million Americans lived at or below the poverty line. Almost 25% of children and 20% of the elderly live in poverty. Poverty status is directly associated with cardiovascular disease, asthma, arthritis, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and poor dental health. Poverty is a social risk factor for cancer mortality. In addition to chronic diseases, infections of poverty are caused by parasitic, bacterial, and congenital …show more content…
According to research done in 2011 by the foundation for AIDS research, more than two-thirds of all people living with AIDS lived in poverty (Whinery). It is also estimated that 1.2 million people died from AIDS, this accounts to 71 per cent of all AIDS related deaths in the world. However, this only applies to individuals and families in developing countries, in which diseases are already prevalent. In developed countries, diseases are caused by inadequate socioeconomic factors instead. Health care in the US costs a large amount of money, a sum that lower income families are unable to afford. Because of administrative costs, high prices for branded drugs, and that, “Americans receive more medical care than people do in other countries” (Cutler), people have trouble affording the health care in America. As a result, people who cannot afford health care are unable to maintain their health. This causes the individuals’ health to deteriorate and facilitate conditions for harmful diseases to thrive in, such as asthma, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and infections. This explains how the only people that live in developed countries and have prevalent diseases could worsen their socioeconomic