Socioeconomics

EFFECTS OF POVERTY ON COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Abstract This paper explores the effects that poverty has on cognitive and brain development in childhood. Living in poverty places children at very high risk for problems across a variety of domains, including schooling, behavioral regulations, and health. Hanson, J.L., Hair, N., Sheen, D.G., Shi, F., Gilmore, J.H., Wolfe, B.L., Pollak, S.D. (2013). Environmental stressor of poverty results in many adverse effects on children, none of which are good.…

12-step programs seem to be more common, with that in consideration there are downfalls to this way of treatment. Lack of funding, religion, socioeconomic status and more are a few factors contributing to treatment options. Given the current aspects of treatment offerings there are improvement options. Improvement so that people even in the lowest socioeconomic status can receive treatment. However, not all…

In Washington State, certain populations experience major disparity in regards to diabetes health outcomes. The populations most adversely affected by this disparity are those of older age, lower education, lower household income, and/or identify with Hispanic, Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander minority racial groups. Diabetes health disparity in the older population is illustrated by Washington State’s DOH who shows that among non-Medicare members,…

Smoking daily is a clear example of the social gradient of health often referred to as someone’s Health Literacy. The higher the socioeconomic status (SES) group the less likely a person is to smoke (as well as a good education which stems from a solid and stable income). In 2011-12, the daily smoking rate was 23% in the lowest SES group and 10% in the highest. People living in areas…

sta·tus: “is an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person 's work experience and of an individual 's or family 's economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation.” Socioeconomic status, or also known as socioeconomic class, is explored in Unit 3 of [Re]Writing Communities and Identities. It is explained that these categories of income and community reputation can have a variety of ranges. From upper class, commonly referred to…

answer the research question showed to the researcher regarding all three of the concepts; parental substance abuse, socioeconomics, and intervention were found. The answer to the research question will be answered because of the detailed and honest information given by the participants. It was clear to the researcher that the participants thought that parental substance abuse, socioeconomics, and intervention were all risk factors correlating to juvenile delinquency. SUBSTANCE ABUSE DOUBLE…

The game, “The Last Straw”, displayed the different experiences each individual went through based on their gender, socioeconomic status (SES), race, and ethnicity. Group 1 created a character named Zaid. He was male, had a socioeconomic status of 3 (middle class), he was a person of color and his ethnicity was Pakistani. As Zaid grew up, he lived in a stable environment during his childhood years. However, in his adolescence years, he recognized that he was gay, unlike the other characters…

Economic class, socioeconomic backgrounds, and inequitable opportunities immensely impact children’s quality of life and daily experiences. Throughout childhood children receive messages about their families’ economic class, material items, importance of work, and differences between themselves and their peers. Many children come from low income or poor families and regularly experience biases and prejudices based on their families’ socioeconomic status. Unfortunately, children have little to no…

glucose as energy. Diabetes develops when the body does not make enough insulin or does not use the insulin produced effectively (Shuldiner 2014). Recent studies have found that diabetes has been closely linked to an individual’s socioeconomic status. The socioeconomic status of an individual includes the level of education, occupation and income. There are three basic classes present in the United States today and they are upper, middle and lower classes. All of the classes are very different…

There were certain behaviors that Toren exhibited that I did not find to be very unusually in a campus culture. The main one being underage drinking, it is an unspoken rule that it is okay to drink before we are twenty-on. A lot of Toren’s drinking occurred in his dorm room, on the rule that what happens behind closed-door stays behind closed doors. “I drank throughout the next two days until I had return from Brazil back to my site and we parted ways (pg. 177).” He had frequently black outs,…