Influences of Poverty on Health

1. Definition of poverty
i. Based on income defined by the US Cegnsus B.
1. Changes each yearso hard to define actual level
ii. History
1. Where does it come from?
2. Who is in poverty exactly?
3. What are some of the effects that people have while they are facing
poverty?
2. Residual effects of Poverty
i. High levels of stress
ii. Effects on child development (cognitive, social)
iii. Increased levels of mental illness/toxic stress
3. Poor Health
i. Provide the definition of what it is
1. (Source)
ii. Effects of poor health on individuals:
1. High rates of stress and trauma
2. Malnutrition
3. Environmental factors
4. Social exclusion
5. Unsafe living conditions
6. Poor healthcare Mental Health
7. Mood disorders
8. Anxiety
iii. The solutions that have been proposed for dealing with the poor health
issue
1. (Briefly discuss)
a. The World Health Organization would like to provide more
social protection that will help promote, protect, and
improve the health of the poor.
4. Toxic Stress
i. Brief definition
ii. Provide some examples, and testimonials
5. Mental Health
i. Brief definition
ii. Provide some examples, and testimonials
6. Two-Generation Health (parents):
i. Shape childrens behavior
ii. Must gather support from community, government programs in order to
help their children receive the care they need.
iii. Discuss the correlation between parents and children alike
7. Current Programs
i. Discuss some programs:
1. Health Leads

2. Early Head Start

3. MIECHV program
ii. Discuss what these programs do
iii. Discuss how these programs provide help/hinder the overall purpose of
improving health
iv. Are they successful? Are they not, if not why?
8. Possible Solutions
i. Provide personal solutions:
1. Increase awareness
2. Get more help (volunteers)
3. Implement healthcare policy
4. Training
ii. Discuss how each will be implemented
iii. How will each help?
iv. Do you think that it will be successful or not? Why?
9. Conclusion
i. Start implementing a plan by 2020
1. Provide the significance of the year and what it means to me
a. Discuss an outline of how you plan to start to implement
your plan within the Fall of 2015

Thesis:
Poor health is a growing problem internationally because it affects the well-being of an
individual. Impoverished neighborhoods are more prone to suffer from limited access to medical
treatments, poor environmental factors, food insecurity, and low income. This intermingling of
social setbacks can cause future generations to be affected the most. However, if medical
faculties and professionals can teach at-risk populations about maintaining better care for
themselves, being educated about diseases in their area, and understanding how children are the
most vulnerable groups affectedmore people can strive for a healthier life and have longer life
expectancy.