POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE 1. A person is considered poor if his or her income or consumption level falls below a given minimum level necessary to fulfil basic needs. Each country uses an imaginary line that is considered appropriate for its existing level of development and its accepted minimum social norms. This is called the poverty line. While determining the poverty line in India‚ a minimum level of food requirement‚ clothing‚ footwear‚ fuel and light‚ educational and medical requirements‚ etc
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The nature of poverty can be described in many ways. The obvious way to explain poverty is the lack of income. However‚ in the deeper meaning‚ poverty also includes those who lack of security‚ healthcare‚ power‚ and other basic necessities. Poverty can be categorised in terms of absolute poverty and relative poverty. Absolute poverty is household based measure by income per year under a statistic developed by government which will aid those who are poor by giving them money depending on the number
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One common definition of health used by many health care providers would include the idea that health is being free from disease or being in a state of wholeness: mentally‚ physically and spiritually (Stamler‚ Yiu‚ & Dosani‚ 2015‚ p.135). As a community health nurse‚ it is crucially important to take note of the community strengths and weaknesses to have a full understanding of the needs within the community. Completing an assessment of health determinants gives the health care practitioner an overview
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Poverty is one of the main issues‚ attracting the attention of the economists. It indicates a condition in which a person fails to maintain a living standard adequate for a comfortable lifestyle. India has the world’s largest number of poor people living in a single country. Out of its total population of more than 1 billion‚ 350 to 400 million people are living below the poverty line. Nearly 75% of the poor people are in rural areas‚ most of them are daily wagers‚ landless laborers and self employed
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Poverty in Africa More than 800 million people fall asleep starving every day‚ and 300 million of those 800 are only children. Poverty is a global crisis‚ something that affects many in a horrible way. “Poverty is going empty‚ with no hope for the future. Poverty is like watching your mother father‚ brothers and sisters die in pain and in sorrow just because they couldn’t get something to eat.” Poverty has been around for ages‚ and will always be around. It is always there and will always be
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1. From the book of Amos‚ state how the poor and needy were afflicted. (4) In the book of Amos‚ the poor were treated as outcast and were discriminated against. The government collected taxes from the poor such as rent thus fine buildings were built and pleasant vine yards were established. Selling the righteous for money and the needy for a pair of sandals tells us a lot about the social conditions of that time when the poor had to fight for their just rights‚ which were all too frequently ignored
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public and community health. “Public health nursing focuses on populations. It is not about the setting where care is delivered. It is first and foremost a philosophy applied in any setting where populations exist” (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2008‚ p.191). Public health is designed to help improve the health‚ safety and welfare of the general public looking at the long term‚ prospective health of the entire public. Public health involves the health of the county‚ state and nation. Public health protects
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Community Health Strategies Paper Access to Quality Health Care Access to quality health care is so vitally important in not only eliminating‚ but decreasing the prevalence of health problems and fatalities. By providing health care for all types of people‚ there will in turn be an increase in the years of life and quality for individuals involved. Healthy people 2010 strives to make health care accessible to all Americans no matter what their insurance‚ background or situation. The public
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Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR) - is a continuous and a sustained process of: 1. Educating the people - to understand and develop their critical consiousness 2. Working with people - to work collectively and effectively on their immediate and long term problems 3. Mobilizing with people - develop their capability and readiness to respond‚ take action on their immediate needs towards solving the long term problems The process and structure through which members of a
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extremely poor is growing‚ with those in the middle being pushed to one extreme or the other. Economic superpowers‚ whether they are nations or corporations‚ have established themselves and dominate their respective industries. These economic superpowers have controlled the world because without them production‚ distribution‚ and the worlds globalized economy would grind to a stop. While these wealthy nations and wealthy individuals flourish‚ the poor nations and individuals suffer. Poor nations and
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