By Gerri Blasidell POVERTY AND POOR HEALTH

 Poor don’t have the money or access to services that detect disease early  Have to make choices on where to spend money. If their kids need something they will give up their own needs.  The cost of healthcare and doctor visits  Usually the job of taking care of someone that is sick falls on the woman in the house and they have to give up jobs or education  Overcrowded and poor living conditions. This leads to spread of sickness and disease  Lack of good food and water  LINKS BETWEEN POVERTY AND HEALTH

 More likely to smoke: smokers tend to be lower-income Americans  Poor live in areas with worse air quality: industrial plants near low income living link to air pollution. This causes low birth rates, kidney problems and high infant mortality  Economic Insecurity: This causes mental health issues and high blood pressure, cholesterol, and obesity/diabetes. Thingprogress.ort MORE LINKS

 HIV  Diarrhea  Tuberculosis  Malaria  Pneumonia  Respiratory diseases  MAIN KILLERS

 Many organizations are starting at the source and making sure people have clean water and healthy food.  Communities having food banks WHAT CAN BE DONE

 Poverty directly leads to poor health  Bad living situations including overcrowding and dirty conditions  Part time work = no company health care provided  No money to get health care on your own  Impoverished areas not close to hospitals or doctors OVERVIEW

 Four Ways That Poverty Hurts Americans’ Long-Term Health. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2014, from ways-poverty-impacts-americans-health/  Key Facts: Poverty and Poor Health - Health Poverty Action. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2014, from cycle-of-poverty-and-poor-health/the-cycle-of-poverty-and- poor-health1/ RESOURCES