Income inequality
Define income inequality.
Income inequality is how unevenly income is distributed throughout a population.
In terms of health, what does income influence?
Income can influence both general health and life expectancy.
What is mental health?
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Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act.
Name an infrastructural factor that makes healthcare difficult to access in developing countries
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Example: Poorly built and sanitized communities
Name three possible solutions to make healthcare more accessible (think on a larger, societal scale)
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Example: Educating the public about where and how they can seek help for medical issues, investing in mobile clinics, and removing biases from medical environments.
What is wealth concentration?
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Wealth concentration is a process by which wealth becomes concentrated by individuals or entities. Individuals who already hold wealth have the ability to invest in newly created sources and structures of wealth and are thus the beneficiaries of even greater wealth, whereas individuals who don't hold much wealth are unable to do this and thus continue to hold much less wealth.
The factors that divide how income influences health include:
Clinical, environmental, and behavioral factors.
Fill in the blanks:
________ is the driving factor of depression and ________.
Inequality is the driving factor of depression and anxiety.
Name a political factor that makes healthcare difficult to access in developing countries.
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Example: Conflict and war
Name three things you can do, personally, to make healthcare more accessible.
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Example: Raise funds for charity, educate others, and donate to charities such as Canadian Food for Children
What is the main reason for income inequality?
The main reason for income inequality is unequal wealth distribution or wealth concentration.
Give an example of an environmental factor that influences health.
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Finish the sentence:
Low household income is associated with -
- several lifetime mental disorders and suicide attempts.
What % of all deaths are caused by preventable infrastructural and environmental health problems?
23%
What is Telehealth?
Telehealth is a network of services that can distribute health related services to rural, low-income communities without the need for building and staffing new hospitals.
Fill in the blanks:
The less equal the _______ of income, the higher ________ ________ is.
The less equal the distribution of income, the higher income inequality is.
What does the health-poverty trap state?
The health-poverty trap theory states that reduced income leads to poor health while poor health contributes to reduced income, creating a negative feedback loop.
In the video, what is depression said to be?
in part, depression is said to be a submission gesture.
Name an environmental factor that makes healthcare difficult to access in developing countries.
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Example: Air and water pollution
Name one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Example: Goal #1 - Eliminating poverty in all of it's forms
What common quote is used to illustrate the process of wealth concentration? (2 possible answers)
"The rich get richer and the poor get poorer"
"To him that hath, more shall be given; and from him that hath not, the little that he hath shall be taken away."
Describe or explain the relationship between environmental and behavioral factors.
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Low income individuals are more likely to experience behavioral factors (such as obesity or substance use) because of certain environmental factors (like the challenging living conditions they must face)
What is the group with the lowest levels of depression in the United States?
the Amish.
What river shows an example of air and water pollution impacting health in a developing country? Think of our previous work and class assignments.
Citarum river in Indonesia
What does CFFC stand for and what do they do?
CFFC stands for Canadian Food For Children. They are an officially registered organization dedicated to providing those in low income and developing countries with food, clothing, and proper hygiene products.