Effects
Name 3 Effects of Poverty
Malnutrition
Poor sanitation
Access to clean water
Access to affordable housing
Access to health care
Education
Food insecurity
Explain how Family history is a risk factor
Drug addiction is more common in some families and likely involves an increased risk based on genes. If you have a blood relative, such as a parent or sibling, with alcohol or drug addiction, you're at greater risk of developing a drug addiction.
What is poverty
Poverty is the state of which one lacks the financial resources and essentials to uphold a certain standard of living.
What is the difference between corporal and spiritual works of mercy
C- physical needs of food, clothing, and shelter
S- their spiritual needs for relationship with God.
Name some effects of substance abuse
Explain how Mental Helath disorder's are a risk factor
If you have a mental health disorder such as depression, ADHD)or post-traumatic stress disorder, you're more likely to become addicted to drugs. Using drugs can become a way of coping with painful feelings, such as anxiety, depression and loneliness, and can make these problems even worse.
about how many people in the U live in poverty
37.9 million people
Name 3 corporal works of mercy
The corporal works of mercy consist especially in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, and burying the dead
How has the drug epidemic affected Dayton, Ohio
This has actually lead to a surplus of foster children who are in the system because their parents are addicts. However there aren't enough families to take them in.
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Heroin related deaths in our area have skyrocketed affecting everyone but mainly people ages 18-30.
Explain how peer pressure leads to drug use
Peer pressure is a strong factor in starting to use and misuse drugs, particularly for young people.
What is the order of Maslow's hierarchy
Self Actualization reaching your full potential as a human person- self fulfillment.
Esteem Needs The feeling of confidence in yourself as a result of achievement
Belongingness Needs Having good relationship with friends and family. Not being isolated but included
Safety Needs Feeling secure and safe in your daily life
Physiological needs Basic Needs such as food, water, and shelter everyone needs in order to survive
What is Temperance
“Emotional restraint or self-control
Explain how substance abuse is an effect of homelessness.
The homeless begin to use drugs and alcohol after they become homeless (self-medication for stress). They use substances at a higher rate to cope with the homelessness
Explain how Lack of Family involvment is a risk factor.
Difficult family situations or lack of a bond with your parents or siblings may increase the risk of addiction, as can a lack of parental supervision.
Explain each step of Maslows Hierarchy
Self Actualization reaching your full potential as a human person- self fulfillment.
Esteem Needs The feeling of confidence in yourself as a result of achievement
Belongingness Needs Having good relationship with friends and family. Not being isolated but included
Safety Needs Feeling secure and safe in your daily life
Physiological needs Basic Needs such as food, water, and shelter everyone needs in order to survive
Why are we called to love the poor.
The Church's love for the poor ... is a part of her constant tradition." This love is inspired by the Gospel of the Beatitudes, of the poverty of Jesus, and of his concern for the poor. Love for the poor is even one of the motives for the duty of working so as to "be able to give to those in need." It extends not only to material poverty but also to the many forms of cultural and religious poverty.”
How did the wide-scale industrial pullout in dayton Ohio lead to drug epidemic.
The death, so to speak, of industry in Dayton lead to large scale unemployment in the area. This created a breeding ground for substance abuse
Name and explain another risk factor not mentioned
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What Beatitude corresponds to the issue of poverty
Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God"
In what book of the Bible does Jesus say “Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?”
James