Effects
Risk Factors
Poverty
The Church
100

Name 3 Effects of Poverty

  • Malnutrition

  • Poor sanitation

  • Access to clean water

  • Access to affordable housing

  • Access to health care

  • Education

  • Food insecurity

100

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.

100

What is poverty

Poverty is the state of which one lacks the financial resources and essentials to uphold a certain standard of living.

100

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.

200

Name some effects of substance abuse


    • Paranoia 
    • Dangerously high body temperatures 
    • Irregular heartbeat/heart palpitations 
    • Heart attack or failure 
    • Stroke  
    • Seizures 
    • Sleep disorders 
  • Physical Effects of Opioids: 
    • Drowsiness 
    • Nausea 
    • Slowed breathing 
    • Respiratory depression 
    • Hypoxia 
  • Physical Effects of Depressants: 
    • Slurred speech 
    • Shallow breathing 
    • Fatigue 
    • Disorientation 
    • Lack of coordination 
    • Seizures upon withdrawal 
200

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.

200

about how many people in the U live in poverty

37.9 million people

200

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

300

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.

300

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.

300

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

300

What is Temperance

“Emotional restraint or self-control

400

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

400

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.

400

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

400

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.”

500

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

500

Name and explain another risk factor not mentioned

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500

What Beatitude corresponds to the issue of poverty

Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God"

500

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