HLTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Working Poor

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH 101
• Professor: Elaine Power

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**important to improve your grade read and re-read directions & rubrics. **thesis assignment was worth only 10% assignment average approximately c+/b- Focus on : questions to guide your reading , lecture materials, weekly quizzes** **in the news sections will not be included in the exam. Value at which housing is considered unaffordable: >30% of total income. Aric mcbay"s 4 principles for how social movements win: effective movements win on their own terms, not on the terms of authority, political force makes change; persuading authorities doesn"t, disruption is necessary, strong movements are required. Income inequality: extent of income differences between the richest and the poorest citizens in a designated area (e. g. city, province, region, nation, globally) Professor richard wilkinson (cid:13) professor of epidemiology, nottingham, england (cid:13) lead researcher in the field of income inequality and health inequities. The rich developed societies have reached turning point in human history .