NSG 4405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Poverty Threshold, Migrant Worker, Food Security
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Discrimination = differential and negative treatment of an individual based on his or her race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, or other group membership. Food security = when all people at all times have access to suf ciency, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. Health disparity = difference or inequality in some aspect of health. Immigrant = person who have legally emigrated from one country to another to become permanent residents of the new country. Legal permanent resident = those with legal status. Marginalization = social process through which a person or group is on the periphery of society based on identity, associations, experiences, or environment. Migrant agricultural worker = person employed in agricultural work of a seasonal or other temporary nature who is required to be absent overnight from permanent place of residence. Migrant worker = those who move from place to place to get work.
