FRHD 3090 Chapter Notes - Chapter rserve: Child Poverty, Conduct Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
19 Apr 2016
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By age 6 significant preventable inequalities have occurred: family income is a key determinant. Children in families with more material reosurces enjoy more secure living conditions and attachment and greater access to a range of opportunities. Poverty is higher in families with young children. Also higher for families headed by a lone female, immigrants and visible minority families, famileis wuth disabled children or aboriginal families. Income inequality is an important driver of health status. Higher proportion of children in canada live in poverty. Poverty us an economic, political, ethical and a metter of social justice issue. Poverty in children affects their health for the rest of their life. Conseuqnecs on poverty on childhood health: children in low income neighbourhoods in canada have worse health outcomes on average than other children, birth outcomes, injuries. Infan mortality sis the biggest indicator of societal health and well being. Infant mortality in low income canada homes is 66% higher than in higher urban families.
