Issues in Society Today: Poverty and Poor Health Outcomes (Essay Sample)

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Issues in Society Today
Despite significant improvements in the lives and economic situations of hundreds of millions of people, ten percent of the world's population continues to live on less than $2 per day, despite significant improvements in their lives and economic conditions. Rapid population growth causes individuals, communities, and even whole countries to become destitute as a consequence of economic hardship. Individuals may achieve the dignity and quality of life that we all deserve when sustainable population levels are achieved both locally and globally. 
Individuals become homeless when they do not have access to safe, stable, and adequate housing. Homeless people are divided into two categories: those who are housed and those who are not. These individuals include people who are forced to live in cramped, overcrowded living situations or motels owing to a lack of financial resources, as well as those who are forced to live in tents or other temporary enclosures. While the link between housing and homelessness is unmistakable, the significant link between health and homelessness is often overlooked or misunderstood. Among the topics covered in this information sheet are the link between health and homelessness, as well as why housing is considered health care.
The Nexus Between Poverty and Poor Health Outcomes
Poverty is a damaging and complicated health factor that results from systemic reasons and may have ramifications for whole families. Poverty has a significant impact on an individual's health and health outcomes from the time of birth and throughout their lives (Umeh et al.,). While Medicaid expansion has provided access to health care for many people, a lack of affordable housing and livable wages continues to have a negative impact on the health of our communities' most vulnerable members, particularly in rural areas. The well-documented relationship between poverty and bad health has fostered the development of innovative and imaginative therapeutic options that address socioeconomic characteristics that are associated with poor health. Among the topics covered on this page are the consequences of poverty on health, features to consider while caring for this population, and administrative resources that are pertinent to this subject.
However, although poverty has long been recognized as a contributing factor to death and sickness, a number of recent advances have redirected the focus away from poverty and onto the link between money and health. The first point to make is that wealth inequality in the United States has increased