The Importance Of Access To Poverty

418) This question seems like it should have an obvious answer; quality healthcare should be considered a right for all mankind. Everyone should have access to the necessities of life needed to maintain their health and well-being. When it comes to poverty and healthcare, one issue that stands out in my mind is the lack of easily accessible clean drinking water available throughout the world, and the issues which arise from it. Unsafe water supplies not only cause illness and death, but also create more social issues for areas which lack this resource and the means to develop it. One of these issues includes the limiting of education and economic advancement for women, due to the burden of tasks such as walking long distances to collect clean drinking water daily. These countries also face diseases, such as malaria, which can be

“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, and housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control” (United Nations Declaration of Human Rights).The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights immediately brought about a change to the world as a whole. Not only did they decide it inhuman to keep health care from citizens, but they set out other standards of

Health has been influenced by many factors such as poor health status, disease risk factors, and limited access to healthcare. All these factors are due to social, economic and environmental disadvantages. According to the World Organization (WHO) (2015), “the social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities, which is the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries”

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, spiritual and social wellbeing, and not just the absence of disease” (WHO, 1974). Health inequalities are the differences in health or healthcare opportunities in different societies this may be due to income,

Health justice is a broad term. For me it means that everyone is able to receive health care despite where they are, what their background is, and how much money they have. Although this is the case, the current world health system isn’t like this. Health care is not as accessible as it should be. Many poorer, developing countries are still facing shortages of health care clinics in their area. The people in the world who do have health care, on the other hand, are the ones who are well off and have more money. Thankfully, due to the efforts of many different individuals and organizations, the healthcare system is slowly shifting over to where we want it to be. Not saying that it is perfect, we still have a long ways to go before we are able to create total health justice, but we are on our way for a world with health care that everyone is able to access and get the proper care they deserve.

In this paper the authors are attempting to define the concepts of poverty, equity, and human rights in relation to health (Braverman 2003). This paper also proposes five general areas of focus that can be used to address poverty, equity, and human rights through health sectors. The paper also assert that poverty, equity, and human rights are connected in concept and operation leading the reader to become more aware of areas to strengthen the work need to improve poverty, equity, and human rights when related to health outcomes.

Healthcare is the improvement of physical and mental health through the assistance of medical services. The right to health care is an internationally recognized human right. In 1948, 48 nations, including the United States, signed the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “In this document it is stated that everyone should have the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of oneself and one’s family, including medical care” (Right to Health Care ProCon.org). People have the right to receive the health care they deserve regardless of the costs. It is a basic human right to be provided with the medical care and assistance needed to live.

It is important to understand determinants such as poverty, lack in health care access, exposure to disease early in life, social positions, gender, race/ethnicity will all effect communities who receive health inequalities. Organizations such as WHO, National Institute of Health (NIH), and Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been working to provide the best quality of care for urban/rural populations. An adjustment in policies is needed to protect access to health, education, and employment for disadvantaged populations. Even though governments have made policies to provide health to all, we can see urban/rural populations are in a lack of quality of care. Health needs to be a right for all, and not based on whether in urban area or socioeconomic status they are in. Individuals’ irrespective of socioeconomic class or race should have the same rights and

Health and social justice have continued to be a major problem that affects the way people live and chance of illness, and consequent risk of premature death. The recent report from the World Health Organization shows that health disparities have continued to persist within and among countries and different regions of the world. For example, infectious diseases and undernutrition are common in poor and developing countries (WHO, 2018). The gap is even much worse between the rural and urban dwellers because of the economic differences and availability of healthcare services. Although some of the developed nations have attempted

Indeed, “Social determinants are relevant to communicable and non-communicable disease alike”¹. The healthcare system work and is different among the countries and some parameters that help to maintain these inequalities are the poor control of major diseases which influenced directly on the life of expectancy. Second poverty which is linked to infectious diseases and third the poor conditions where people live and work which contribute to the mental, physical and violent deaths¹.

Low-income Americans and racial and ethnic minorities have higher rates of disease, fewer treatment options, and reduced access to care.(1) Disparities already apparent among these groups will continue to increase with high unemployment rates. Globally the wealth gap is widening causing inequalities in resource access which disproportionately affects the quality of life of the impoverished. The origins of poor health for millions worldwide are rooted in economic, social and political injustices. While poverty is linked to higher risk for numerous adverse health effects, it is usually not directly addressed in public health interventions. Domestically and internationally HIV is rooted in economic and social inequity, as it impacts those of

Poverty is “the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor” (Dictionary.com, 2017). Based off this definition poverty is a condition that can cause a cascade of cause and effect actions that is detrimental to families and individuals both physically and mentally. Haan, Kaplan, & Camacho (2017) completed a study on the correlation between social and economic status and health in adults in Oakland, CA. They found that the lower the socioeconomic class the higher incidents of diseases and deaths related to chronic diseases (p.1161-1162). Just being without money or little money was not the only indication of health indication, a person living in an area with higher poverty issues

On the other hand, health inequity are inequalities that are deemed to be unfair, for example, the distribution of health resources between different population groups, starting from the social condition (Kawachi, Subramanian & Almeida-Filho, 2002). Could be related to a social injustice, and due to political and economic status of a country, and could be reduced by the right mix of government policies

Within the Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) it declares that “The highest standards of health should be within reach for all, without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition” (WHO1946p2). Even as far back as 1946 it was clear that a good standard of health, welfare and social-class should be

Braveman and Gruskin, in their 2003 paper offer a review of the established cycle of poverty, equity, human rights, and health with an overview of the links between them; the history of past global efforts; and five recommendations to the health sector to focus its resources to gain maximum impact. Their paper stands on the shoulders of well-established research and theory. It is well established that there is a link between poverty and poor health, including decreased morbidity and mortality (Irwin & Scali, 2007; Wagstaff, 2002). Likewise, that the cycle of the determinants of health can be broken by the attainment of education is well established (Braveman & Gruskin, 2003; Maxwell, 1999; Wagstaff, 2002). That poverty itself is not a violation of human rights is, in and of itself, a surprise. However, following their argument that it is the government’s inequitable distribution of health resources or its failure to respond that produces the violation of human rights offers clarity and a broader perspective (Braveman & Gruskin, 2003).