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    Food is one of the basic needs of a human being to survive. All of us depend on food for having a good health, therefore with the lack of food many people will be starving and malnourished. There are many reasons that may contribute to the cause of world hunger. Historically, the society will continue to change as long as there are people in the world. For what I know, the world had vastly changed from 60 years ago up to now. Whenever I’m with my grandmother, she always told me stories on how

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    Development throughout the life of a person depends on nourishment, shelter, education, and many other factors. A person cannot lead a full life without catering to their needs and interests, and living in poverty does not help. Poverty levels affect many people all over the world, specifically, the Dominican Republic. I recently took a trip there with my mother, and, during this trip, I noticed many dilapidated homes that housed under-nourished families. I feel that these situations do not help

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    globe, health agendas continue to teeter between technology-based medical care, public health initiatives, and a new understanding of health as a social phenomenon (WHO SDH). Innovations in fields such as neuroscience, developmental psychology, sociology, and molecular biology have sparked a paradigm shift towards a multidisciplinary approach of health (American Academy of Pediatrics,). This paradigm shift is illustrated in the concept of social determinates of health (SDOH). SDOH defined by the

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    lack of books and parent reading at home can also prohibit reading fluency and motivation (Jensen, 2016). 
 Less Emotional Support Poverty raises the odds for poor social adjustment of children, as well as behavioral problems, in part due to the fact that there is less caregiver role modeling and constant aforementioned stressors (Garner, 1996). Children from poverty are more likely to have just one parent at home, and that parent often works long hours, spending crucial hours of emotional development

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    and struggle with providing basic needs for their families, (Proctor 2016). Whether people believe poverty and inequality exists in America or not, the authors in the four different articles think otherwise: “Culture of Success” By Brink Lindsey, “A Great Time to Be Alive?” by Matt Yglesias, and “Born Poor and Smart” by Angela Locke, and “The War Against the Poor Instead of Programs to End Poverty”by Herbert J. Gans, shared ideas on how to help fix the problems of the impoverished community and address

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    My Poverty Walk On November 15, 2017, I participated in a simulated poverty walk initiated by my Sociology class to raise awareness of homelessness and poverty. The intent was to understand the difficulties an individual living in poverty encountered while trying to survive. However, being classified as virtually poor, as an aftermath of the hurricane Harvey, made me a little more biased than normal toward poverty and homelessness. In fact, already a victim of circumstance, subject to homelessness

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    The Impact Of Economic Liberalisation On Livelihoods In Nigeria Economic liberalization on livelihoods in Nigeria refers to how the decrease in government control, through deregulation and lesser restrictions in the economy to promote greater participation of private entities, serves as a means of securing the basic necessities of life i.e. food, water, shelter and clothing. This is done in an effort to encourage economic development through the doctrine is associated with classical liberalism. Following

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    poor living conditions and struggle with providing for their families basic needs. Whether Americans believe poverty and inequality exist in America exists or not, the authors in three different articles:” Culture of Success” by Brink Lindsey, “A Great Time to Be Alive?” by Matt Yglesias, and “Born Poor and Smart” by Angela Locke, and “The War Against the Poor Instead of Programs to End Poverty”by Herbert J. Gans, shared ideas on how to help fix the problems of the impoverished community and address

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    millions of Americans live below the poverty line and millions more struggle every month. The children in society today living in poverty is increasing daily. The majority of these children are from single-parent homes where sometimes parents are not working or have become disabled and therefore cannot work. Children who are raised in foster care and leave as adults do not have strong relationship ties most of the time and are at an increased risk for experiencing poverty, early parenthood and homelessness

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    Poor Instead of Programs to End Poverty”, by Herbert Gans, “Culture of Success”, by Brink Lindsey, “Born Poor and Smart”, by Angela Locke, and “A Great Time to Be Alive?”, by Matt Yglesias, Gans’ article and Yglesias’ article does the best elaborating what has caused poverty, the misconceptions of the impoverished and how we can solve this exponential problem. While, Lindsey’s and Locke’s articles provide little to no beneficial information on how to solve the poverty rate, and only elaborate how this

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