Poverty
Authors:
F. Koukolík
Authors‘ workplace:
Primář: doc. MUDr. Radoslav Matěj, PhD.
; Národní referenční laboratoř prionových chorob
; Thomayerova nemocnice, Praha
; Oddělení patologie a molekulární medicíny
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Prakt. Lék. 2014; 94(2): 53-58
Category:
Editorial
Overview
Calman described poverty in eight dimensions. There are several poverty indexes:
Jarman’s, Townsend’s, Federal poverty index (USA), Gini coefficient, Human poverty indexes I and II (UN) and United Nation’s Multiple poverty index (MPI). Childhood socioeconomic deprivation has long lasting detrimental effects on the health of individuals that are observable at the later ages of working life. Children who live in poverty are more likely as adults than their peers to develop and die earlier from a range of diseases. Impoverished environments reduce cortical gray matter of child’s brain in several cortical areas. Cognitive and imaging studies in humans suggest which networks may be most influenced by poverty. An example of life in the poor postindustrial area may be life and health of the population of Glasgow, Scotland. This population has very poor health, compared to Scotland as a whole and the rest of the U. K. Glasgow shares some signs of its deprivation with Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Keywords:
poverty – deprivation – poverty index – children – health
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