Relationship between Poverty and Health among Adolescents

Examines data on 1,759 adolescents to assess the effect of low socioeconomic status on their health. Results confirm the relationship between income and health. Explains how the pathway to poor health care operates through the social environment, lifestyle differences, access to care, and self-estee...

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Published in:Adolescence 2002-03, Vol.37 (145), p.55-67
Main Authors: Abernathy, Thomas J, Webster, Greg, Vermeulen, Marian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Health Care
Adolescent
Adolescents
Analysis of Variance
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Delivery of Health Care
Depression (Psychology)
Dropout Rate
Environment
Exercise - psychology
Family Income
Family Size
Feedback (Response)
Health
Health aspects
Health Conditions
Health Policy
Health Related Fitness
Health Services
Health Services Accessibility
Health Status
Humans
Income
Individuality
Low Income Groups
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders
Mental health
Mental Health Programs
Models, Psychological
Organization of mental health. Health systems
Physical Activity Level
Physical Environment
Physical Fitness
Physicians
Poor children
Poverty
Predictor Variables
Predictors
Prevention and actions
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public Health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Public policy
Sampling
Self Concept
Self Esteem
Social Development
Social Environment
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Socioeconomic Status
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Statistical Analysis
Statistical Significance
Teenagers
Young people
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Summary:Examines data on 1,759 adolescents to assess the effect of low socioeconomic status on their health. Results confirm the relationship between income and health. Explains how the pathway to poor health care operates through the social environment, lifestyle differences, access to care, and self-esteem problems. Findings do suggest that physical activity may help buffer impact of poverty on health. (JDM)
ISSN:0001-8449