THIS PAPER IS MAINLY TALKING ABOUT THE CANADIAN health care system. Effects of poverty on health

Effects of Poverty on Health
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Effects of poverty on health
Introduction
In Canada, among the social determinants of health include disparities in income distribution, joblessness and job security, housing, early childhood development, poverty among several others. In this country, the political forces drive the social determinants of health. Public policies are responsible for creating the health inequalities by inequitably distributing the social determinants of health among Canadians. This research paper intends to address poverty as a social determinant of health in Canadian society.
Poverty is an issue because Canada does not have an official ration of poverty. The manner in which poverty is measured defines poverty and has implications on the development of policies to reduce poverty and its impacts on fitness. Canada does not define poverty, neither does it approximate the number of poor families living in poverty. Instead, it broadcasts statistics on the number of people living in low income using a different measurement. Due to canceling of mandatory long form census, it is difficult to compare income trends. Therefore the voluntary survey is more probable to under-represent Canadians living in low income.
Historically, Canada has been viewed as a global leader in providing health care to the marginalized people. However, the country has been recently ranked behind other top countries in health and poverty. Poverty has been declared by the World Health Organization to be a major health determinant. Poverty has been associated with reduced life expectancy among the population. For instance, a recent study concludes that 20% of wealthy men can live four years more than 20% of poor men in the neighborhoods of Canada (Canada Without Poverty, 2018).
Homelessness worsens this risk of life to a large degree. The approximated life expectancy in Canada is 77 to 82 years, which is high compared to the life expectancy of homeless paper, which ranges between 34 to 47 (Clavier & De Leeuw, 2013). Recent studies have revealed that children from impoverished families are greatly affected by feelings of helplessness, long-lasting psychological stresses and are more deficits in short-term memory compared to the children of average income backgrounds. Early intervention has been considered as the most efficient way of addressing these problems as well as increasing the income of a family to reduce exposure of children to poverty.
According to WHO, economic and social conditions, as well as their impacts on the society, have effects on the peoples; levels of risk of sicknesses and the actions they take to prevent themselv...