Factors that contribute: poverty (AOS_1)

Question 1

define poverty

Answer 1

the deprivation of basic resources, such as food, water, clothing, adequate housing, access to healthcare etc.

Question 2

impacts of poverty on health status and BOD

Answer 2

• don’t understand risks of contaminated water which increases incidence of waterborne diseases e.g. cholera
• birth in a non-sterile environment which leads to infections resulting in maternal mortality
• lack of access to nutritious food which weakens the immune system resulting in YLL

Question 3

define relative poverty

Answer 3

living on less than 50% of the country’s average income

Question 4

define extreme poverty

Answer 4

extreme poverty: living on less than US$1.90 a day