Socioeconomic Status
Socioeconomic status has been recognized as a contributing factor to one’s overall health. Historically, explanations surrounding low socioeconomic status and poor health outcomes centered on the individual and not the varying systems and challenges people navigate. Declining physical health or injury may jeopardize financial security and access to resources like housing and healthcare.
The impact on individuals with low socioeconomic status is heightened by these additional health factors as they tend to hold more physically demanding jobs with fewer benefits. Having low income poses a unique challenge for families with children. Key healthcare barriers for low income families can be low health literacy, uncertainty regarding available resources, complications with or a lack of health insurance, and distrust of the healthcare system. Acknowledging these issues that complicate healthcare for families with a low socioeconomic status is the first step toward determining equitable solutions.
Resources Related to Socioeconomic Status
Counseling Special Populations in Schools by
BOOK CHAPTER: Counseling Students Who Are Homeless: This book address nine unique and overlapping special populations of students whose life circumstances put them at greater risk for poor mental health outcomes and school failure: students who are homeless, students living in foster care, students involved with the juvenile justice system, students who are LGBTQ, students who are pregnant or parenting, students who are gifted, students with incarcerated parents, students in military families, and students who are at risk for school failure and dropout.
ISBN: 9780199355785Publication Date: 2016
Field Guide to Global Health and Disaster Medicine by
Shares the training and experience of diverse, dedicated health professionals from six continents, representing academia, government, and non-government organizations. The majority of the chapters address primarily practitioner-level concerns, whereas the last ones explore organization- and systems-level challenges.
ISBN: 9780323794121Publication Date: 2021
Food and Addiction by
BOOK CHAPTER: Addressing Disparities Related to Food Intake and Obesity: This work brings scientific order to the issue of food and addiction, spanning multiple disciplines to create the foundation for what is a rapidly advancing field and to highlight needed advances in science and public policy.
ISBN: 9780199374571Publication Date: 2014
A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health by
The World Health Organization defines the social determinants of health as the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. These forces and systems include economic policies, development agendas, cultural and social norms, social policies, and political systems.
ISBN: 9780309392624Publication Date: 2016
Goldman-Cecil Medicine by
CHAPTER SECTION: Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Outcomes: Authoritative source for internal medicine and the care of adult patients. Provides unbiased advice on the diagnosis and treatment of thousands of common and uncommon conditions, as well as the latest medical literature.
ISBN: 9780323532662Publication Date: 2019
Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology by
CHAPTER SECTION: Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status: This work is specifically dedicated to the newly emerging field of surgical breast oncology.
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Public Health in Pharmacy Practice by
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ISBN: 9781942341840Publication Date: 2021-08-20
Reducing Social Inequalities in Cancer by
This volume summarizes the current scientific evidence and identifies research priorities needed to decrease social inequalities in cancer. The publication, based on the expert knowledge of more than 70 international scientists from multiple disciplines, undertakes a populations-within-populations approach, highlighting the large variations in cancer incidence, survival, and mortality that exist between countries and, within countries, between social groups.
ISBN: 9789283222231Publication Date: 2019
Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23rd Edition by
BOOK CHAPTER: Poverty, Homelessness, and Social Disorganization: Children who live in poor families face profound challenges to their health, development, and educational achievement. Pediatricians are in a prime position to screen for poverty-related complications and offer support through appropriate community referrals in order to mitigate the long-term detrimental consequences of poverty.
ISBN: 9781259588594Publication Date: 2018
Rural Public Health by
Rural residents face distinct health challenges due to economic conditions, cultural/behavioral factors, and health provider shortages that combine to impose striking disparities in health outcomes among rural populations. This comprehensive text about the issues of rural public health is the only book to focus on rural health from the perspectives of public health and prevention.
ISBN: 9780826108944Publication Date: 2013
Youth Suicide and Bullying by
BOOK CHAPTER: The Connection Between Bullying and Suicide in Ethnic Minority Population: an authoritative review of the science demonstrating the links between these two major public health concerns alongside informed discussion and evidence-based recommendations.
ISBN: 9780199950706Publication Date: 2014
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- National Urban League Civil-rights organization focused on the economic empowerment of underserved urban communities. The National Urban League works through 100 local affiliates in 36 states and the District of Columbia to provide programming, public policy research and advocacy designed to improve the lives of more than 2 million people nationwide.