DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT HEALTH

Different ways of looking at health

Different ways of looking at health

Poverty levels in the last decade is said to be rising sharply. It has become quite a topic of controversy among politicians and social scientists alike. Poverty poor and aether is controversial term often used, but are shaped by our beliefs and current insight into why and wherefores poverty. The effects of high unemployment, low wages and changes in health and social system have forced the issue of poverty in the presence of political agendas and media attention. Poverty and health are definitely related and not just poor more likely to suffer ill health and premature death, but his ill health and disability are themselves recognized as causes of poverty. (Blackburn1991 pg7) theorists and social scientists examine all aspects of poverty and their research has shown that poor health is linked to social class and inequality obvious ill health are found in other classes, with the poor suffer the most.

First, we need to understand the difficulties. One of the first people who tried to establish a standard for measuring poverty is Charles Booth, who reviewed the basic requirements needed to maintain a healthy physical existence, which is enough food and shelter to make possible the effective functioning of the physical body. (Giddens1989pg270). There are two ways in which poverty is still set, the absolute and relative poverty; it is based on different ways of seeing people in need. Absolute poverty refers to the lack of basic necessities for human life. Don't the people their basic needs are satisfied in relation to food, heat, water and shelter. Families are in poverty if their income is not enough to get the minimum necessary for maintaining physical efficiency. (Blackburn Rowntree1941 1991pg9)

Using the relative poverty standard of living enjoyed or taken for granted by most people as suffering from baseline can be measured. Poverty in the kind of society we live in was built by Townsend in poverty can be assessed in terms of training and standards of the day before. The people are in poverty when they lack resources to get the kind of food, participate in activities and living conditions and amenities that practice, or at least widely encouraged or approved in the societies where they belong. (Townsend 1979 Blackburn1991pg 10). Here poverty is concerned with social needs and physical needs.

Poverty is generally regarded as the degree to ...