A potential role of anti-poverty programs in health promotion

Abstract Poverty is one of the most pervasive risk factors underlying poor health, but is rarely targeted to improve health. Research on the effects of anti-poverty interventions on health has been limited, at least in part because funding for that research has been limited. Anti-poverty programs ha...

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Published inPreventive medicine Vol. 92; pp. 58 - 61
Main Authors Silverman, Kenneth, Holtyn, August F, Jarvis, Brantley
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2016
Subjects
Anti-poverty interventions
Government
Health disparities
Health Promotion - methods
Health Status Disparities
HIV
Humans
Incentives
Internal Medicine
Poverty
Socioeconomic Factors
Therapeutic workplace
Unemployment
Anti-poverty interventions
Poverty
Incentives
HIV
Therapeutic workplace
Unemployment
Health disparities
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Summary:Abstract Poverty is one of the most pervasive risk factors underlying poor health, but is rarely targeted to improve health. Research on the effects of anti-poverty interventions on health has been limited, at least in part because funding for that research has been limited. Anti-poverty programs have been applied on a large scale, frequently by governments, but without systematic development and cumulative programmatic experimental studies. Anti-poverty programs that produce lasting effects on poverty have not been developed. Before evaluating the effect of anti-poverty programs on health, programs must be developed that can reduce poverty consistently. Anti-poverty programs require systematic development and cumulative programmatic scientific evaluation. Research on the therapeutic workplace could provide a model for that research and an adaptation of the therapeutic workplace could serve as a foundation of a comprehensive anti-poverty program. Once effective anti-poverty programs are developed, future research could determine if those programs improve health in addition to increasing income. The potential personal, health and economic benefits of effective anti-poverty programs could be substantial, and could justify the major efforts and expenses that would be required to support systematic research to develop such programs.
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ISSN:0091-7435
1096-0260
DOI:10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.05.023