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Poverty - Psychology
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Definition of 'Poverty'A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level. Common names: Poverty; Indigents; Indigent; Low-Income Population; Low-Income Populations; Population, Low-Income; Populations, Low-Income; Low Income Population; Low Income Populations; Population, Low Income; Populations, Low Income; Indigency |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Mental health context of food insecurity: a representative cohort of families with young children.
26 Sep 2009 
OBJECTIVE: Children from food-insecure families (ie, families that lack access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food) are at risk for developmental problems. Food insecurity disproportionately occurs among low-socioeconomic status (SES) and ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Perinatal racial disparities remain an elusive problem in the United States. African American women experience the highest rate of low-birth-weight deliveries. Understanding the factors contributing to infant birth weight is crucial to ... Read more...
Bridging the poverty gap in dental education: how can people living in poverty help us?
30 Aug 2009 Dental education on specific knowledge and intervention approaches for working with people living on welfare is crucial to the therapeutic success of the relationships dental professionals establish with this clientele. Despite growing attention to ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Poverty - Psychology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Mental health context of food insecurity: a representative cohort of families with young children. 26 Sep 2009
- Social stressors and strengths as predictors of infant birth weight in low-income African American women. 30 Aug 2009
- Bridging the poverty gap in dental education: how can people living in poverty help us? 30 Aug 2009
- Barriers to asthma management among urban families: caregiver and child perspectives. 30 Aug 2009
- Cumulative risk and AIDS-orphanhood: interactions of stigma, bullying and poverty on child mental health in South Africa. 23 Aug 2009
- Maternal mental health and the persistence of food insecurity in poor rural families. 30 Jul 2009
- Parenting attitudes and infant spanking: the influence of childhood experiences. 18 Jul 2009
- Life events, chronic stressors, and depressive symptoms in low-income urban mothers with asthmatic children. 29 Jun 2009
- Spirituality and quality of life in low-income men with metastatic prostate cancer. 29 Jun 2009
- International migration of partner, autonomy and depressive symptoms among women from a mexican rural area. 29 Jun 2009
- Family-school connections and the transitions of low-income youths and English language learners from middle school to high school. 29 Jun 2009
- Change processes in couple therapy: an intensive case analysis of one couple using a common factors lens. 29 Jun 2009
- Financial hardship, socio-economic position and depression: results from the PATH Through Life Survey. 4 Jun 2009
- Tales of the unexpected? Hidden resilience in poor households in Britain. 4 Jun 2009
- Clinical presentation of mania compared with depression: data from a geriatric clinic in India. 2 Jun 2009
- Moderators of outcome in a brief family-centered intervention for preventing early problem behavior. 30 May 2009
- How attendance and quality of participation affect treatment response to parent management training. 30 May 2009
- Challenges of illness in metastatic breast cancer: a low-income African American perspective. 30 May 2009
- Characteristics and needs of people with intellectual disability who have higher IQs.
30 May 2009 - Adaptation of the preventive intervention program for depression for use with predominantly low-income Latino families. 30 May 2009
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Technical information about 'Poverty'
Definition: A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level.
Descriptor UI: D011203
Alternative terms: Poverty; Indigents; Indigent; Low-Income Population; Low-Income Populations; Population, Low-Income; Populations, Low-Income; Low Income Population; Low Income Populations; Population, Low Income; Populations, Low Income; Indigency;
Related Mesh Headings: Cultural Deprivation;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: I01.880.735.634; I01.880.840.535; N01.824.600;
History Note: 68
Technical Notes: specify geog if pertinent