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Poverty
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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
The association between food insecurity and mortality among HIV-infected individuals on HAART.
30 Oct 2009 
BACKGROUND: Food insecurity is increasingly recognized as a barrier to optimal treatment outcomes, but there is little data on this issue. We assessed associations between food insecurity and mortality among HIV-infected antiretroviral ... Read more...
7 Oct 2009 AIMS: Some previous studies have shown that Maori utilise cardiology inpatient services at a much lower rate than would be expected by their health status and mortality. Using more recent data, this study seeks to determine whether this is still the ... Read more...
Food insecurity is associated with overweight in children younger than 5 years of age.
29 Sep 2009 Both household food insecurity and childhood overweight are serious public health problems that appear to be paradoxically correlated. This study examines the relationship between overweight and household food insecurity with/without hunger in ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Poverty'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- The association between food insecurity and mortality among HIV-infected individuals on HAART. 30 Oct 2009
- Teaching and learning moments. Food insecurity on three dollars a day.
30 Oct 2009 - Afghanistan's hidden health issue. 29 Oct 2009
- Health and wealth in the Americas. 29 Oct 2009
- Utilisation of inpatient cardiology services including by Maori: a study of hospital discharges for patients enrolled with Partnership Health practices for the 2 years ending June 2007. 7 Oct 2009
- Fiscally challenged drug-donation program helps needy Wyoming residents. 29 Sep 2009
- Food insecurity is associated with overweight in children younger than 5 years of age. 29 Sep 2009
- Predictors of calcium intake at dinner meals of ethnically diverse mother-child dyads from families with limited incomes. 29 Sep 2009
- Pandemic influenza preparedness and response among public-housing residents, single-parent families, and low-income populations. 29 Sep 2009
- California budget cuts fray the long-term care safety net. 29 Sep 2009
- Life and death during the Great Depression. 26 Sep 2009
- Mental health context of food insecurity: a representative cohort of families with young children. 26 Sep 2009
- Donors raise pound3.2bn for free health care in world's poorest countries. 26 Sep 2009
- Ecology. Biodiversity conservation and the Millennium Development Goals. 16 Sep 2009
- Complexities of holistic community-based participatory research for a low income, multi-ethnic population exposed to multiple built-environment stressors in Worcester, Massachusetts. 14 Sep 2009
- Survival disparities among African American women with invasive bladder cancer in Florida. 13 Sep 2009
- Health and climate change. 13 Sep 2009
- Adding it all up. Some caution uninsured figure could be too low. 12 Sep 2009
- Comparisons between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001: spatial analysis of census and mortality statistics. 8 Sep 2009
- Regional variation and the affluence-poverty nexus. 7 Sep 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