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From poverty to poor health: Analysis of socio-economic pathways influencing health status in rural households of Ghana.
- Source :
- Health Sociology Review; Jun2012, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p232-241, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The need for the poor, the marginalised and socially excluded to live healthier and longer lives has in recent times become paramount in the development literature and policy discussions seeking to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In response to this, attempts are being made to redirect the research focus to examine socio-economic factors underpinning disease occurrence and ill health for health planning policies and practices to benefit the poor and vulnerable in society. Tliis paper explores the relationship between socio-economic conditions and health outcomes. It identifies and examines through participatory rural assessment techniques, basic socio- economic factors acting as significant pathways through which poverty increases the susceptibility of rural households to diseases. It seeks to address the reasons why the poor are poorer in health in rural communities of the Amansie West district of Ghana. This paper thus emphasises how social stratification and inequalities could affect quality of life of people in any given society, hence supporting the theory of social suffering and its implications on societal health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
STATISTICAL correlation
DISEASE susceptibility
HEALTH services accessibility
INTERVIEWING
MALARIA
RESEARCH methodology
EVALUATION of medical care
PATH analysis (Statistics)
POVERTY
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
RURAL population
STATISTICAL sampling
SANITATION
SOCIAL classes
TIME
WHOOPING cough
FIELD research
MULTIPLE regression analysis
RESIDENTIAL patterns
HEALTH equity
PREDICTIVE validity
CROSS-sectional method
DISEASE progression
STATISTICAL models
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
NUTRITIONAL status
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14461242
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Sociology Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 79363324
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5172/hesr.2012.21.2.232