Effects of Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness on Children and Youth
Assigned Materials:
“Effects of Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness on Children and Youth”, “How Do You Define Poverty, Part 1 and Part 2”, and access information on the number of families living in poverty in your county.
Summary of Materials: The article, “Effects of Poverty, Hunger, and Homelessness on Children and Youth”, provides vast amounts of information and the far reaching effects on lives of the individuals living in those circumstances (“American Psychology”, n.d.). This problem is not distributed evenly among diverse ethnic groups or locations in the United States according to the You Tube video, “Professors 302, Part 1” (2011). In Henry County, Tennessee, 17.2% of the people live below the poverty level (US Department of Commerce, 2012) with 10.6% being families according to the Tennessee Economic Council on Women (Rawls, Reynolds & Eubanks, 2010). By attaching faces to these statistics, we may be able to scratch the surface of understanding the immense depth of the problems that poverty, hunger, and homelessness create for an individual and how it may evolve from one generation to the next. The consensus is that a collaborated plan needs to evolve between all agencies involved in working with this need in order to even attempt to deal with the issues and rectify the problem. The effects of poverty on children has varying repercussions on their physical, mental, learning capabilities, and social relationships, not just when they are children, but as they mature and take their place in society (Driscoll, Nagel,2012). Poverty has been linked to poor children with “almost twice the increased risk for stunted growth, iron deficiency, and severe asthma” (Driscoll, Nagel, 2012). These come from the many adverse effects “linked with negative conditions such as substandard housing, homelessness, inadequate nutrition and food insecurity, inadequate child care, lack of access to health care, unsafe neighborhoods, and under resourced school”(American
“Effects of Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness on Children and Youth”, “How Do You Define Poverty, Part 1 and Part 2”, and access information on the number of families living in poverty in your county.
Summary of Materials: The article, “Effects of Poverty, Hunger, and Homelessness on Children and Youth”, provides vast amounts of information and the far reaching effects on lives of the individuals living in those circumstances (“American Psychology”, n.d.). This problem is not distributed evenly among diverse ethnic groups or locations in the United States according to the You Tube video, “Professors 302, Part 1” (2011). In Henry County, Tennessee, 17.2% of the people live below the poverty level (US Department of Commerce, 2012) with 10.6% being families according to the Tennessee Economic Council on Women (Rawls, Reynolds & Eubanks, 2010). By attaching faces to these statistics, we may be able to scratch the surface of understanding the immense depth of the problems that poverty, hunger, and homelessness create for an individual and how it may evolve from one generation to the next. The consensus is that a collaborated plan needs to evolve between all agencies involved in working with this need in order to even attempt to deal with the issues and rectify the problem. The effects of poverty on children has varying repercussions on their physical, mental, learning capabilities, and social relationships, not just when they are children, but as they mature and take their place in society (Driscoll, Nagel,2012). Poverty has been linked to poor children with “almost twice the increased risk for stunted growth, iron deficiency, and severe asthma” (Driscoll, Nagel, 2012). These come from the many adverse effects “linked with negative conditions such as substandard housing, homelessness, inadequate nutrition and food insecurity, inadequate child care, lack of access to health care, unsafe neighborhoods, and under resourced school”(American
References: American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Effects of poverty, hunger, and homelessness on children and youth. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/pi/families/poverty.aspx Davies, E., Crothers, C. & Hanna, K. (2010). Preventing child poverty: Barriers and solutions. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 39(2), 20-3. http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.utm.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&hid=128&sid=6f2c57b3-1b0d-439a-8 Driscoll, A., Nagel, G. (2012). Poverty and the effects on children and parents. Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall. Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/poverty-children-parents/. Kormo, K., Flay, B. & Biglan, A. (2011). Creating nurturing environments: A science-based framework for promoting child health and development within high-poverty neighborhoods. Clinical Child & Psychology Review.14,111-134. DOI 10.1007/s10567-011-0095-2 Özkan,Y., Purutçuoğlu,E., Hablemitoğlu, S. (2010) Interpersonal impact of the poverty on children. International Journal of Academic Research, 2(6),172-179. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.utm.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=5&hid=128&sid=6f2c57b3-1b0d-439a-8747-167493246cd5%40sessionmgr114 Rawls, J., Reynolds, J., & Eubanks, L. (2010). Tennessee economic council on women: The status of women in henry county. Retrieved from http://www.tn.gov/sos/ecw/countyreports/HenryCounty.pdf Twenty Wise TV. (2011). The professors 302, part 1.Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpinmr7yFRg Twenty Wise TV. (2011). The professors 302, part 2. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUpNYN6yU_4 US Department of Commerce. (2012). U.S. census bureau: state and county quickfacts. Retrieved from http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47079.html