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Health and Poverty

Resources for those in the healthcare system looking to understand the impact poverty can have on overall health, and how to help alleviate some of those effects.

Bibliography

References

American Academy of Family Physicians. (2021). Poverty and health - The family medicine Perspective. https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/poverty-health.html 

Beatty, K., Egen, O., Dreyzehner, J., & Wykoff, R. (2020). Poverty and health in Tennessee. Southern Medical Journal 113(1), 1-7. DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001055 

Butler, S. M. (2020, December 9). Achieving an equitable national health system for America. Brookings Institute. https://www.brookings.edu/research/achieving-an-equitable-national-health-system-for-america/

CDC. (2023, February 7). Health equityhttps://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/index.html

CDC. (2022, July 1). What is health equity? https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/whatis/index.html

Creamer, J., Shrider, E. A., Burns, K., & Chen, F. (2022, September 13). Poverty in the United States: 2021. Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2022/demo/p60-277.html

DeAngelis, T. (2019). How does implicit bias by physicians affect patients' health care? Monitor on Psychology 50(3). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/03/ce-corner

Dinç, L. & Gastmans, C. (2013). Trust in nurse–patient relationships: A literature review. Nursing Ethics 20(5), 501-516. https://doi-org.utk.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0969733012468463 

Forester, R. A. & Heck, R. J. (2009). Family Practice Management, 16(5):21-24 https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/issues/2009/0900/p21.html

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Kaiser Family Foundation. (2022). Health insurance coverage of the total population (CPS). https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/health-insurance-coverage-of-the-total-population-cps/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D 

Kotalik, J. (2004). Caring for the poor: What can one doctor do? Virtual Mentor 6(9), 392-394. DOI 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.9.ccas3-0409.

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Mather, M. & Scommenga, P. (2015, September 14). Up to half of US premature deaths are preventable; behavioral factors key. Population Reference Bureau. https://www.prb.org/resources/up-to-half-of-u-s-premature-deaths-are-preventable-behavioral-factors-key/

NORC at the University of Chicago & The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation. (2021, May 21). Surveys of trust in the U.S. healthcare system. https://www.norc.org/PDFs/ABIM%20Foundation/20210520_NORC_ABIM_Foundation_Trust%20in%20Healthcare_Part%201.pdf

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (n.d.). Healthy people 2030. https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health/literature-summaries/poverty#:~ 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. (n.d.). 2021 poverty guidelineshttps://aspe.hhs.gov/2021-poverty-guidelines

Price, J. H., Khubchandani, J., & Webb, F. J. (2018). Poverty and health disparities: What can public health professionals do? Health Promotion Practice 19(2), 170-174. DOI: 10.1177/1524839918755143  

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Simon, D. (n.d.). Poverty fact sheet: Poor and in poor health. University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/factsheets/pdfs/PoorInPoorHealth.pdf

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US Department of Health and Human Services. (2021). Overview of the state - Tennessee - 2021. https://mchb.tvisdata.hrsa.gov/Narratives/Overview/37823985-1a99-49ae-8241-10022fca6e2b