Discuss the health impact to children born into poverty and give an example
Parents' income and education levels can create opportunities and resources for establishing "healthy" and nurturing environments for children. From the beginning of life, being born into poverty has detrimental effects on children's health. Children born into poverty have a child mortality rate that is two to three times higher than children born into more affluent families. Some of the differences in birth outcomes are explained through combinations of maternal health and prenatal behaviors such as smoking, nutrition, vitamin and mineral intake, and environmental exposures. However, numerous social factors can also lead to poor birth outcomes. These factors include access to healthy foods, racial equity, good air and water quality, safe areas designated for physical activity, and programs designed to increase a community's financial literacy and social capital. Children who live in poverty continue to experience postnatal differences in health status. For example, asthma is the most common chronic disease experienced by children; approximately 9% of children have asthma. As family income decreases, rates of childhood asthma increase; 12.1% of children living below the federal poverty level have asthma. By contrast, 10.2% of children within 100% to 199% of the poverty level have asthma.?
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