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Empowering the Impoverished and Reducing Healthcare Costs

2014-01-01

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<h4>Background:</h4> Socioeconomic disadvantage is a major risk factor for poor health and a consistent contributor to chronic stress, both of which are disempowering to individuals and communities. Poverty has been linked to a higher prevalence of many health conditions, including increased risk of chronic disease, injury, deprived infant development, anxiety, depression, premature death, and the negative impact...

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Literature Corpus work: 8467e82f-c9f1-5228-8852-d897d6211f0f
DOI: 10.7453/gahmj.2014.bpa15
PMCID: PMC3923292

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