Barriers to Accessing Health Care
Ability to pay for that healthcare.
Lack of transportation to health services.
Lack of knowledge of what resources are available.
Health Consequences of Poverty
Living in poverty interferes with growth and development with children.
It can cause psycological disorders like depression, anxiety, and can lead to substance abuse.
The use of those substances can cause life long diseases.
Negative Attitudes Towards Poverty
The poor are unmotivated, and could help themselves if they tried.
They are dirty can have many communicable diseases.
They have made bad choices to end up this way.
Culturally Competant Nursing Care
Treaat all clinets with the same dignity.
Ask about their life and listen to what they have to say
Offer the same amount of respect and quaility care, offer resources if avaliable