A Path Out of Poverty and Poor Health
August 23, 2017
August 23, 2017
EVANSTON, Ill., Aug. 23 -- Northwestern University issued the following news:
Children growing up in low-income households are at a disadvantage by almost every social and economic measure, compared with their higher-income peers: Lower-caliber schools, unsafe neighborhoods, higher rates of teen pregnancy and drug use, and more.
And, cruelly, if low-income kids overcome these hardships, their health may worsen as a result. Research has shown that low-income black and La . . .
Children growing up in low-income households are at a disadvantage by almost every social and economic measure, compared with their higher-income peers: Lower-caliber schools, unsafe neighborhoods, higher rates of teen pregnancy and drug use, and more.
And, cruelly, if low-income kids overcome these hardships, their health may worsen as a result. Research has shown that low-income black and La . . .