Overcoming family poverty and unemployment 'would prevent thousands of early deaths'

Policies to reduce inequalities in income and wealth, achieve full employment and eradicate child poverty have the potential to prevent more than 10,000 premature deaths each year - including more than a thousand child deaths.

A new study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation into the 'health gap' between the richest and poorest parts of Britain, argues that even a modest redistribution of income and wealth would have a significant impact on mortality rates in the most disadvantaged areas.

Researchers from the Universities of Leeds and Bristol used data from every parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales to identify areas where the number of deaths of people under 65 is above the national average. This showed that the highest number of 'excess' deaths occur in the poorest areas, and that more children die in areas where child poverty is highest.

The importance of these links led them to conclude that if deprived areas moved closer to the characteristics of an average area, there would be fewer premature deaths. Government policies to tackle poverty and social exclusion could, therefore, have a major impact in making Britain more equal in health as well as income and wealth:

• Returning inequalities in income and wealth to their 1983 levels through redistribution would prevent around 7,500 annual deaths among the under 65s.

• Achieving 'full' employment (where no one was receiving long-term unemployment benefit) would prevent some 2,500 premature deaths a year.

• Reaching the Government's target of eradicating child poverty within a generation would save the lives of around 1,400 children under 15 each year.

These reductions in premature deaths would be concentrated in the most disadvantaged areas. Overall, the report estimates that a combination of all three policies would lead to a reduction of around 56 per cent of the 'excess' deaths in constituencies with above-average premature mortality rates.

Richard Mitchell, co-author of the study, said: "Our report suggests that the growth in inequalities in health can be slowed by successful social policies. Everyone in Britain would benefit, but the greatest benefit would be felt in those areas that currently have the highest mortality rates.

"In terms of numbers of lives saved, a mild redistribution of income would be the most valuable policy to implement. In terms of the proportion of lives saved, the eradication of child poverty would have the biggest impact."

An example: Birmingham Ladywood The constituency of Birmingham Ladywood contains higher levels of poverty and of premature deaths, illustrating the close correlation between the two.The researchers estimate that: A modest reduction of income and wealth inequalities could cut the 93 annual 'excess' deaths that were recorded in the constituency in the early 1990s by 17. Achieving full employment could reduce the annual number of excess deaths by a further 14. Eradicating child poverty in the constituency could save the lives of 8 children out of the 13 'excess' deaths each year among 0- to 14-year-olds.

Mary Shaw, co-author of the report, said: "The effects of poverty - and of poverty on health - are cumulative. Improving conditions for today's children will improve the life chances of succeeding generations. In that sense, the estimates we have made of the number of lives that could be saved are conservative."

Source : http://www.jrf.org.uk

How to Prevent Poverty in the Internet Marketing World

Once again, Blog Action Day has amassed numerous bloggers throughout the world to raise awareness of a certain issue. Last year I did a little volunteer copy writing to help the environment, and this year I’ll be helping an issue that hits a little closer to home.

That is… poverty. See, poverty is a common theme amongst almost all “Make Money Online” bloggers. Not just on Blog Action Day, but almost every single day.

Whether it’s the story of get-rich-quick schemes gone wrong, or getting scammed out of lots of money, to hard work with mediocre results and measly checks or income reports that are nothing in comparison to the $30k (or more) that JohnChow.com makes each month. I see it all, over and over again.

In most cases, it’s their own fault. I try to tell you not to waste money on these ebooks, and you can’t expect tremendous results for little work. But for Blog Action Day’s sake, I’ll do what I can to help solve poverty.

And to do that, I present… How to Prevent Poverty in the Internet Marketing World.

This is not a get rich quick scheme, rather, tips to prevent wasting all your money! Here we go:

1. Do NOT Buy Every New Ebook

The easiest way to end up broke is to buy every new ebook that comes out. After you buy a few (at $67 a pop,) you’ll realize that each one says the same thing. If you’re going to buy any of these “make money online” ebooks, then buy one. Just one.

(Investing in your education is great, but when it comes to these ebooks, quality is better than quantity!)

But even better, download one for free. You can actually get a free ebook at JohnChow.com. Or if you don’t mind having the information slightly more scattered, read the “Super Affiliate’s Guide to…” posts at ZacJohnson.com.

Just saving your money on ebooks puts you a giant step ahead of most people!

2. If It Sounds Too Good To Be True, It Is

While the common saying goes, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” it needs to be altered for the internet marketing field. In this arena which is rife with schemes, scams, and sleazeballs, you need to go by this mantra:

If it sounds too good to be true, it is!

Here’s just one example - “guaranteed traffic.” This is where you get 100,000 visitors to your website for $2.50. It sounds too good to be true, because it is. The “visitors” aren’t actually human visitors. Instead, they are just robot computers registering impressions on your site.

So you lose time and money and waste bandwidth. And if you have advertisers, and they catch on to this, they’ll be pissed!

3. Start for Free

Now let’s save some more money! You can save some serious money by starting out for free. Domain names and web hosting aren’t that expensive, but $10/month saved is $10/month earned! Kind of…

The easiest way to do this is to start up at Blogger. Yes, I hate Blogger, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a use for it!

Head to Blogger.com, start a blog, put some Adsense ads on it, and weave in some affiliate links. You could do some link building, maybe make some “linkbait” style posts for social media sites, and end up getting some traffic. Seriously.

It’s not likely, but it’s possible!

Source : http://internetmarketingsucks.com

How do prevent poverty?

1-Free education till any degree peoples will.
2-Control inflation.
3-charge each level of the society, specific rate of taxes.

I think except No.1, most of the developed countries commit to the aboves. Thats why developing countries has more poverty.

Even in rich countries (in terms of resources) such as Iran, since the government depends on oil money, not taxes, many people skip paying the tax or doesn't pay real taxes .
It causes rich people getting richer, and when money goes to them, there is no money left for lower levels (money is scarce). and causes poverty.


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what causes poverty? how to prevent it.

Most people stuck in poverty require a sense of realistic hope that their hard work might pay off. Otherwise, when there is a lack of hope, any way that appears easier becomes more realistic and tempting.

This is complicated by the lack of education that some people have. They are not dumb by any means and they know they don't have the education or skills they need. They don't have realistic hopes of getting past that, so they are tempted to take what appears to be an easier route to relative wealth.

This is especially tough on adolescents who are beginning to look for self worth (what some people oversimplify as “status” or “bling” or "attitude," etc).

All of this is even more complicated with single parent households or where there is no decent parental figure or a mentor available to provide emotional support and guidance…to reinforce the proper values and support the right decisions and to hold someone accountable for wrong decisions.

Lastly, since crime is often more prevalent (or born) in specific communities, potential criminals are more exposed to it, hardened to it, and more likely to accept it as a rational way of life.

In short, crime is the result of community and familial failures. I believe in the 80/20 rule (Pareto Principle) that states that 80% of the criminals we now have could probably have been prevented had they been raised differently. The other 20% are likely people who would have become some sort of criminal no matter what.

What would prevent most crime? Hope. What would provide hope?
1 - Living conditions free of daily exposure to crime and violence (think Phoenix).
2 - Stronger family units with 2-Parents, or at least with the appropriate male AND female role models and mentors as well as cousins, friends, teachers, pastors, etc., who regularly and consistently interact with people from birth to death.
3 - Better educational conditions and opportunities.


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How To Prevent Poverty

Poverty prevention can be done by eradicating the causes of poverty that is overpopulation, poor distribution of wealth, environmental degradation, poor educational and health facilities and reduction in unemployment. People living below poverty line need to be made aware of the advantages of population control, the circulation of money should be made sure in order to avoid the accumulation of wealth in few hands, people should be made aware of the options to get self sufficient and supportive.

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