Health and Childhood Poverty

Since the authors contend that there is a connection between obesity, kid smoking, and poverty, the publication by Gary and Kutcher (2011) that is being discussed is significant for the research. In order to determine how to weaken the link between childhood poverty, obesity, and adolescent smoking, the paper at hand analyzes the crucial interacting impacts of childhood income and social capital. In order to draw conclusions from the research showing that poverty raises children's smoking rates, which further leads to an increase in body fat, sampling procedures were used. Evans, G. & Pilyoung, K. (2007). Childhood Poverty and Health: Cumulative Risk Exposure and Stress Dysregulation. Psychological Science, 18(11), 953-957.

The works of Gary and Pilyoung (2007) is important for the current research since it outlines a study conducted 13-year old children to reveal how poverty results to physiological stress among children. The main question that the article seeks to reveal why poverty noted in early childhood contributes towards stress dysregulation. The main conclusion drawn by the study is that children from low income families will significantly face more social and physical risk factors in comparison to those born and raised in wealthy families.

Evans, G., Schamberg, M., & McEwen, B. (2009). Childhood Poverty, Chronic Stress, and Adult Working Memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106, (16), 6545-6549.

The research conducted by Evans, Schamberg and McEwen (2009) is suitable for the study of childhood poverty and health. The authors draw a conclusion that the rate of childhood poverty and working memory in adults are inversely related. Additionally, the authors argue that the chronic stress that a child undergoes during the childhood stage is determined by the existing environmental conditions. Descriptive and inferential research data were utilized to generate findings for the current research. The main conclusion derived by the authors is that childhood poverty will always generate stress which can be chronic based on the amount of time and exposure to the poverty. In the long run, the condition affects the individual’s working memory as an adult.

Greg, D., Ziol-Guest, K. & Kalil, A. (2010). Early-Childhood Poverty and Adult Attainment, Behavior, and Health. Child Development, 81, (1), 306-325.

Greg, Ziol-Guest, and Kalil (2010) present a study suitable for the current research on childhood poverty and health. The study goes to a greater extent to analyze the impact of childhood poverty on the established adult behavior and health. The study is suitable since it conducts an analysis on 5 year old children and the noticed behavioral outcomes on the child as he/she becomes an adult and attains the age of 37. The findings of the study as the implementation of a descriptive study methodology shows that not relationship exists between childhood poverty and adult attainment behavior.

Pilyoung, W., Gary, E., Angstadt, M., Shaun, H., Sripada, C, Swain, Liberzon, I., & Phan, L. (2013). Effects of childhood poverty and chronic stress on emotion regulatory brain function in adulthood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110, (46)18442-18447

The research by Pilyoung et al. (2013) is important for the current study on childhood poverty and health. The authors acknowledge that emotional dysregulation and childhood poverty are directly related. The study goes to a greater extent to provide support for the presented fact by deriving that neural activity among adults focuses on regulating negative emotions arising due to childhood poverty. The authors drew a conclusion that childhood poverty increases the level of physical illnesses among adults. Descriptive and behavioral data methodology was implemented in the outlined study to arrive at the presented conclusion.





References

Evans, G. & Kutcher, R. (2011). Loosening the Link Between Childhood Poverty and Adolescent Smoking and Obesity: The Protective Effects of Social Capital, Psychological Science, 22, (1), 3-7

Evans, G. & Pilyoung, K. (2007). Childhood Poverty and Health: Cumulative Risk Exposure and Stress Dysregulation. Psychological Science, 18(11), 953-957.

Evans, G., Schamberg, M., & McEwen, B. (2009). Childhood Poverty, Chronic Stress, and Adult Working Memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106, (16), 6545-6549.

Greg, D., Ziol-Guest, K. & Kalil, A. (2010). Early-Childhood Poverty and Adult Attainment, Behavior, and Health. Child Development, 81, (1), 306-325.

Pilyoung, W., Gary, E., Angstadt, M., Shaun, H., Sripada, C, Swain, Liberzon, I., & Phan, L. (2013). Effects of childhood poverty and chronic stress on emotion regulatory brain function in adulthood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110, (46)18442-18447