Objectives - The Adult Experience of Poverty

At the end of this section you will be able to:

• Identify potential gaps in the health care of low income Canadians.

• Desribe the additive health influences of gender and poverty.

• Describe the impacts of employment and unemployment on the health of men and women.

• Define ‘working poor’ and recognize the limitations of a minimum wage income.

• Recognize the ways in which gender, poverty, disability and health are related.