Defining a minimum income for healthy living (MIHL): older age, England

Morris, J.N.; Wilkinson, Paul; Dangour, Alan D.; Deeming, Christopher; Fletcher, Astrid

doi:10.1093/ije/dym129

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“…However, these studies had a global, rather than European, focus [35]. It appears that in the European countries considered here, more unequal distribution of income leads to a larger proportion of individuals with incomes less than the minimum required for healthy living [42,43], or below the poverty line. Thus, despite the overall wealth and level of economic development within a nation, income inequality increases the numbers of individuals within a country that have low vaccine coverage, engage in high-risk health behaviour, and have limited access to healthcare.…”

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Social determinants of tuberculosis in Europe: a prospective ecological study

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Tuberculosis (TB) is considered to be a disease of poverty, since its incidence is exacerbated by socioeconomic factors, inconsistent or partial treatment practices, and immigration from endemic countries.A prospective country level study, using a comprehensive dataset of TB incidence and prevalence taken from countries within the World Health Organization (WHO) European region, was conducted. We employed quintile regression to investigate the prospective association between baseline (measured in 2000) and a nation's wealth, level of egalitarianism, migration rate, health-related lifestyle and social capital with TB incidence and prevalence over a 10-yr period (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009).We found that ,50% of TB variation is accounted for by a nation's wealth and level of egalitarianism. We observed a negative prospective association between logged gross domestic product and TB rates, and a positive prospective association between income inequality and TB.National income levels per capita and income inequality are important predictors for TB incidence and prevalence in the WHO European region. They account for 50% of country-level variation, indicating the importance of a combined absolute and relative socioeconomic disadvantage in the development of TB. These findings also provide a tool for forecasting potential fluctuations in the level of TB epidemics in the WHO European region, with respect to socioeconomic changes.

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Social determinants of tuberculosis in Europe: a prospective ecological study

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“…Morris found that the UK State Pension in 2007 provided only two-thirds of the Minimum Income for Healthy Living for an older person without disability, and that even the higher UK Pension Credit Guarantee was some £12 pounds per person per week less than MIHL (Morris et al, 2007). The weekly shortfall in income will be greater for older people with disability and impaired physical functioning.…”

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Life course influences on quality of life at age 50 years: evidence from the National Child Development Study (1958 British birth cohort study)

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“…These show the inadequacy of income from wages or welfare benefits to meet basic needs for healthy living, including food. In the UK this has been demonstrated for different household types, including young single men paid at or below the minimum wage (Morris et al, 2000), and those living on state pensions (Morris et al, 2007). Hirsch (2011) shows how recent cuts in social welfare have had disproportionate effect on different low income households' budgetary capacity; since food expenditure is what many with insufficient money to manage have to cut, it is extremely unlikely that such householders could purchase sufficient, appropriate food for health (Dowler, 2010).…”

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Rights-based approaches to addressing food poverty and food insecurity in Ireland and UK

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O’Connor

2012

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Food poverty is an important contributing factor to health inequalities in industrialized countries; it refers to the inability to acquire or eat an adequate quality or sufficient quantity of food in socially acceptable ways (or the uncertainty of being able to do so). Synonymous with household food insecurity, the issue needs to be located within a social justice framework. Recognising the clear interdependence between the right to food and the right to health, this paper explores how international human rights obligations could inform approaches to addressing food poverty and insecurity with specific reference to Ireland and the UK. Little attention has been paid to how countries should meet their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to food in developed countries. The paper contributes by examining the social and policy circumstances which inhibit poor households from obtaining sufficient food to eat healthily, along with strategies and interventions from State and civil society actors in the two countries. In practice, problems and potential solutions have largely been directed towards the individual rather than at social determinants, particularly as research on environmental factors such as distance to shops has produced equivocal results. Other key structural aspects such as income sufficiency for food are broadly ignored by the State, and anti-poverty strategies are often implemented without monitoring for effects on food outcomes. Thus scant evidence exists for either Ireland or the UK meeting its rights to food obligations to date, in terms of roles and responsibilities in ensuring access to affordable, available and appropriate food for all.

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Defining a minimum income for healthy living (MIHL): older age, England

Cited by 56 publications

References 9 publications

Social determinants of tuberculosis in Europe: a prospective ecological study

Social determinants of tuberculosis in Europe: a prospective ecological study

Life course influences on quality of life at age 50 years: evidence from the National Child Development Study (1958 British birth cohort study)

Rights-based approaches to addressing food poverty and food insecurity in Ireland and UK

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