
Health risk appraisal of rural population in poverty
Author(s) -
Le Kang,
Rodrigues Marlene
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1875-9270
pISSN - 1051-9815
DOI - 10.3233/wor-205370
Subject(s) - poverty , population , rural population , population health , environmental health , medicine , economic growth , economics
BACKGROUND: Health is no longer simply limited to the absence of pain but a state of physical and psychological integrity that adapts to the social environment. People’s understanding of poverty has expanded from simply emphasizing income and consumption to many fields. OBJECTIVE: The research is made to understand the relationship between poverty and health effectively, indeed find out the factors affecting the health of the rural population in poverty, and establish a sound health risk assessment system for the rural population in poverty. METHODS: The influencing factors of the rural population in poverty’s health are analyzed by using the psychology, economics, statistics, and behavior science, the health risk management model of the rural population in poverty is proposed, and the effectiveness of the method proposed is further verified combined with specific case data. RESULTS: The rural population in poverty have higher health needs, but because of the cost, it is difficult to get effective treatment, and the prevalence rate and chronic diseases are also significantly higher than those of non-poor people. When the proportion of health expenditure in the total family income exceeds 20%, there will be excessive health economic risk; 69.3%of the families in poverty use the means of borrowing, and the significant characteristic of the intensity of negative health events in families in poverty is that they have more expenditure and income. CONCLUSION: The health risk management model of the rural population in poverty proposed can comprehensively analyze the risk problems faced by the rural population in poverty, which can create a theoretical basis for the practice mode of health risk management of rural families in poverty.