PLEASE RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING POST OF A CLASSMATE IN 100 WORDS, Remember that your posts must be substantive and contribute to the dialogue that is taking place and Response posts must offer at least TWO new piece of information or insight.

Classmate Post:

Option 1:  Watch the video clip below.  Describe the social, political, cultural, and environmental factors influencing poverty.  Does structural violence exist in your geographic region?  If so, what are some examples of it.

         The social environmental factors that influence poverty include the lack of education, high crime rate in the lower income neighborhoods and the lack of higher paying job opportunities. (Chakole 2023).  Some political environmental factor that influences poverty include how certain government programs cater to specific backgrounds and income limits. For example, from my personal experience I know a single mother with two children that pays for daycare and works full time, she can barely afford to pay for her bills every month and does not qualify for food stamps or low-income housing. While theres another single mother that only works part time and states she will stay working part time because, shes then able to receive help from multiple government assistance such as, low-income housing, food stamps and Medicaid. In a way one mother is being penalized for working full time for her family and the other is being rewarded and can add money to her savings account every month. An example of a cultural environmental factor that can influence poverty is stigma society has towards a lower income family. I do believe there is some structural violence where Im from, there are plenty of people that view Stock Island as ghettobecause of the amount of lower income families that reside here.

Chelak, K., & Chakole, S. (2023, January 5). The role of Social Determinants of Health in Promoting Health Equality: A narrative review. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9899154/Links to an external site.