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This 12 page paper looks at the impact of health risk behaviors within the urban male adolescent population. The essay discusses many of the issues that face impoverished urban youth with an emphasis on Black males, including the behaviors that negatively impact their health. Statistics are included. The essay ends demonstrating the resiliency of some of this population by reporting some of the experiences of Geoffrey Canada. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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of poverty can last a lifetime. One consequence of poverty that has been shown repeatedly in studies is poor health (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). Individuals with poor health have
shorter life expectancies and chronic health problems (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). Data also show lower birth rates and higher mortality rates among infants born into poor families (Bauman, Silver
and Stein, 2006). Race and ethnicity also play a role, for instance, these authors report "Black children are 2.4 times more likely to be born low birth weight than white
children" (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006, p. 1321). Poor children "are 1.7 times more likely to be born low birth weight . . . . are twice as likely to
experience stunting" (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006, p. 1321). The authors also comment there are other factors that affect the health of children. People living in poverty have poor nutrition,
for example, and they tend to live in more dangerous neighborhoods (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006), which obviously has a negative impact on health. Bahr (2007) also said that the
nutrition disparities between White and Black families have been repeatedly shown in research. This leads to a disparity in the general health of each of these groups (Behr, 2007). Low-income
families often have little access to health care services (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). In many cases, access is provided through state programs, such as Medicaid but they still face
the problem of transportation getting to health care providers and not all providers accept Medicaid insurance. Segal and Peck (2006) commented: "simply being poor limits a persons life outcomes" (p.
227). Segal and Peck (2006) report that children growing up in poverty have "impaired physical growth and impaired cognitive abilities . . . also impaired social functioning" (p. 227). The
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