What would be the focus of poverty alleviation solutions

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Assignment - NYU Poverty and Public Health Paper

Poverty is central to health and development in low-income and middle-income countries. State your definition of poverty prior to studying public health. Based on this definition, what would be the focus of poverty alleviation solutions? Based on the relational and spiritual definition of poverty, discuss how the focus of solutions would change to include a holistic approach. Identify an example of a health program or solution that integrates a relational definition of poverty. Watch the video on "Defining Poverty" to help in responding to this discussion question.

PLEASE add the links/sites to the reference list if you use any of these readings and make sure everything is in proper APA format.

Read Chapter 4 in For the Love of God: Principles and Practice of Compassion in Missions.

Read "The Stages of International (Global) Health: Histories of Successes or Successes of History?" by Birn, from Global Public Health (2009).

Watch the "Introduction to PUB 655" video in the Participatory Community Development playlist, located in the Student Success Center. This video will explain the overall purpose and focus for this course. The course begins with a broad perspective and then concentrates specifically on engaging communities and vulnerable populations with a focus on Christian health missions.

Watch the "Defining Poverty" video in the Participatory Community Development playlist, located in the Student Success Center, in preparation for responding to the discussion question in this topic. The video provides an alternative definition of poverty based on relationships rather than only material need. This definition informs one's approach to poverty and engaging lower-income communities.

Read "Towards a Common Definition of Global Health" by Koplan, Bond, Merson, Reddy, Rodriguez, Sewankambo, and Wasserheit, from The Lancet (2009).

Read "Global Health Is Public Health" by Fried, Bentley, Buekens, Burke, Frenk, Klag, and Spencer, from The Lancet (2010).

Read "Poverty Is a Lie," by Todd, from Mission Frontiers (2011).

Read "What Is Poverty?" located on The Chalmers Center website.

Watch "Helping Without Hurting - Part 1: Reconsidering the Meaning of Poverty - LifeChurch.tv," by Life.Church (2014), located on the YouTube website.

Read "The History of Foreign Aid," by Phillips (2013), located on the ReliefWeb website.

Read "How AIDS Invented Global Health," from New England Journal of Medicine (2013).

Read "Global Health Players: Organizations Involved in International Health," located on the Global Health Education website.

Read "Donor Motives for Foreign Aid," by Bandyopadhyay and Vermann, from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review (2013).

References - American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

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