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• Neighborhood poverty refers to spatially defined

areas of high poverty and is characterized by

dilapidated housing and high levels of
unemployment.
The • Underclass poverty is defined as "the display of

Poverty negative attitudes and behavior that are
associated with poverty and indicate deviance
Thresholds from social norms."

• If one asks the clients at Community Medical
Care, they will tell you that being poor has

less to do with money and more to do with a
lack of family, friends, love, and support.

What matters most is the nurse's ability to
accept and respect clients and attempt to

understand how their life situations influence
their health and well being.
• Being poor is one variable that must be measured

against the presence of other variables that may
counteract the negative effects of poverty.