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- The harmful effects of child poverty in Canada are well-established, yet efforts to reduce it have lagged, highlighting a disconnect between knowledge and action.
- Paediatricians can contribute significantly to poverty reduction by advocating for solutions and understanding the challenges that children face.
- A comprehensive national poverty reduction plan should include effective screening, support for healthy development, food and housing security, extended healthcare coverage, and localized interventions to tackle the social determinants of health and reduce inequalities.
Article Abstract
The harmful effects of child poverty are well documented. Despite this, progress in poverty reduction in Canada has been slow. A significant gap exists between what is known about eradicating poverty and its implementation. Paediatricians can play an important role in bridging this gap by understanding and advancing child poverty reduction. Establishment of a comprehensive national poverty reduction plan is essential to improving progress. The present review identifies the key components of an effective poverty reduction strategy. These elements include effective poverty screening, promoting healthy child development and readiness to learn, ensuring food and housing security, providing extended health care coverage for the uninsured and using place-based solutions and team-level interventions. Specific economic interventions are also reviewed. Addressing the social determinants of health in these ways is crucial to narrowing disparities in wealth and health so that all children in Canada reach their full potential.
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