title: Poverty.
abstract: This glossary addresses the complex nature of poverty and raises some conceptual and measurement issues related to poverty in the public health literature, with a focus on poor countries.
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on Population and Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mowafi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khawaja
mesh_terms: D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008019:Life Style; D011203:Poverty; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011634:Public Health; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035862:Vulnerable Populations