title: The link between poverty and health.
abstract: Events and trends in health and welfare policy have dramatically changed the climate in which families and individuals look after their own health, and health visitors care for their clients. Cuts in public expenditure and extensive restructuring of the health and welfare fields have reduced the role the state plays in health and welfare, placing responsibility for health back with individuals and families. But high levels of unemployment, low pay, taxation policies, and changes to the social security system have reduced the ability of many individuals and families to meet their needs. Moreover, the same social policies have often made it increasingly difficult for health visitors to intervene with other agencies on behalf of families, or to promote individual and family health on a daily basis.
authors.affiliation: Research Fellow. Health Promotion and Poverty Project, University of Warwick.
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blackburn