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Developing a Program to Raise Healthy Infants in Impoverished Canadian Communities
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Abstract
Infant poverty is a significant issue in Canadian society. Poverty experienced by children at early stages affect them in later life. Therefore, the issue is a concern to the public and other health agencies. Initiating programs to raise healthy infants give children a good start at the early stages of development. Because children depend on their parents for survival, their fate cannot be discussed in isolation from their parents. In other words, the parents are considered in placing child health program because their level of income is essential for child development. Notably, children hailing from families with greater income enjoy good health and living conditions as opposed to those from poor backgrounds. Besides, the impact of infant poverty on health, initiation of community-based programs and parental income are some of the best recommendations for initiating child health program among the poverty-stricken Canadian families.
Keywords: Infant poverty, Child health, Child development, Family income, health program
Developing a Program to Raise Healthy Infants in Impoverished Canadian Communities
The rate of infant poverty has proved to be a menace in many developed countries, influencing their health and well-being in some ways. Despite the level of industrialization, Canada community-based with rampant infant poverty among its other 14 peers in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Due to the role of infant feeding in children’s later years, infants ought to be given the best start in their early life. Moreover, initiating healthy programs are possible solutions to infant poverty. Therefore, the paper examines best recommendations for developing a program to raise healthy infants in impoverished Canadian communities.
Observably, the level of infant poverty in Canada tends to be high among the aboriginal communities in Ontario, Inuit community in the North and the immigrant population. Moreover, studies show some striking feature of infant poverty in Canada. Here, it is realized that despite the country’s economic growth over the near decades, Canada infant poverty is on the increase, causing many worries. Moreover, studies by (Cain, 2016) show that intervention programs that focus on children below the age of six years can yield an immense outcome in handling infant poverty.
Firstly, the program to be initiated will focus on the impact of infant poverty on the health and well-being of the Canadian children. Notably, it will illuminate the potential ways through which the persistent problems of infant poverty can be addressed to ensure the safety of all Canadian children irrespective of their background Krieger, Waterman, Spasojevic, Li, Maduro and Van 2016). To such extent, the program will focus on achieving solutions to their current and future health (Lucyk, 2016).
Secondly, given that infants depend fully on their parents for survival, focusing on parents would be a priority. Arguably, parents would be the focal center in initiating the Canadian infant health program because their economic status determines their children’s economic conditions and health. In other words, the fact that infants are poor because they hail from poor parents trigger a consideration in initiating healthy infant programs (Walsh, Hanley, Ives and Hordyk, 2016).
Thirdly, the program should ensure community-based interventions as a way of addressing the problem of infant poverty. Arguably, supporting community actions that influence changes in infant health policy is one of the best recommendations for eliminating the persistent problem of child poverty (Martinson, 2016). Notably, the program should intervene by advocating for system and policy as a way of enhancing good health among the affected population. Equality in resource allocation, higher minimum wage, and eligibility for increased income assistance are the possible policy reforms whose implementation would correct challenges of infant poverty that are common in Canada. Additionally, the program should intervene to ensure the existence of Canadian health public policy, health equity, and social justice that support all infants without discrimination.
Lastly, the program should ensure that parents have enough income that best suits their families. Here, it would involve entrusting support for workers through direct transfer such as increased social assistance rates. Additionally, reduction in cost essential support and services such as housing would be used to address infant poverty. Besides, promotion of parental attachment such as benefits, good working conditions and education to the labour force is a good recommendation (Martinson, 2016).
In sum, infant poverty is common in industrialized nations. Canada is one of the countries with high rate of infant poverty, influencing the health and well-being of children. However, developing some health effective programs is a better way of improving children’s health through reduction of poverty. To such extent, recommendations that play a significant role in
Infant poverty reduction should be considered and practiced.
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Krieger, N., Waterman, P. D., Spasojevic, J., Li, W., Maduro, G., & Van Wye, G. (2016). Public Health Monitoring of Privilege and Deprivation with the Index of Concentration at the extremes. American Journal of Public Health, 106(2), 256-263.
Lucyk, K. (2016). They are not My Problem: A Content and Framing Analysis of References to the Social Determinants of Health Within Canadian News Media, 1993-2014. Canadian Journal of Communication, 41(4), 631-654.
Martinson, M. L., & Reichman, N. E. (2016). Socioeconomic Inequalities in Low Birth Weight in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. American Journal of Public Health, 106(4), 748-754.
Walsh, C. A., Hanley, J., Ives, N., & Hordyk, S. R. (2016). Exploring the Experiences of Newcomer Women with Insecure Housing in Montréal Canada. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 17(3), 887-904.