changes in the consideration of (nutrition and) health in poverty statistics august 24-25, 2006...
TRANSCRIPT
Changes in the consideration of (Nutrition and) Health in Poverty Statistics
August 24-25, 2006
Ruben M. Suarez
Pan American Health Organization PAHO/
World Health Organization WHO
Health Adjusted Poverty Lines: HAPL
Health Adjusted Poverty Lines – HAPL:Health Expenditures and Health Care needs in the Measurement of poverty and
inequalities (Rio Group)
• How to define and estimate “health care needs”; individuals or families?
• Household out-of-pocket health expenditures and disposable income in the measurements of poverty and inequalities?
• How to assess the role of public health insurance in the measurement of poverty & inequalities?
• How important health related catastrophic expenditures are in explaining the dynamics of poverty
0%
100%
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
Quintiles
% o
f In
co
me
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines: CAPLIN (Health Adjusted Poverty Lines HAPL): Needs
HCS and Inequality
0%
100%
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
Quintiles
% o
f In
co
me
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines: CAPLIN (Health Adjusted Poverty Lines HAPL): Resources
• From “Adequate” to “Optimum” Nutritional Intake in definition of Poverty Lines (Normative Food Consumption Basket)
• Nutrition, Health, Human Capital and Human Development Potential – Economic Growth, Poverty and Inequalities (Anthropometric failures and Biological dimensions of poverty)
Health Adjusted Poverty Lines - HAPL Additional Considerations Nutrition, Health and Human Development in the
Measurement of Poverty
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines – CAPLIN: Biological Dimensions of Poverty (On Anthropometric Failures Malnutrition (under) & Obesity and Human Obesity and Human
Development PotentialDevelopment Potential
(Obesity) >
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines – CAPLIN: Biological Dimensions of Poverty (On Anthropometric Failures Malnutrition (under) & Obesity and Human Obesity and Human
Development PotentialDevelopment Potential
(Obesity) >
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines: CAPLIN On Anthropometric Failures and Poverty: Malnutrition & ObesityObesity
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines: CAPLIN On Anthropometric Failures and Poverty: Malnutrition & ObesityObesity
0 30 40 60 80 100 110
G*t –H*t
H*(Gt-i)
L*Mean
G*t
L*Max
G’t –H*t
G’tL’Mean
HeigthBMI*
Longevity (Years)
Gt-i
Poor
Non-Poor
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines: CAPLIN On Anthropometric Failures and Poverty: Malnutrition & ObesityObesity
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines: CAPLIN On Anthropometric Failures and Poverty: Malnutrition & ObesityObesity
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines: CAPLIN On Anthropometric Failures and Poverty: Malnutrition & ObesityObesity
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines: CAPLIN On Anthropometric Failures and Poverty: Malnutrition & ObesityObesity
Perú 1996
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines: CAPLIN On Anthropometric Failures and Poverty: Malnutrition & ObesityObesity
Latin America and The Caribbean: Obesity vs GDP Per Capita
ANG
ANT
ARGARU
BAH
BAR
BLZ
BER
BOL
BRA
VIBCAY
CHI
COL
COR
DOM
DOR
ECU
ELS
GRE
GUA
GUT
GUY
HON
JAM
LAC
MAR
MEX
MNT
NEA
NIC
PANPAR
PER
PUR
SCN
STL SVTSUR
TRT
TCA
URU
VEN
VUS
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
- 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000
R2 = 0.1285
Characteristic Adjusted Poverty Lines: CAPLIN On Anthropometric Failures and Poverty: Malnutrition & ObesityObesity
0 30 40 60 80 100 110
G*t –H*t
H*(Gt-i)
L*Mean
G*t
L*Max
G’t –H*t
G’tL’Mean
HeigthBMI*
Longevity (Years)
Gt-i
• From “Adequate” to “Optimum” Nutritional Intake in definition of Poverty Lines (Normative Food Consumption Basket)
• Nutrition, Health, Human Capital and Human Development Potential – Economic Growth, Poverty and Inequalities (Anthropometric failures and Biological dimensions of poverty)
Health Adjusted Poverty Lines - HAPL Additional Considerations Nutrition, Health and Human Development in the
Measurement of Poverty
•Health Adjusted Poverty Lines -HAPLhttp://www.paho.org/English/DPM/SHD/HP/haplwrk-docpres.htm
•Nutrition, Poverty and Human Development:
http://www.paho.org/Spanish/DPM/SHD/HP/hapl04_nutpob_esp_docrelac.htm
Health Adjusted Poverty Lines: HAPL