Researchers in recent years have been able to link many chronic health conditions to high levels of stress, which is more prevalent in low-income communities.
Tag: low-income neighborhood
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Study Shows Amputation Rates Higher in Low-Income Areas
Diabetes cases that require amputation of limbs and extremities are more common among poorer patients.
Posted inTop Stories
Build a Class and They Will Come
Once the domain of those who could afford gym memberships, fitness classes are now increasingly available to low-income families, who are flocking to them. The programs not only yield personal health benefits but also empower communities.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
Mobile Camps Deliver Summer Fun for Low-Income Communities
A few cities in the county are using innovative ways to give kids in poorer neighborhoods a more supervised summer. Santa Ana is struggling.
Posted inCountywide, Outdoors, Top Stories
Reality Behind OC’s Urban Health
Preconceived notions regarding the reasons for obesity and other neighborhood health ills are not as cut-and-dried upon closer examination.
Posted inHuntington Beach, Investigative, Top Stories
Huntington Beach Neighborhood Loses Link to More Healthful Eating
The market, which has offered fresh produce to the low-income community of Oak View for a year, will go “on a pause” this month.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Breathmobiles Help Young Asthma Sufferers Breathe More Easily
In Orange County, doctors have taken to the streets in mobile
clinics to combat the disease in low-income communities.
