{"id":2089,"date":"2022-02-09T11:35:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T09:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2022-02-09T11:35:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T09:35:27","slug":"health-happiness-and-income-inequity-fresh-insights-from-an-african-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/09\/health-happiness-and-income-inequity-fresh-insights-from-an-african-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Health, happiness and income inequity: fresh insights from an African perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to The Conversation,  problems with some forms of inequity are easier to understand than others. Unequal access to healthcare or food, for example, is clearly bad for everyone\u2019s wellbeing, contentment and productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem with some other forms of inequity, however, is less clear. For instance, not every individual can have the same \u201copportunities\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My colleagues and I were intrigued by the apparent link between income inequity and health. In particular, we were puzzled by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry\/article\/inequality-an-underacknowledged-source-of-mental-illness-and-distress\/985DE9F19CEA4165BE1E85A022BEFDFB\">assertion<\/a>&nbsp;that income inequity was robustly associated with wellbeing and stress. Why would knowing that a small proportion of people have preposterously large incomes necessarily affect someone\u2019s wellbeing? We wanted answers to the questions of why income inequity is a problem and why it has been so difficult to resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/health-happiness-and-income-inequity-fresh-insights-from-an-african-perspective-175674\">here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Disclaimer:<\/em>&nbsp;Please note that all press releases and statements published by Bible Media News do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Bible Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo:<\/em>\u00a0Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to The Conversation, problems with some forms of inequity are easier to understand than others. Unequal access to healthcare or food, for example, is clearly bad for everyone\u2019s wellbeing, contentment and productivity. The problem with some other forms of inequity, however, is less clear. For instance, not every individual can have the same \u201copportunities\u201d. 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