Researchers seek answers to how poverty, violence affect health

Is Is street violence an addictive behavior? street violence an addictive behavior? How does a violence or poverty affect how a child learns, how police deal with crime and how landlords treat tenants? These and other How does a violence or poverty affect how a child learns, how police deal with crime and how landlords treat tenants? These and other social determinants of health social determinants of health are being studied by are being studied by Sandra Lane, PhD Sandra Lane, PhD (at left), a professor of public health at Syracuse University, and Arnett Haygood-El (at right), associate director of the (at left), a professor of public health at Syracuse University, and Arnett Haygood-El (at right), associate director of the Street Addiction institute Inc. in Syracuse Street Addiction institute Inc. in Syracuse. Health does not exist in a vacuum but as part of a person‘s environment, they explain, and they are seeking solutions to the trauma inflicted by violence and poverty. . Health does not exist in a vacuum but as part of a person‘s environment, they explain, and they are seeking solutions to the trauma inflicted by violence and poverty.