EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN-COUNTRIES

In France rue are not well aware of the health of people in situation of poverty : they have not resources enough to care of oneself; not kn owing the services of social welfare, and not identified by these serv ices. 1) Some studies in Great Britain and in U.S. have followed up so me deprived groups with health index on a long duration : life expecta ncy at birth, number of stillbirths in the group, law birth weight, ca sualty during childhood, violent deaths among teen agers and young men . Disparities between rich and poor are dramatic, unskilled men have a mortality three limes that of professional men; advantage is given to people who had had some education and a steady family home during chi ldhood, compared with those who have not. 2) In France investigations have been more accurate an the health of deprived individuals : where are they taken care of; who cures them for which diseases ? According to the results, they are not abandoned. Places for reception and care are many: rite public institutions welcome them even without social se curity guarantee almost a hundred non profit associations may help the m : these discreet institutions are poorly known even by the public ad ministration.