ABSTRACT
How social workers define and assess poverty is a matter of economic and social justice. Recent conceptual and measurement advances point to a multidimensional definition of poverty which captures material, social, and political deprivations. Using data from a survey, this article describes how nephrology social workers assess poverty among older adults living with a chronic kidney disease (N = 52). Results suggest respondents already conceive of poverty as a multidimensional experience, support awareness-raising about poverty, and primarily assess poverty by employment status, income, access to transportation, and education. Opportunities to expand poverty assessment in future work are promising.
Acknowledgments
This project received human subjects approval on 9/29/2016 for ID#STUDY00004010 at the University of Georgia.
Declaration of interest
The authors have not received any funding for this research and claim no conflicts of interest.