...living in the Caribbean can be thought be caused by many interrelated factors, all of which contribute to the poor nutrition of the area. These conditions interact with and exacerbate one another, making good health more difficult to obtain. Poverty also intensifies other social problems such as inadequate health care, higher rates of teen pregnancy, and the need for more social services such as nutrition and housing assistance and counseling services in the nations that comprise the Caribbean nations.
Living in high poverty communities leaves many Caribbean people without access to safe, quality schools. Poor education traps many natives in low-skill, low-wage jobs that do not have health benefits. Recently, within the last ten years or so, most of the countries in the Caribbean areas changed their laws so that long-term residency was a condition for eligibility for most...