Fattima Abedalamir Brandon White ENGL-1302 3/10/2021 UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME Universal basic income (UBI) is the concept of allocating a specified amount of money to all adult citizens of a country from the government regularly. However, since the UBI financing is obtained from taxation, individuals with a high income end up paying more than the amount they get from the UBI payout. Universal basic income is characterized by; inclusivity of all adult citizens without discrimination, fixed interval payment, the money is allocated in liquid cash, and unconditional individual beneficiary. Although the idea of installing a universal basic income is a great opportunity for improving the standards of living for the lower and middle class, its implementation is debatable since it has the potential of draining the motivation to work. If a country has a large percentage of non-working citizens, it can easily fall into recession. In times of crisis, most people lose jobs and end up living miserable lives despite their motivation. In the current covid-19 pandemic, many people working in service industries such as restaurants and air travel staff were laid off. If the government had instigated the UBI program, it would allow such individuals to maintain a decent living and minimize stigma. A Commented [BW1]: Word count penalty From the essay’s guidelines: •1000-words minimum •You can revise the assignment for a passing grade. •Make sure you address all of the comments •Make sure you address all of the edits marked in red •Revisions are due by March 31st. Commented [BW2]: Do not forget the header. MLA format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TURCJnVLOQ4 Commented [BW3]: •You were asked to provide two quotes per article. •Quoting and paraphrasing are not the same thing. Commented [BW4]: How much would people receive? Commented [BW5]: Combine these paragraphs. Commented [BW6]: --Present your thesis statement. Which issues/ideas are going to be explored in this essay? The thesis should answer that question. Commented [BW7]: Indent. Commented [BW8]: Statistics can help this section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TURCJnVLOQ4 regular remuneration can also protect the jobless from settling for exploitative positions or resulting in crime. A research Research was conducted in the UK by in May to investigate the relationship between health and poverty. The study ascertained that people with access to balanced food were more resilient to diseases. In regions where UBI is implemented, quality food and health services are available to both employed and unemployed citizens. The expectation of receiving money also improves mental wellbeing. Society is based on social class status, resulting in biased compensations in the work environment. The management, which controls staff wages, often allocates the lion's share to themselves and pays peanuts to the blue-collar indivi ...

1. Fattima Abedalamir
Brandon White
ENGL-1302
3/10/2021
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME
Universal basic income (UBI) is the concept of allocating a
specified amount of money to
all adult citizens of a country from the government regularly.
However, since the UBI financing
is obtained from taxation, individuals with a high income end
up paying more than the amount
they get from the UBI payout. Universal basic income is
characterized by; inclusivity of all adult
citizens without discrimination, fixed interval payment, the
money is allocated in liquid cash,
and unconditional individual beneficiary.
Although the idea of installing a universal basic income is a
great opportunity for
improving the standards of living for the lower and middle
class, its implementation is

2. debatable since it has the potential of draining the motivation to
work. If a country has a large
percentage of non-working citizens, it can easily fall into
recession.
In times of crisis, most people lose jobs and end up living
miserable lives despite their
motivation. In the current covid-19 pandemic, many people
working in service industries such
as restaurants and air travel staff were laid off. If the
government had instigated the UBI
program, it would allow such individuals to maintain a decent
living and minimize stigma. A
Commented [BW1]: Word count penalty
From the essay’s guidelines:
•1000-words minimum
•You can revise the assignment for a passing grade.
•Make sure you address all of the comments
•Make sure you address all of the edits marked in red
•Revisions are due by March 31st.
Commented [BW2]: Do not forget the header. MLA
format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TURCJnVLOQ4

3. Commented [BW3]: •You were asked to provide two
quotes per article. •Quoting and paraphrasing are not the
same thing.
Commented [BW4]: How much would people receive?
Commented [BW5]: Combine these paragraphs.
Commented [BW6]: --Present your thesis statement.
Which issues/ideas are going to be explored in this
essay?
The thesis should answer that question.
Commented [BW7]: Indent.
Commented [BW8]: Statistics can help this section.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TURCJnVLOQ4
regular remuneration can also protect the jobless from settling
for exploitative positions or
resulting in crime. A research Research was conducted in the
UK by in May to investigate the
relationship between health and poverty. The study ascertained
that people with access to
balanced food were more resilient to diseases. In regions where
UBI is implemented, quality
food and health services are available to both employed and
unemployed citizens. The

4. expectation of receiving money also improves mental wellbeing.
Society is based on social class status, resulting in biased
compensations in the work
environment. The management, which controls staff wages,
often allocates the lion's share to
themselves and pays peanuts to the blue-collar individuals who
do the work. A study is
currently ongoing in the community along the shores of Lake
Victoria, Kenya. ‘Courtesy of a US-
based charity organization, each adult in the region receives
22.5 $ monthly no strings
attached’. The study is intended to go on for twelve years to
determine the viability of UBI in
poverty evacuation among the lower social class. Other
countries where the study is being
conducted include Ontario, Canada, Stockholm, California, and
Finland.
Job satisfaction among workers has a positive correlation to
productivity. However,
most professionals end up working in a field they are not
satisfied with due to job scarcity or
intense competition. UBI can allow graduates to undertake
further studies in their field of

5. specialization to secure better job opportunities in the future.
Bregman undertook a study to
determine the factors which lead students to give up studies and
assume the family
breadwinner role. Although the act of children earning money to
support family members
seemed to be a poverty eradication program, it was detrimental
to the dropout's financial
progress in the long run. If low-income families are entitled to a
universal basic income, the still
Commented [BW9]: --Provide an example to
supplement your reasoning.
Commented [BW10]: Who conducted the research?
What is the name of the study?
Commented [BW11]: Where is it implemented? Support
this with evidence.
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going to discuss in the paragraph.
2.Give the reader context.
3.Provide textual evidence from one of the articles
or reports.
4.Link the quote to your claim. Explain your
reasoning
5.Provide more evidence
6.Link the evidence to your claim. Explain your
reasoning.
7.Provide an example to supplement your

6. reasoning.
8.Conclude the paragraph and move on to the next
supporting paragraph.
Add steps 5-8.
Commented [BW13]: You are reporting. You should be
arguing. How is this linked to your topic sentence? Make the
connection for the reader.
Commented [BW14]: Statistics can help this section.
Commented [BW15]: How so? Explain your reasoning.
Commented [BW16]: How is this linked to UBI? Same
thing—make the connection for the reader. Explain your
reasoning.
studying children don't face pressure to seek jobs. The level of
education and skills a person
acquires determines the type of job to work and the salary.
Corruption is a prominent vice in developing countries. It is
triggered by greed and
desperation in the unemployed population. If people can secure
a decent living without
employment, the unemployed don’t face a lot of pressure to

7. secure job opportunities.
Corruption is an unhealthy practice that allows incompetent
people to acquire top dollar jobs.
With unqualified people in the industries, the standard of
productivity lowers, negatively
affecting a country's economy. If the job market is a level field,
children from low-income
families can pursue their studies and acquire high-paying jobs.
Despite the advantages that UBI
can trigger in the community, the protocol's implementation
requires multiple testing in the
various communities to ascertain its viability.
There is no guarantee that beneficiaries will spend the UBI's
money on productive
activities, education, health, and basic needs satisfaction. Some
members of society are lazy
and lack the motivation to improve their standards of living. In
a study conducted by, most drug
addicts lack the zeal of self-improvement. If such individuals
get regular income by doing
nothing to contribute to society, they will most probably spend
the resources to fuel their
addictions with no consideration to securing basic needs. The
government should analyze the

8. amount of money to be offered according to the region's
economic state. Despite the amount
of money offered to them, most of the addicts will still be
homeless.
Offering free money to people can increase the rate of inflation
of an economy. If people are
guaranteed to receive a certain amount of money regularly
without any effort, workers can
Commented [BW17]: •Do not use contractions.
Commented [BW18]: How is this linked to UBI? Same
thing—make the connection for the reader. Explain your
reasoning.
Commented [BW19]: How is this linked to UBI? Same
thing—make the connection for the reader. Explain your
reasoning.
Commented [BW20]: Who conducted the research?
What is the name of the study?
Commented [BW21]: Example?
demand higher pay to maintain a higher social class above the

9. unemployed. Worker strikes will
be more rampant wage rise requests. With increased labor costs,
the country's products will be
more expensive, losing a competitive edge in the global
markets. Some of the workers can even
quit their job leading to a labor shortage and diminished
productivity.
Universal basic income is a great way of standardizing the
standards of living in a country. In the
current covid-19 crisis, a regular interval monetary upkeep for
all citizens would curb the
financial disasters inflicted on laid-off workers. The
exploitation of lower rank employees
through poor payments can be kept in check by taxing the
highly paid managerial staff heavily.
When graduates are not too desperate to secure a job, the UBI
can fund further education to
improve their knowledge and skills for a better future job if the
public is not desperate to
secure job opportunities, the incidences of corruption lower.
However, implementing a
functional UBI policy requires testing and multiple experiments
on small social circles to
ascertain that the program won’t lead the nation into a

10. downward financial recession.
Commented [BW22]: Who conducted the research?
What is the name of the study?
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Article Summary
Determine the predictors of health promoting lifestyles
Focuses on pregnant women based on the Pender’s model
(Bahabadi et al., 2020)
Addresses possible problems during the pregnancy
Findings reveal predictors of health-promoting lifestyles
Model adoptive in informing health decisions (Bahabadi et al.,
2020).
Proper nutrition, prenatal care & good work rest schedule.
The article’s objective is to determine the predictors of health

11. promoting lifestyles in pregnant women based on the Pender’s
health promotion model constructs (Bahabadi et al., 2020). The
authors focused on addressing possible problems during the
pregnancy critical period which is associated with risk of
obesity and diabetes, preterm delivery and undertaking
caesarean section. Findings revealed that key predictors of
health-promoting lifestyles in pregnant women include the
constructs of the Pender’s health promotion model such as
perceived benefits, social support and perceived barriers
(Bahabadi et al., 2020).
The article was conclusive in revealing that Pender’s model can
be adopted in nursing to inform on decisions regarding health-
promoting behaviors while caring for pregnant women. Notably,
the health promotion lifestyle behaviors identified to be
beneficial to pregnant women include proper nutrition, prenatal
care & good work rest schedule.
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Pender’s View of Patient and Environment
Patient
Individual primarily addressed by Pender’s model
Unique characteristics and experiences influence actions
Health behaviors learned from family or community (Butts &
Rich, 2017).
Environment
Includes physical interpersonal and economic factors
Toxic substances, access to resources affect quality
Socioeconomic factors influence a person’s health
The slide provides insights regarding the view of Pender’s
model with regard to patients and environment. The person is
primary focus of the model where every individual is described
as having unique characteristics as well as experiences that play
a key role in the actions of the individual. Individuals acquire
health behaviors from their interactions with family members

12. and members of the community. Notably, Pender’s model views
the environment as comprising the physical, interpersonal and
economic factors that have a significant influence on the
individual’s health(Butts & Rich, 2017). The quality of an
environment is described based on the presence of factors such
as toxic substance, and access to resources that are needed for a
healthy living. Socioeconomic factors such as employment
status, and poverty have a significant influence on an
individual’s health
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Pender’s View of Health & Environment
Health
Health is positive and high-level state
An individual’s definition of health matters
Nursing
Focuses on promoting health behavior
Major function APN role is health promotion (Butts & Rich,
2017).
Serves as guide for APN role
According to the health promotion model, a person’s definition
of health for themselves is of more importance compared to any
other definition of health(Butts & Rich, 2017). Health is
generally describes as a positive and high-level state. The role
on nursing in this model majoring focuses on health promotion
behaviors. APN’s major role is health promotion through raising
the patient’s awareness on health promotion behaviors and
helping them to control their environment to support positive
behavioral change. The model is crucial as a guide for the APN
role in encouraging health promotion behavior and addressing
the associated change.
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References

13. Bahabadi, F. J., Estebsari, F., Rohani, C., Kandi, Z. R. K.,
Sefidkar, R., & Mostafaei, D. (2020). Predictors of health-
promoting lifestyle in pregnant women based on Pender’s health
promotion model. International journal of women's health, 12,
71.
Butts, J., & Rich, K. (2017). Philosophies and theories for
advanced nursing practice (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.