A Group of Community Members Are Diagnosed with a Chronic

question 9

Multiple Choice

A group of community members are diagnosed with a chronic illness affecting the same body system.What should the nurse consider as social determinants of health that contributed to the development of the disease process in these individuals? (Select all that apply. )

• A)Age
• B)Housing
• C)Gender at birth
• D)Community violence
• E)Office location of employment

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Definitions:

Closed-Class Societies

Societies with rigid social structures that limit upward mobility and social movement between classes.

Caste-Structured

Pertains to societies or social systems organized by a hierarchy of social classes or castes, where individuals' positions are determined by birth.

Open-Class Societies

Societies characterized by fluid social systems in which individuals can change their social status, class, or mobility through their actions, contributions, or achievements.

Unilineal Descent

A system of lineage or ancestry tracing in which descent is reckoned either through the male line (patrilineal) or the female line (matrilineal) exclusively.