How does the web of causation view a health condition?
A) The result of individual factors
B) As an indirect cause of a condition
C) Interrelated variables are rarely involved in the cause of a particular outcome.
D) Complex interrelationships of numerous factors interacting to increase or decrease the risk of disease
Ans: D
The web of causation views a health condition as the result not of individual factors but of complex interrelationships of numerous factors interacting to increase or decrease the risk of disease. The web identifies a disease as a direct, not indirect, result of a condition and almost always as a result of interrelated variables.
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