A community health screening is being held for residents at the local town hall. The nurse is alert to the biocultural history of patients and aware that which of the following individuals have a greater potential for and incidence of tuberculosis?
a. Black Canadians
b. Jewish persons
c. Southern Asians
d. First Nations and Inuit peoples
D
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A Black persons have a predisposition to hypertension.
B Tay-Sachs disease is linked to Ashkenazi Jews.
C Lactose intolerance is frequently observed among Southern Asians.
D According to Health Canada (2011), the prevalence of tuberculosis among First Nations and Inuit peoples is eight to ten times higher than the national average.
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