When speaking with an older man in a rural community about his lifelong smoking habit, the nurse is alarmed to learn that he has never heard that cigarette smoking is the major cause of lung cancer
This situation exemplifies which of the seven A's of challenges to elders in rural areas?
A) Availability
B) Accessibility
C) Affordability
D) Awareness
Ans: D
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Awareness refers to the level of information dissemination and degree of literacy. Availability refers to the number and diversity of formal services and providers, number of acceptable services, and amount of human service infrastructure. Accessibility refers to the amount of adequate, appropriate, and affordable transportation as well as the degree of cultural and geographic isolation. Affordability refers to the ability to pay for services.
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