As a concerned citizen and professional, a nurse encourages the local senators and representatives to support expansion of health clinics for the poverty stricken. Which of the following locations is in most desperate need?
a. Rural areas where migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) labor
b. Inner city poverty-stricken neighborhoods
c. Near elderly low-income housing units
d. Inside high schools in poverty-stricken neighborhoods
ANS: A
In general, MSFW may have the poorest health of any aggregate in the United States and the least access to affordable health care. Thus, a location that serves this population would be most important.
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