A client is fearful of being infected with the Ebola virus. To which reliable source of family risk reduction information should this client turn?
A) A report from the client's neighbor whose daughter was recently infected with the Ebola virus
B) Information the client's wife reported from a newspaper article about the Ebola virus that she read
C) Data from an Internet site that the client's daughter conveyed
D) A conversation the client has with his healthcare provider
Ans: D
Feedback:
Information the client gains from a conversation with his healthcare provider would be the most reliable, as the other sources are informal and secondhand. In informal settings, family members may receive inaccurate information about risk reduction, primarily because people interpret risk reports at their level of understanding (i.e., their own level of education or the level of information given). In fact, family members often hear ambiguous reports or interpretations about how someone became disabled or ill or died.
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