The nurse recognizes that there are certain variables that increase or decrease the probability of illness or death, and that these variables can be modified. Such variables are called:
a. health determinants. c. vulnerable population groups.
b. underserved. d. health risk factors.
D
Health risk factors are variables that increase or decrease the probability of illness or death. Health risk
factors may be modifiable. Health determinants are variables that include biological, psychosocial,
environmental, and health system factors that may cause changes in the health status of individuals,
families, groups, populations, and communities. Vulnerable population groups are subgroups of a
community who are powerless, marginalized, or disenfranchised and are experiencing health
disparities. The underserved are those people who have not received adequate medical care services.
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