Robert and Nadine both have been laid off. The couple has inadequate access to food or health care
When they realize that Nadine is pregnant, they feel desperate, and they talk to a social worker at a local clinic about their situation. The social worker is able to provide them with referrals to a food outlet, but she is unable to find a prenatal care clinic that provides free services in their neighborhood. Considering the effects of multiple risk factors, what is the most likely potential value of the social worker's efforts?
a. The fewer risk factors the better, so their unborn child is likely to be better off even with the limited help the social worker provided.
b. Their unborn child is not likely to be benefited by eliminating only one risk factor.
c. The unborn child might have been benefited if prenatal care were found, but improving prenatal nutrition is not important.
d. The health care and stress factors will only be important after the child is born.
a
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