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Seeking Health Care Case Study
August 9, 2015
Factors That May Hinder Individuals to Seek Health Care
Instructor: Professor T
Author: Debra McConnell Childress

There are many factors fused together that affect the health of communities and individuals. Whether individuals are healthy or not, is determined by their environment and circumstances. These factors include where we live, the condition of our genetics, environment, our education and income level, and our relationships with family and friends all have considerable impacts on health, considered that the more widely known factors such as availability and use of health care services often have less of an influence( World Health Organization (2010). The situation of an individual’s life establish

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