A community nurse-managed clinic has seen an increase in the number of patients who have immigrated to the U.S. from Central America who are experiencing poorer outcomes than other patients. A nurse working in the clinic decides to take a multiple determinants of vulnerability approach to help understand possible underlying factors for this population. Using that approach, she would take into account all but which of the following as primary factors?

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Health literacy is an important factor but not considered a primary determinant of vulnerability like stigma, racism, and discrimination, which are more directly related to social and systemic barriers.

A Community Nurse-Managed Clinic Has Seen an Increase in the Number