A nurse is assessing a community from both a developmental and risk perspective. Which of the following characteristics would be of most interest to the nurse?

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Community nurses use a developmental-age-correlated approach to identify health promotion and health protection activities. Age is an indication of development. Additionally, community nurses assess those risk factors in a community that can cause adverse health outcomes. Risk factors can vary from person to person but include age, gender, race, geographical location, and lack of health services. Age can thus be used to assess a community from both a developmental and a risk perspective.

A Nurse Is Assessing a Community from Both a Developmental