You are a health-care planner working with a community affected by poverty.Your responsibility is to plan services and programs to ensure that members of the community have what they need to achieve and maintain health and well-being.Research evidence has told you that people who live in poverty are frequently less healthy than those with greater income.As a result, you develop additional services and programs, rather than just the standard ones, to offset the impact of substandard housing, limited access to fresh, nutritious foods, and exposure to unsafe environments.What concept does your approach use?

A) equality
B) inclusion
C) tokenism
D) equity

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Zybrea Knight · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  The approach described in the scenario is based on the concept of equity. Equity aims to address the underlying social determinants of health that contribute to inequities and ensure that everyone has access to the resources and opportunities needed to achieve and maintain health and well-being, regardless of their income or social status. This approach recognizes that addressing health inequities requires additional services and programs to offset the impacts of poverty and other structural inequalities.

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