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What are the aspects of the physical, social, and attitudinal surroundings in which people live and conduct their lives?
Which factors are considered part of the natural environment and human-made changes to the environment?
What category does personal indoor & outdoor mobility/transportation equipment belong to?
Who are considered part of the support and relationships aspect of environmental factors?
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Which factor is included in environmental attitudes according to the text?
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What does the term 'environmental factor' refer to?
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What is the main context in which societal attitudes are discussed?
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Which of the following is NOT listed as an example of an individual attitude under the environmental factor?
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What is the context in which services, systems, and policies are discussed?
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Which of the following is NOT listed as an example of a personal factor?
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What does the text suggest is included in the particular background of a person's life and living?
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Which of the following is NOT listed as an example of a personal factor?
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Study Notes
Context: Environmental Factors
- Environmental factors involve aspects of the physical, social, and attitudinal surroundings in which people live and conduct their lives.
- Natural environment and human-made changes to the environment include:
- Physical geography
- Population
- Flora and fauna
- Climate
- Natural events
- Human-caused events
- Light
- Time-related changes
- Sound and vibration
- Air quality
- Products and technology include:
- Food, drugs, and other products for personal consumption
- General products and technology for personal use in daily living
- Personal indoor and outdoor mobility/transportation equipment
- Communication
- Education
- Employment
- Cultural, recreational, sporting activities
- Practice of religion and spirituality
- Indoor and outdoor human-made environments
- Assets for economic exchange
- Virtual environments
- Support and relationships include:
- Immediate and extended family
- Friends, acquaintances, peers, neighbors
- Colleagues, neighbors, community members
- People in positions of authority and those in subordinate positions
- Personal care providers and personal assistants
- Domesticated animals
- Attitudes include:
- Individual attitudes of immediate and extended family, friends, acquaintances, peers, colleagues, neighbors, and community members
- Societal attitudes
- Social norms, practices, ideologies that marginalize specific populations
- Services, systems, and policies include:
- Services designed to meet the needs of persons, groups, populations
- Systems established by governments
- Policies constituted by rules, regulations, conventions, and standards
Context: Personal Factors
- Personal factors involve the unique features of a person that are NOT part of a health condition or health state.
- Personal factors include:
- Age
- Sexual orientation
- Gender identity
- Race and ethnicity
- Cultural identification and cultural attitudes
- Social background, social status, socioeconomic status
- Upbringing and life experiences
- Habits and past and current behavioral patterns
- Individual psychological assets
- Education
- Profession and professional identity
- Lifestyle
- Other health conditions and fitness
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Test your knowledge on the broad construct involving environmental factors and personal factors as per Table 4 of the OTPF-IV. Explore interrelated conditions related to the physical, social, and attitudinal surroundings affecting clients.
