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Glossary

  • Contextual factors

    There are three layers of contextual factors

    • Micro contextual factors involve the client’s immediate environment – their own health status, family, friends, and their physical environment.
    • Meso contextual factors involve the policies and processes embedded in the organization and health system that affect the client.
    • Macro contextual factors involve the larger socioeconomic and political context around the client – social and cultural values and beliefs, laws, and public policies.