How do the social determinants of health (gender, education, environment, the neighborhood you lived in, social and economic, nutrition and healthcare) help you achieve higher education? Would those social determinants be different if you were born in a different country, went to school intermittently, and experienced hunger and violence in your family? What might happen in the future if climate change leads to dramatically changed weather conditions and increases in natural disasters?

Read the scenario. samira is a freshman basketball player who hopes to go to college on a basketball scholarship. she is offered the chance to play on her school’s varsity basketball team, which plays in tournaments during holiday breaks. samira usually spends her breaks working at the local hardware store. after careful consideration, samira decides to stay on the freshman basketball team and keep working over breaks.the fact that samira may miss out on a scholarship opportunity by staying on the freshman team illustrates-a cause.-minor consequences.-a trade off.-unexpected risk.