health condition that is an exposure to the risk of harm
Lives up a steep flight of stairs leading to increased risk of falls.
Immunosuppressed leading to risk of infection.
Figure 18 — vulnerability (UML Representation)
In the perspective of healthcare and wellbeing, the term “vulnerable condition” is often used to label frail citizens or socio-economic and education conditions (e.g. housing, job, disability), or both, that motivate certain interventions in social care, generally addressing a target population (e.g. older persons, children, families, homeless, refugees).