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Thank you so much for the reply Ribka, and for the great socioecological model! I really appreciate your attention to the macroenvironment, including population density and urbanization. I would definitely also think that something in macro environment or physical enviroment around hygiene and sanitation would be important, as well as food security/safety. One complicated factor for infectious disease is that why the relevant factors are will differ based on what the mechanisms of disease is (e.g. sexually transmitted vs. water-borne) but obviously there are broad issues that are relevant to all of them.
Parental education is a valuable factor to consider that I think is underutilized. I agree it can work in multifaceted ways - and maternal education specifically could also serve as a marker of empowerment and/or gender equality more broadly, as well as ability to escape or avoid interpersonal violence. And thank you also for the attention to the intergenerational aspect of the question - while it can be tempting to focus on just short term vulnerabilities to infectious disease, I definitely agree that in fact we have to think more broadly.