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Definition of Health: Health Is a State of Complete Physical, Mental and Social Well-Being and Not Merely the Absence of Disease or Infirmity

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Definition of Health: Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

(World health Organisation).

Determinants of Health

Any factors that can increase the chances of ill health (risk factors) or good health (protective factors)

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Social (Psychological) Determinants

Socio-economic Determinants

Environmental Determinants

Biological Determinants

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Description: factors relating to the social environment in which a person lives.

Research indicates that people who live in a positive social climate (eg; positive and supportive relationships with others, good working life, a healthy and positive early life and a good diet etc) have improved quality of life, less burden of disease and a longer life expectancy than those who do not.

Factors:

(FUSSWASTES+C)

Food

Unemployment

Social Gradient

Stress

Work

Addiction

Social Exclusion

Transport

Early Life

Social Support

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Culture

Description: Socio-economic factors relate to ‘social class’ (upper, middle, lower) and position on the ‘social hierarchy’ (CEO of a company or a labourer) or to specific factors such as income, education or occupation.

Factors:

(HEENMIFAR)

Housing/neighbourhood

Education

Employment

Migration/Refugee status

Income

Food Security

Access to Services

Description: factors that impact on a person’s health that are external to the person.

Environmental factors that impact on health are usually outside of a person’s control. Environmental determinants include features of the

Features of the:

1.natural environment (eg; temperature, climate, the land) and

2.built environments (eg; a factory, buildings, roads, housing structures/developments, parks, cycle-ways and footpaths)

3.Geographical Location

Description: factors relating to the body that impact on one’s health.

Biological determinants can be broken down into two categories;     [pic 6][pic 7][pic 8]

Biological                                        Biomedical

Eg: Genetics                              Eg: birthweight

Learned Behaviours                 bodyweight                                                   

     

Please Note: According to this years syllabus you only need to know the two biomedical determinants of health highlighted above which are 1) birthweight and 2. bodyweight                                        

The individual determinants above interact together to impact on an individual to produce either a) a positive impact on health status or a negative impact on health status

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