Health Determinants

By Abdulla Israr & Simran Rani


 HEALTH DETERMINANTS



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Introduction

There are many factors that influence our health and all the factors lie both within the individual and externally in the society in which a person lives. Conceptually the health of a person and whole community can be considered to be the interaction of following determinants:-


1) Biological determinants

All the determinants that have a biological and genetical background. 

  • BMI (Body Mass Index)
  • Birth Weight
  • Age
  • Sex
  • Ethnicity  

2) Sociocultural determinants

All the conditions in which a person is born, grow, live, work and a set of forces shaping the condition of daily life.
  • Safe housing
  • Education
  • Per capita income
  • Literacy rate
  • Employment 

3) Behavioral determinants

All the factors contributes to the action of a person that can directly affect health outcomes.
  •  Dietary choices
  • Eating patterns
  • Alcohol use
  • Tobacco use
  • Physical activity level

4) Environmental determinants

All the physical, biological and psychosocial factors that can affect health of a man and his susceptibility to illness.
  • Air
  • Water
  • Climate
  • Sanitation
  • Safe workplace
  • Safe use of Chemicals

5) Socioeconomic determinants

All the social & economical factors that influence the health status of an individual or a community.
  • Economic status
  • Education
  • Occupation
  • Political system

6) Health & family welfare services

It covers a wide range of personal and community services for the treatment of disease, prevention of illness and promotion of health.
  • National health programmes
  • Primary health care center's
  • Universal Immunization (Mission Indradhanush)
  • Polio
  • Eye donation

7) Other Factor's
  • Agriculture
  • Industrialization
  • Rural development
  • Aging

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