Influences of the Health of Individuals

What are the determinants of health

• Individual, Psychological, Sociological, Environmental

• Individual, Socioeconomic, Sociocultural Environmental

• Individual, Socioeconomic, Physiological Environmental

• Individual, Socioeconomic, Sociocultural, Ecological

The Individual factors are

• family, genetics, DNA, skills

• Knowledge and skills, attitudes, Geographical location

• Knowledge and skills, attitudes, genetics

• Education and skills, attitudes, genetics

The Sociocultural factors are

• family, peers, media, income, culture

• community, peers, media, income, culture

• family, parents, media, religion, equity

• family, peers, media, religion, culture

The Socioeconomic factors are

• Education, employment, media

• access to health services, employment, income

• Education, employment, income

• Education, employment, interest

The environmental factors are

• access to health services, access to technology, geographical location

• access to health services, access to technology, recreational location

• access to social constructs, access to technology, geographical location

• access to health services, access to nutrition, geographical location

What are non modifiable determinants?

• factors which can be changed by an individual

• factors which cannot be changed by an individual

• factors which interact with social constructs

• factors which cannot be changed by the community

What are modifiable determinants?

• Factors which can be changed by an individual (genetics)

• Factors which can be changed by the community

An elderly persons health is most likely to be influenced by which of the following factors?

• media

• family

• religion

• access to health services

A social construct is

• When people hold the same view based on their social circumstances & how they view, interpret the environment they live in

• Different views people hold based on their social circumstances & how they view, interpret the environment they live in

• Different views people hold based on their psychological circumstances & how they view, interpret the environment they live in

• Different views people hold based on society & how we construct the environment we live in and interpret the geographical location

In terms of health determinants, education is most likely to be interrelated to;

• peers

• religion

• genetics

• knowledge and skills