The health of young people is determined by more than just biology and the lifestyle choices that each person makes. The health of individuals affected by a range of factors that have a positive and negative influences on health. There are four determinants of health these include; Individual‚ sociocultural‚ Socioeconomic‚ environmental. Individual Factors These factors are unique to each person‚ they are able to determine their level of health. knowledge and skills of a young individuals can
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Determinants are whether an event‚ any factor‚ typical or other definable entity‚ that brings about change in a health condition or other defined characteristic (Kindig‚ 2007). A primary risk factor (causative factor) associated with the level of the health problem‚ that is‚ the degree of determinant influences the degree of the health issue (Kindig‚ 2007). With that said‚ health determinants are major factors that‚ over time‚ affect the health and well-being of individuals and populations. They
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and process that affect the overall distribution of disease and health. Health care and public health systems are the social determinants of health and they are mostly responsible for health inequities. Health inequities link closely with social determinants of health. Public Health recognizes that individual-level interventions must occur along with approaches that address community and societal levels of social determinants of health. As part of the President’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative
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KEY DETERMINANT -- 1. Income and Social Status UNDERLYING PREMISES EVIDENCE Health status improves at each step up the income and social hierarchy. High income determines living conditions such as safe housing and ability to buy sufficient good food. The healthiest populations are those in societies which are prosperous and have an equitable distribution of wealth. Why are higher income and social status associated with better health? If it were just a matter of the poorest and lowest status groups
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease that can spread from one person to another through tiny droplets released in the air when coughing or sneezing. There are several social determinants of health that can affect the spread of TB. Poverty‚ malnutrition and hunger are major social determinants that can affect the individual’s immune system making them more susceptible to infections and increase the severity of the clinical outcome. Symptomatic patients may delay seeking medical care
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Social determinants of health are factors in the social environment that contribute to or detract from the health of individuals and communities. Social determinants of health have been found to directly increase the burden of heart disease and stroke‚ as well as their risk factors (CDC‚ 2017). In African-Americans the burden of disease is greatly increased‚ as studies have shown. This has led to the increased observed within this population. African-Americans and Cardiovascular Disease and Its
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social determinant of health and it can be described as the actions that an individual performs that can either promote disease in their lives or protect them from it. Emma’s behaviors throughout her day were very beneficial for her health because they protected her from disease. Actions like drinking filtered water‚ eating nutritional food‚ and exercising will prove to be very beneficial in the future for Emma’s health. One very important thing when it comes to this social determinant of health is developing
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the determinant of health. For instance‚ having a healthy relationship will most likely to contribute positively to one’s health and vice versa. Each country has different determinants of health due to the difference in their geographical location‚ economy and more. There were a few major social determinants of health that strongly contributes to the populations’ health in Canada. One of the social determinants of health will be the income and social status of someone (Determinants of Health‚ n
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Social determinants of health can be defined as the following‚ "the conditions in which people are born‚ grow‚ live‚ work‚ and age. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money‚ power and resources at global‚ national and local levels" (WHO.int‚ n.d.). An example of social determinants include living in poverty‚ crime‚ not having an proper education‚ lack of health insurance‚ and living in a community that doesn’t offer preventative health fairs. Social determinates of health can contribute
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Key Determinants of Health Determinants of Health Determinants of health are the factors that contribute to any particular person’s current state of health. The four determinants of health to be discussed in this paper are environment‚ lifestyle‚ genetics‚ and medical care. These are the Blum’s Model of health determinants. According to Shi & Singh (2015)‚ “Health determinants are major factors that overall affect the health and well-being of individuals and populations” (p. 52). As a health
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