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Discussion
A Focus
on the Determinants of Health
Determinants
of health refer to the range of
social, economic and environmental factors which determine the health
status of individuals or populations (Nutbeam, 1998). These include:
 income
and social status
social support networks
education
employment and working
conditions
physical environments
social environments
biology and genetic endowment
healthy child development
health services
Source:
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Advisory Committee on Population
Health, Strategies for Population Health: Investing in the Health
of Canadians. Ottawa: Ministry
of Supplies and Services Canada, 1994. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/phdd/pdf/e_strateg.pdf
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