Broad features of society
This broad feature includes the degree to which a community sticks together and supports one another.
What is social cohesion?
This factor affects job opportunities, income, and health literacy.
What is education?
Smoking is an example of this type of health behaviour.
What is tobacco use?
High readings of this can lead to increased risk of heart disease.
What is blood pressure?
Living far from healthcare services is an example of this geographic factor.
What is remoteness?
Language barriers can impact access to health services. This is a feature under which broad determinant?
What is culture or language under broad features of society?
Access to doctors, hospitals, and transport are examples of this health determinant.
What is access to services?
This form of physical activity involves repetitive movement that improves fitness and mental health.
What is exercise or physical activity?
Being born with low weight can lead to long-term health complications.
What is birth weight?
Safe drinking water, clean air, and infrastructure are examples of this environmental category.
What are natural and built environmental factors?
The presence of community programs and inclusive media reflects this societal feature that promotes mental wellbeing.
What is social inclusion?
A person's role as a parent, partner, or employee is an example of what?
What are social roles?
Getting the flu shot is an example of this preventive health behaviour.
What is vaccination?
This biomedical factor refers to the amount of cholesterol in the blood and can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease if elevated.
What is blood cholesterol?
Living close to fast-food outlets and far from green spaces is a risk associated with this factor.
What is the built environment?
The wealth and prosperity of a country or region is referred to by this term.
What is affluence?
A person is less likely to access health services if they face this social determinant related to race or culture.
What is discrimination or cultural barriers?
This psychological factor is a response to pressure or threat and can impact both mental and physical health.
What is stress?
This term refers to the body’s ability to resist infection.
What is immune status?
This location-based factor includes both the Earth's distance from the equator and its impact on sun exposure.
What is latitude?
A society’s shared values, beliefs, and practices fall under this broad determinant.
What is culture?
Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs affecting how people understand and manage their health is called what?
What is health literacy?
These behaviours include risk-taking and violence and relate to the safety aspect of health.
What are safety factors?
This is the amount of fat relative to height and is a biomedical risk factor.
What is body weight (or BMI)?
Limited access to clean water, reliable transport, and safe housing are all examples of how this environmental factor can negatively impact health outcomes.
What is infrastructure?