The Determinants of Health
Health they say, is wealth. This simply means when you are not healthy, you can never be in the right frame of mind to make money. Today, I will discuss a topic titled the Determinants of Health. Let's start by giving a clear defination to the term "Health". Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, WHO 1948. It is the ability to recover and bounce back from illness and other problems. There are many factors of good health, but that will be discussion for another day. Since we have established the defination for health, let us lay our emphasis on the determinants of health. The Determinants Of Health are a range of factors that influence the health status of individuals or populations. At every stage of life, health is determined by complex interactions between social and economic factors, the physical environment and individual behaviour. Many factors combine together to affect the healt