Determinant Of Health

Determinant Of Health

Social support network

Education

Physical environment

Employment and working condition

Healthy child development

Biology and genetic endowmant

Health services

Personal health practices and coping skills

Income and social status

Political System

Health is closely related to the political system of a country

Often the main obstacles to the implementation of health
technical rather political

Enabling Factors

Categories of enabling resources

Characteristics of the environment that facilitates or impede
healthy behavior

Skills and Ability

Necessary to learn new skills

Breast feeding mother not well trained on positioning and
attachment of her baby

Mother not well preparing complementary feeding

Resources

Subtopic

Changing behavior is easier if environment is supportive of
that change

Reinforcing Factors

Positive or negative influence or feedback from others that
encourage or discourage health-related behavior changes

The most important reinforcing factor are related to social
influence from family,peers,teachers or employers

Definition of behavior

Behavior represents an individual’s reaction to a particular
action,person or environment

Manner of acting or controlling oneself towards other people

BEHAVIOR

Predisposing Factors

-knowledge
-Beliefs
-Values
-Attitude
-Confidence
-Health literacy

Enabling Factors

-Availability of resources
-Accessibility of resources
-Laws
-Community Commitment
-Skills

Reinforcing Factors

-Family
-Teacher
-Health Provide
-Community Leaders
-Decision Makers
-Peers
-Employers

Predisposing factors

- Attitude
- Beliefs
- Knowledge
- Values
- Self-Efficacy

Behavior change

- Incentive and reward
- Family support
- Peer support
- Teacher support and encouragement
- Employer actions and policies
- Health provider costs and access
- Community resources
- Access to health education