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health determinant
Health and development glossary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Behavioural determinants: | Health factors that are behaviour driven, and which include responses and actions that a person has learnt over time |
| Biological determinant: | Biological aspect of body functioning such as genetics, age, hormones and blood pressure that contribute towards good or poor health |
| Determinant | Any factor that can increase the chances of ill-health (risk factor) or good health (protective factor) in a population or individual |
| Determinants of health: | Risk and protective factors that influence the state of health of an individual, group or community |
| Environmental factors: | All external factors that influence the growth, development and health of individuals or groups |
| Gender | Social, rather than biological, idea about male and female characteristics which informs the way in which a person is accepted by social institutions |
| Genetic predisposition: | Having an inherited susceptibility to a condition or disease |
| Health inequalities: | Differences in health status that result from social, economic and geographic influences that are avoidable, unfair and unnecessary |
| Quintile | Statistical unit produced when data is ranked from highest to lowest and then divided into five equal parts; each part is called a quintile |
| Social determinants of health: | Factors in society, or in people’s living conditions, that affect their health throughout life, for better or for worse |
| Social environment: | Social, cultural, economic and political world in which an individual lives |
| Socioeconomic status: | Relative standing of individuals within a society. The measures of socioeconomic status often include an individual’s income, educational level and occupation |
| Access to health care: | Having a variety of health care services within reach, which provide everybody, regardless of age, gender or income level, the opportunity to seek help from health care professionals |
| Blood cholesterol: | Level of cholesterol in the blood at a given time |
| Blood pressure: | Rate of circulation of blood in the body that can be used to measure the forces exerted on the walls of arteries of the body |
| Body mass index (BMI) | Measurement, that is calculated by dividing an individual’s weight in kilograms by the square of their height in metres (kg/m2) |
| Cardiovascular disease (CVD) | Any diseases and conditions that directly involve the heart and blood vessels of the heart, including CHD, stroke, heart failure and peripheral vascular disease |
| Coronary heart disease (CHD) | Disease of the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle |
| Diabetes mellitus: | Metabolic condition that results in the body having high levels of glucose in the blood, and insufficient levels in the cells |
| Excess weight: | Condition describing excessive fat accumulation that adversely affects health. This term includes being both obese and overweight |
| High blood pressure: | Condition which occurs when the heart is forced to pump blood under too much pressure, putting the cardiovascular system under strain and damaging blood vessels |
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