A service was held at Notre Dame Cathedral and hundreds of people congregated at the Place de la Republique. France held a two-minute silence at midday on Monday (11am GMT). People gather for a national service for the victims of the terror attack at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris Photo: AP.
Determinants account, in some measure, for the underlying rates of disease in a population, while variations in these rates are explained by risk factors. The social determinants of health include socioeconomic circumstances, social structure and function, and cultural factors.
Key Topics of Study. 1  Social determinants of health (poverty, gender, oppression, caste, and hierarchy) and health equity and social justice. 2  The scourge of malnutrition, failure of the health system, and response of the community. 3  Public health systems in India: traditional, Ayurveda, homeopathy, Unani, and allopathy.