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.
The social determinants of health are linked to the economic and social conditions and their distribution among the population that influence individual and group differences in health status. They are health promoting factors found in one's living and working conditions, rather than individual risk factors that influence the risk for a disease, or vulnerability to disease or injury. According to some viewpoints, the distributions of social determinants are shaped by public policies that reflect