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.
After studying this chapter, you will be able to: 1 Accurately define the terms health, community, community health, population health, public. health, and public health system. 2 Briefly describe the five major determinants of. health. 3 Explain the difference between personal and. community health activities.