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 Determinants of Health. Health Poverty Action believes that everyone has the right to health. But making that right a reality is about more than ensuring everyone can visit a clinic or doctor. A multitude of different social, economic and cultural factors determine a personâs health. This means that people living in the same community, or people of the same age, can have vastly different chances of good health.