Many factors combine together to affect the health of individuals and communities. Whether people are healthy or not, this is determined by their circumstances and environment. To a large extent, factors such as where we live, the state of our environment, genetics, our income and education level, and our relationships with friends and family all have considerable impact on health, whereas the more commonly considered factors, such as access and use of health care services often have less of an impact.
The context of people’s lives determines their health, and so blaming individuals for having poor health or crediting them for good health is inappropriate. Individuals are unlikely to be able to directly control many of the determinants of health.
Disponível em: http://www.who.int/hia/evidence. Acesso em: abr. 2022. Adaptado
“Whether people are healthy or not, this is determined by their circumstances and environment.”
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