Differences in Rural Health Outcomes
‘Determinants of health’ are a combination of elements that influence health status. While the Public Health Agency of Canada has outlined 12 key determinants of health ((1) Income and Social Status; (2) Social Support Networks; (3) Education and Literacy: (4) Employment/Working Conditions; (5) Social Environments; (6) Physical Environments; (7) Personal Health Practices and Coping Skills; (8) Healthy Child Development; (9) Biology and Genetic Endowment; (10) Health Services; (11) Gender; (12) Culture), these generally represent complex interactions between, social and economic factors, individual behavior and physical environment. Although ‘determinants of health’ are generic elements set out to interpret health outcomes in any population, these may greatly differ across geographical locations.
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