Tier II-Determinants of Health

Are the factors determining health changing for the better? Is it the same for everyone? Where and for whom are they changing for the worse?

Dimensions of this framework

Community Capacity
Characteristics of communities and families such as population density, age distribution, health literacy, housing, community support services and transport
Environmental Factors
Physical, chemical and biological factors such as air, water, food and soil quality resulting from chemical pollution and waste disposal
Health Behaviours
Attitudes, beliefs knowledge and behaviours (e.g. patterns of eating, physical activity, excess alcohol consumption and smoking)
Person-related Factors
Genetic-related susceptibility to disease and other factors such as blood pressure, cholesterol levels and body weight
Socioeconomic Factors
Socio-economic factors such as education, employment, per capita expenditure on health, and average weekly earnings