National Mental Health Performance Framework 2020
Determinants of health
Determinants of healthDeterminants of health
Are the factors that influence good health changing for the better? Where and for who are these factors changing? Is it the same for everyone?
Dimensions of this framework
Environmental factors
Physical, chemical and biological factors such as water, food and soil quality.
Health behaviours
Attitudes, beliefs, knowledge and behaviours such as patterns of eating, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption.
Indicators in this framework
Personal biomedical factors
Genetic-related susceptibility to disease & other factors such as blood pressure, cholesterol levels and body weight.
Personal history
Factors such as experience of trauma.
Socioeconomic factors
Income, employment, housing, education and social inequalities.