2.1 Influences on Health and Wellbeing

Many internal and external factors influence health and wellbeing. We present information about social determinants of health and consider how these interact with our own choices to influence health and wellbeing. Reflect on how the choices you make influence your own health and wellbeing.

Influences on Health and Wellbeing Learning Objectives

• Distinguish between health, wellness, and wellbeing.
• Distinguish between protective and risk factors.
• Describe social determinants of health and how they contribute to health disparities.
• Summarize the utility of the Social Ecological Model for illustrating the complexity of factors influencing health.
• Define health disparity and articulate how health disparity data are and are not useful in health promotion.