What are some factors that make some people healthy and others
ill? Healthy People 2020 identifies five determinants of
health that influence the health of individuals and
populations. Healthy People 2020 describes them as "a
range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that
influence health status" (U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, 2014, About Determinants of Health, para. 1).
Determinants fall into five categories including: (a) policy
making, (b) social factors, (c) health services, (d) individual
behavior, and...