Nurs 6565 Week 5 Journal - Week 5 What Are The Determinants

This study source was downloaded by 100000857300661 from CourseHero.com on 12-13-2022 12:48:53 GMT -06:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/38478271/WK5NURS6565Journaldocx/ Week 5 what Are The Determinants of HealthAn individual health is influenced by their choices that can be good or bad. And these choices or factors are referred as determinants of health. The determinant of health fall under sub categories of policymaking, social factors, health services, individual behavior, and biology genetics. Determinants of health reach beyond the boundaries of traditional health care and public health sectors; sectors such as education, housing, transportation, agriculture, and environment can be important allies in improving population health (Healthypeopley2020, 2014). As a future advanced practice nurse, it will be my responsibility to teach my patient regarding health determinants. Being a knowledgeable about their health determinants my patients can better manage their healthand/or can prevent the disease process by following health lifestyle. The patient and/or their family can easily modify their determinants like individual behavior. The health determinants like individual behavior play an essential part in illness free healthy outcome. Many public health and health care intervention focus on changing individual behaviors such as substance abuse, diet, hand washing, and physical activity (Healthypeople2020, 2014). During this week rotation, I witnessed a Ms.