Sec. 1001. Definitions
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The term determinants of health — refers to the range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status; and includes social determinants of health (which are sometimes referred to as social and economic determinants of health or socioeconomic determinants of health ), environmental determinants of health, and personal determinants of health. The term environmental determinants of health refers to the broad physical, psychological, social, and aesthetic environment.
The term personal determinants of health refers to an individual’s behavior, biology, and genetics. The term social determinants of health refers to a subset of determinants of the health of individuals and environments (such as communities, neighborhoods, and societies) that describe people’s social identity, describe the social and economic resources to which people have access, and describe the conditions in which people work, live, and play.