Our ability to be healthy is determined by many different factors. This program explore the "determinants of health" or "influences on health" through practical examples over different life stages in today's society. We explain how health can be determined by a range of individual, social, cultural, environmental and lifestyle factors that are dynamic and interrelated. The program concludes by highlighting education and awareness as the greatest influences on our health and the decisions we make.

1 Videodisc; chapters: Intro Determinants of health Individualfactors Socio-cultural factors Socio-economic factors Environmental factors Conclusion