Interactions of health determinants on wellbeing, with a specific focus on the Healthy Christchurch initiative.
The wellbeing of an individual, community, or population can best be defined by the state of its welfare, health, prosperity, security and success. There are many determinants that interplay to effect the wellbeing of people and their communities, and the majority of these are determined simply by the placing of a person or group of people on the social gradient (social ladder). Where inequality and injustices occur against different groups in particular certain ethnicities, those with disabilities specifically with the stigma attached to mental health, and those born and raised in areas of socio-economic disparities, the effect …show more content…
At the proximal level determinants of wellbeing largely relate to the behaviour and lifestyle of individuals. They operate at a micro and a macro level. At the micro level there is the addressing of determinants that are directly able to effect wellbeing i.e. the higher a persons education equating to better employment outcomes, equalling the ability to afford better housing in a safer neighbourhood, with better infrastructure, affording the ability of an individual to move higher up the social gradient where life expectancy is expected to increase (Prborg, 2016). These personal determinants are particularly important for social and psychological wellbeing. At the macro level proximal determinants are those policies, regulations, environmental, economic determinants etc. that directly affect the lifestyle and behaviour of an individual over which they have little to no control (Unicef-ircorg, 2016). Medial levels of wellbeing refer to such determinants as personal wealth, living and working conditions, population behaviors, health systems, and natural, physical and built environments. The medial level determinants operate on a meso and macro level and effect a person/peoples wellbeing as they directly impact upon the proximal determinants. For example …show more content…
Starting off with the proximal determinants that directly influence the individual, yet are in most instances beyond their control, building on the ones others may be able to help with in the medial layer, and stacked in the most precarious level the distal determinants that are determinants of wellbeing that are constantly changing, allowing some input for individuals and communities and yet having the greatest impact on wellbeing for so many. They are an important resourceful tool not only for governments, agencies, council, health workers, and educators etc., but for individuals and families to be aware of. Through greater understanding and education about the determinants of wellbeing and their impact on people/populations at all levels, comes greater balancing of the inequalities of wellbeing, and greater resources to elicit changes in
The wellbeing of an individual, community, or population can best be defined by the state of its welfare, health, prosperity, security and success. There are many determinants that interplay to effect the wellbeing of people and their communities, and the majority of these are determined simply by the placing of a person or group of people on the social gradient (social ladder). Where inequality and injustices occur against different groups in particular certain ethnicities, those with disabilities specifically with the stigma attached to mental health, and those born and raised in areas of socio-economic disparities, the effect …show more content…
At the proximal level determinants of wellbeing largely relate to the behaviour and lifestyle of individuals. They operate at a micro and a macro level. At the micro level there is the addressing of determinants that are directly able to effect wellbeing i.e. the higher a persons education equating to better employment outcomes, equalling the ability to afford better housing in a safer neighbourhood, with better infrastructure, affording the ability of an individual to move higher up the social gradient where life expectancy is expected to increase (Prborg, 2016). These personal determinants are particularly important for social and psychological wellbeing. At the macro level proximal determinants are those policies, regulations, environmental, economic determinants etc. that directly affect the lifestyle and behaviour of an individual over which they have little to no control (Unicef-ircorg, 2016). Medial levels of wellbeing refer to such determinants as personal wealth, living and working conditions, population behaviors, health systems, and natural, physical and built environments. The medial level determinants operate on a meso and macro level and effect a person/peoples wellbeing as they directly impact upon the proximal determinants. For example …show more content…
Starting off with the proximal determinants that directly influence the individual, yet are in most instances beyond their control, building on the ones others may be able to help with in the medial layer, and stacked in the most precarious level the distal determinants that are determinants of wellbeing that are constantly changing, allowing some input for individuals and communities and yet having the greatest impact on wellbeing for so many. They are an important resourceful tool not only for governments, agencies, council, health workers, and educators etc., but for individuals and families to be aware of. Through greater understanding and education about the determinants of wellbeing and their impact on people/populations at all levels, comes greater balancing of the inequalities of wellbeing, and greater resources to elicit changes in