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Healthcare has a significant influence on health and wellbeing and therefore can impact upon an individuals health status.

Factors such as cultural, economic, geographical and education barriers can affect access to healthcare.

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There are many government and non government organisations and stakeholders who have a influence over the sociocultural and environmental facotors that influence health status.

Groups:government departments responsible for employment, education and finance, private sectors including service providers and manufactures who sit outside the health system.

The health system contributes to health status, however, does not have as much influence over sociocultural and physical environments. Only by involving all interested and concerned groups in intersectoral collaboration can the sociocultural and physical environment factors be adequately addressed.

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Promotes good health and wellbeing & assists in preventing diseases

Promotes overall health and wellbeing

Expensive

Focuses on vulnerable population groups

Education an be passed on to future generations

Responsibility for h&w is shared

Disadvantages:

Not every condition can be prevented

does not promote development of technology/medical knowledge

does not address h&w concerns of individuals

health promotion messages may be ignored

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To achieve this, the sociocultural factors that contribute to inequities in health status must be addressed. Individuals and population groups are included by sociocultural and environmental factors such as:
-gender
-race
-culture
-socioeconomic status
-access to healthcare
-social exclusion

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1- addresses the broader determinants (or factors) of health
2- involves intersectoral  collaboration
3- acts to reduce social inequities
4- acts to enable access to healthcare
5- empowers individuals and communities

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gender, culture, race and ethnicity, SES, geographical location and the physical environment. These broader factors have been shown to have strong relationships with health status and are increasingly becoming the focus of health promotion strategies - being a key aspect of the social model of health.   

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gender, culture, race and ethnicity, SES, geographical location and the physical environment. These broader factors have been shown to have strong relationships with health status and are increasingly becoming the focus of health promotion strategies - being a key aspect of the social model of health.   

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-New public health: an approach to health that expands the traditional focus on individual behaviour change to one that considers the ways in which physical, sociocultural and political environments impact on health.
- Lifestyle diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases, had become the leading cause of death and disability.
- introduction of a range of health promotion strategies.
- Focuses on smoking , poor diet and lack of exercise

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Education empowers individuals and increases their ability to earn an income, understand health promotion messages, exhibit healthy behaviours, and find meaning and purpose in life.

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do i get in walters or smith? smith is 50k cheaper but walter will be more likely to pump out bigger numbers? thoughts.