what do you mean by disease ? what factors determine our health
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Disease, any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms and differing in nature from physical injury. A diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or symptoms indicative of its abnormal state.
The determinants of health include:
• The social and economic environment,
• The physical environment, and
• The person's individual characteristics and behaviours.
Disease, any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms and differing in nature from physical injury. A diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or symptoms indicative of its abnormal state.
Housing, financial security, community safety, employment, education and the environment. These are known as the wider determinants of health.The social and economic environment,
the physical environment, and
the person's individual characteristics and behaviours are also determinats.