EHS 340 Study Guide - Determinant, Health Promotion

• School: UMass Boston
• Department: Exercise and Health Science
• Course: EHS 340
• Professor: Julie Wright

Document Summary

Poor health outcomes are often made worse by the interaction between individuals and their social and physical environment: health services: both access to health services and the quality of health services can impact health. Lack of access, or limited access, to health services greatly impacts an individual"s health status: individual behavior: plays a role in outcomes. Many health care interventions focus on changing individual behaviors such as substance abuse, diet, and physical activity. 50% of participants drop out of health promotion programs. 40% of u. s. adults do no leisure time physical activity.