HLTB41H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter pg 20-36: Hypertension, Mediterranean Diet, Neoliberalism
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**the determinants of health that can be in uenced by individual, commercial or political decisions can be positive health factors, protective factors, or risk factors. Positive health factors: these contribute to the maintenance of health. Fundamental positive health factors are, for example, economic security, adequate housing and food security. Control over life outcomes and enjoying good relationships in the home and other emotionally rewarding social relationships are also important positive health factors (wilkinson, 2005). Protective factors: these are factors that eliminate the risk of, or facilitate resistance to, disease. The classical example is immunization against a variety of infectious diseases. Psychosocial factors, such as social support and a sense of purpose and direction in life, are also increasingly recognized as factors that protect health (who, 2002). Healthy diets, such as the mediterranean diet with a high consumption of fruit and olive oil, is also considered to be protective (costa et al. ,
