INFLUENCES ON THE HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS

Exploring the many factors that affect a person’s health, this well-organized program identifies individual factors (like knowledge, attitudes, skills, genetic make-up, and risk-taking), socio-cultural factors (like family, peers, culture, religion, and media influences), socio-economic factors (like income, exercise opportunities, housing conditions, and stress levels), and environmental factors (like geographic isolation). Since many of these factors are modifiable, the program concludes that education and awareness have the greatest influence on our health. Grades 10–12. Closed captioned. Color. 18 minutes. VEA (Video Education America). ©2010.

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