Determinants of Health Outcome

Running head: DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH OUTCOME 1
Determinants of Health Outcome
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DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH OUTCOME 2
Introduction
Even thou the bigger part of the level of individuals wellbeing and health in Australia is
relatively better comparing with the other countries, there still exist noteworthy inconsistencies
in the health outcomes among different groups in Australia. Although there exist different health
issues across the whole population and age groups, there are other health issues that tend to arise
to a specific population or life stage.
Determinants of poorer health outcomes
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic aspects are an essential determinant of individual wellbeing and health in
Australia. Aspects that are involved in measuring socioeconomic position may include
education, occupation or income. It has been noted that people from lesser socioeconomic group
tend to experience an increase in the rates of diseases, higher poor health, living a shorter life,
and disability and death as compared to their counterparts from a higher socioeconomic group
(Carter, Barr & Clarke, 2016). The conditions in the lesser socioeconomic can be linked to
inadequate awareness due to the low level of education which leads to them engaging in
activities which result to poor health like drinking alcohol, smoking daily and insufficient
consumption of fruits and vegetable (Fisher, Baum, MacDougall, Newman & McDermott, 2016).
Behaviours factors among young Australians
Young adults and adolescents is a vital transition period in an individual’s life. There are
many changing risk behavioural aspects occurring that can influence the current and future
individual wellbeing and health. Young people are engaging in activities like use of alcohol and