Approach and Rationale
A guide to thinking about the determinants of population health
Living and working conditions
may include:
 Psychosocial factors
 Employment status and
occupational factors
 Socioeconomic status (income,
education, occupation)
 The natural and builtc
environments
 Public health services
 Health care services
NOTES: Adapted from Dahlgren and Whitehead,
1991.  The dotted lines denote interaction effects
between and among the various levels of health
determinants (Worthman, 1999).