1.Determinant is a factor which decisively affects the nature or outcome of something.Health is influenced by many factors,which may generally be organized into five broad categories known as determinants of health: genetics,behaviour,environmental and physical influences,medical care and social factors.These five categories are interconnected.

2.Determinants of Health —

a)Income and social status 

b)Social support networks 

c)Education and literacy 

d)Employment or working conditions 

e)Social environments

f)Physical environments

g)Personal health practices and coping skills 

h)Healthy child development 

i)Biology and genetic endowment 

j)Health services 

k)Gender 

l)Culture