Determinants of Health

3. Aspects of society and the social environment that impact on health, such as socioeconomic status, access to facilities and family.
6. Includes education, employment and income.
8. Encompasses the physical things that make up the environment such as and available facilities.
10. Refers to the biological information that is passed down from parents to children at the point of conception.
11. Reasons for this behaviour involve the relation to youths experimenting with aspects of their identity and to the brain development which makes youths more likely to take risks.

1. Chemical messenger that results in changes in the body.
2. Factors relating to the body that affect health (e.g. genetics, hormones, body weight)
4. The most commonly diagnosed cancer resulting from poor sun protection and can be categorised into two groups: melanoma and non-melanoma.
5. Focus on the decisions people make and how they choose to lead their lives.
6. What many youth do to experiment with their sexual behaviour.
7. Refers to the closeness or bonds within the family.
9. This environment can affect the health and individual development of youth as they generally spend a lot of time at home.
12. The most common form of social drug use in Australia.