Perry News December 27, 2020
Our health and well being is largely impacted by our life outside clinics and hospitals. Only 20% of what strongly influences our health is “healthcare.” The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published their findings on this in 2011.
The largest factors of our health, at 40%, are social and economic, such as the circumstances of our employment, housing, transportation, food, child care, education, feeling safe in our community and experiencing discrimination when we seek services in local businesses.
Emotional support from family and friends also has an enormous influence on our physical health. These material and emotional factors have primary importance as the social determinants of health.
Thirty percent of our health status is within our own control. Tobacco, alcohol and...
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