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Political Factors

➢ This factor refers to one’s leadership, how he/ she rules, manages and
how other people concerned are followed to actively participate in the
decision-making process.

Safety

➢ the condition of being free from harm, injury or loss of authority or power

Oppression

➢ unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power

Political will

➢ the determination to pursue something that is in the interest of the

majority.

Empowerment

➢ the ability of the person to do something; it involves creating the

circumstances where people can use their faculties and abilities at
maximum level in the pursuit of common goals.

Economic Factors

➢ This refers to the production, distribution and consumption of goods and

services and how these affect health and development.
➢ A study of this factor leads one to look into economic factor influence
how, and at what point, the client enters the health care system.

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Socio – cultural Factors

➢ Social and cultural variables influence a client’s health practices, the

dynamics of health care, and the client – care provider relationship.
➢ Relating to the representation of non-physical traits, such as values,
beliefs, attitudes and customs shared by a group of people and passed
from the generation to the next.

Practices

➢ a customary action usually done to maintain or promote health like use

of anti-aging and lucky charms.

Beliefs

➢ a state or habit mind wherein a group of people place into something or

a person.

Environment Factors

➢ This refers to the sum total of all the conditions and elements that makes
up the surroundings and influence the health and health practices of
clients.
➢ The environment with which the client lives and works either promote
and maintain health or increase the likelihood of illness or even death.

Socio- economic

➢ Refers to the production activities distribution of a consumption of goods

of an individual.