위험 인자: 두 판 사이의 차이

[[역학 (의학)|역학]]에서 '''위험 인자'''({{lang|en|risk factor}})는 [[질병]]이나 [[감염]]의 [[위험]] 증가와 관련되는 변수이다.<ref name=":0">{{서적 인용|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/960031712|title=Disorders of childhood : development and psychopathology|last=Parritz, Robin Hornik|others=Troy, Michael F. (Michael Francis),|isbn=9781337098113|edition= Third|location=Boston, MA|oclc=960031712}}</ref>{{Rp|38}} '''결정 요인'''(Determinant)이라는 용어가 동의어로 종종 사용된다. 공동체 [[보건 정책]]의 결정 요인은 불평등에 일반적으로 존재하는 건강 위험이며 개인이 통제하기 어렵다.<ref>{{웹 인용| url=https://www.who.int/hia/evidence/doh/en/| title=Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Glossary of terms used| publisher=World Health Organization| access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{웹 인용| url=https://www.who.int/hia/about/glos/en/| title=Health Impact Assessment (HIA): The determinants of health| publisher=World Health Organization| access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{서적 인용| url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK233009/| title=Improving Health in the Community: A Role for Performance Monitoring: 2. Understanding Health and Its Determinants: A Model of the Determinants of Health|publisher=National Academy of Sciences: National Academies Press: Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health| year=1997| isbn=978-0309055345| quote="Unlike a biomedical model that views health as the absence of disease, this dynamic framework includes functional capacity and well-being as health outcomes of interest. It also presents the behavioral and biologic responses of individuals as factors that influence health but are themselves influenced by social, physical, and genetic factors that are beyond the control of the individual."}}</ref> 이를테면 [[비타민 C]]를 적게 섭취하면 [[괴혈병]]을 발전시키는 위험 요인이 될 수 있다. 보건 정책에서 가난(빈곤)은 개인의 [[건강]] 기준의 결정 요인이다.