Internal factors -- also known as hereditary factors or acquired elements -- include smoking and personal diet or eating habits. External factors pertain to the direct outer environment, the geographical location and micro-organisms that could affect an individual's health. Focus group discussion helps to explore factors influencing healthcare services quality and explain the reasons for their occurrence. Therefore, in-depth individual and focus group interviews were conducted in this research using a semi-structured format with key healthcare stakeholders in Isfahan, Iran. those factors which are affecting student's academic performance. The students' academic performance depends on a number of socio-economic factors like students' attendance in the class, family income, mother's and father's education, teacher-student ratio, presence of trained teacher in school, sex of the student, and distance of Factors affecting patient satisfaction and healthcare quality Article (PDF Available) in International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 22(4):366-81 · February 2009 with 29,987 Reads employment, housing, mental health, drug abuse, parenting skills, health, social support, and any combination of the above. • These social changes have also contributed to an undermining of confidence Health Care in America: Trends in Utilization Acknowledgments Overall responsibility for planning and coordinating the content of this publication rested with the Division of Health Care Statistics (DHCS), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Factors Influencing the Utilisation of Public 7 In general, research on the use of health care services and facilities is associated with medical, social and behavioural sciences and also with health economics (Purola, 1972). The use of health services has been accounted for in terms of patients' personal factors Social health insurance: Key factors affecting the transition towards universal coverage Guy Carrin and Chris James World Health Organization Geneva Several low- and middle-income countries are interested in extending their existing health Background The main purpose of this study was to identify factors that influence healthcare quality in the Iranian context. Methods Exploratory in-depth individual and focus group interviews were conducted with 222 healthcare stakeholders including healthcare providers, managers, policy-makers, and payers to identify factors affecting the quality of healthcare services provided in Iranian internal and external factors that are involved in the process of behavior change. INTERNAL FACTORS 1. Knowledge "Heightened awareness and knowledge of health risks are important preconditions for self-directed change. Unfortunately, information alone does not necessarily exert much influence on refractory health - impairing habits." ( Bandura Data and evidence Evidence-informed policy-making Publications What are the main factors that influence the implementation of disease prevention and health (PDF, 345 .4 KB) Pусский psychosocial interventions for those at high risk of mental health problems. The factors that affect There are several factors which directly or indirectly affect the health. Among these social, cultural, and envi­ronmental factors play dominant role for determining the individual and group health. Social: The social groups to which people belong a