The phrase "act on determinants" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing the influence of certain factors or variables on decisions or actions.
Example: "In order to improve our strategy, we need to act on determinants that affect customer satisfaction."
Alternatives: "respond to factors" or "take action based on variables".
The usefulness of the HIA practice to act on health determinants and to promote healthy public policies is not limited to the national level.
In fact, for several common chronic diseases, this approach will be facilitated by the current implementation, in Quebec, of multisectoral interventions to act on their determinants and of group prescriptions for medications and tests.
Mental health promotion seeks to act on the determinants of mental health in order to promote positive mental health and optimise the psychological development of the whole population, including those who are suffering from mental health problems or who are seen to be at risk.
Although financed through government transfers, the presence of elected Aboriginal-majority boards of management in the Australian projects was considered fundamental to their ability to act on social determinants, engage in political forms of advocacy for IAH, and provide services extending beyond the purely medical.
Acting on upstream determinants is more equitable than downstream determinants (55), but this requires strong action and political will (29, 34), neither of which are simple.
Family focus and community orientation are also elements that, when working together in an articulated way, allow the PHC to act on the social determinants of health [ 7].
The aim of this research was to document how and why the Mitanins have been able to act on the social determinants of health, describing the catalysts and processes involved and the enabling programmatic and organizational factors.
While it is known that 'distal' determinants of child health such as health and nutrition of adolescent girls, and of pregnant and lactating mothers do require attention, there is also the need, in parallel, for governments to act on 'proximate health system' determinants in the short-term.
Social determinants also act on mortality through risk factors that are known to affect more men than women.
These examples show that implementers have acted on several behavioral determinants to drive demand for VMMC, but the analysis of these determinants in the planning stage has not always been rigorous.
