Definitions

In this title: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Agency The term Agency means the Environmental Protection Agency. (3) Built environment The term built environment means the components of the environment, and the location of those components in a geographically defined space, that are created or modified by individuals to form the physical and social characteristics of a community or enhance quality of human life, including— (A) homes, schools, and places of work and worship; (B) parks, recreation areas, and greenways; (C) transportation systems; (D) business, industry, and agriculture; and (E) land-use plans, projects, and policies that impact the physical or social characteristics of a community, including access to services and amenities. (4) Determinants of health The term determinants of health — (A) means the range of nonclinical factors inclusive of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that directly influence health status; and (B) includes social determinants of health. (5) Economic determinants of health The term economic determinants of health means income and social status. (6) Environmental determinants of health The term environmental determinants of health means the broad physical (including manmade and natural), psychological, social, spiritual, cultural, and aesthetic environment. (7) Personal determinants of health The term personal determinants of health means an individual’s behavior, biology, and genetics. (8) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (9) Social determinants of health The term social determinants of health — (A) means a subset of determinants of the health of individuals and environments (such as communities, neighborhoods, and societies) that describe an individual’s or group of people’s social identity, describe the social and economic resources to which such individual or group has access, and describe the conditions in which an individual or group of people works, lives, and plays; and (B) are sometimes referred to as social and economic determinants of health, socioeconomic determinants of health, environmental determinants of health, social drivers of inequality, or personal determinants of health.