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HSCI 1130: Public Health Questions And Answers Update
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HSCI 1130: Public Health Questions AndAnswers Update
Public health ANS✔✔ a multidisciplinary field whose goal is to promote the health of the population
through organized community efforts
PHAC ANS✔✔ -Public Health Agency of Canada
-1 of 6 departments under federal gov health
What is the role of PHAC? ANS✔✔ -promote health
-prevent/control chronic diseases & injuries
-prevent & control infectious diseases
-prepare for & respond to public health emergencies
-strengthen public health capacity in a manner consistent w/ a shared understanding of the
determinants of health & of the common factors that maintain health or lead to disease & injury
Public Health (PHAC definition) ANS✔✔ -the organized efforts of society to keep people healthy &
prevent injury, illness, and premature death
-combination of programs, services and policies that protect and promote the health of all Canadians
Bill C-5 ANS✔✔ -PHAC act
-bill provides legislative basis for PHAC
Public Health (Bill C-5) ANS✔✔ population-focused and includes disease surveillance, disease & injury
prevention, health protection, health emergency preparedness and response, health promotion, and
relevant research undertakings
, Who is responsible for public health? ANS✔✔ shared b/w federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal
goverments
-federal funding
-provincial delivers health services
-municipal level public health (e.g. BC centre for disease control)
BCCDC ANS✔✔ -B.C. Centre for Disease Control
-provides surveillance, detection/diagnosis, tx, prevention & consultation services for people w/ disease
of public health importance as well as analytical & policy support to all levels of gov and health
authorities
What are the 8 divisions of BCCDC? ANS✔✔ 1) epidemiology
2) vaccine & pharmacy
3) hepatitis division oratory
4) STI/HIV prevention and control
5) tuberculosis control
6) environmental health
7) public health emergency management
-also provides: education, research & mathematical modelling services
What are the 2 main goals of public health in Canada? ANS✔✔ 1) disease prevention
2) health promotion
Disease prevention ANS✔✔ activities designed to protect patients or other members of the public from
actual or potential health threats and their harmful consequences
-stop ppl from getting sick
-prevention is cost effective
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