PPHC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A)PPHC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A)PPHC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A)
What are the 3 Major Areas of Health? - ANSWER-Physical, Mental, Social
How do we know if we are health? - ANSWER-By comparison with powerful indicators
-over time (tr...
What are the 3 Major Areas of Health? - ANSWER-Physical, Mental, Social
How do we know if we are health? - ANSWER-By comparison with powerful indicators
-over time (trends)
-geographic areas
-groups of people
What puts a strain on healthcare spending? - ANSWER-Chronic Diseases
Complex public health problems
Social and environmental conditions
Disparities in health
What do determinants of health emphasize? - ANSWER-Physical environment
Social environment
Health Behaviors
Medical Care
What does life course emphasize? - ANSWER-Conditions/experiences in early life
Why are health indicators a powerful tool for monitoring and communicating critical info
about population health? - ANSWER-Support planning and track progress toward broad
community objectives
Engagement of partners into civic and collaborative actions
Inform policy and policymakers and can be used to promote accountability among
governmental and non-governmental agencies
Common Health indicators? - ANSWER-Life expectancy
Premature mortality
Age-specific death rates
Cause Specific deaths
Births to teens
Very/Low Birth weight
Adequacy of prenatal care
Social characteristics of parents
Obesity
Chronic Diseases
Health Behaviors
,Access to Environment
Material Pathway - ANSWER-Social and economic determinants provide access to
health enhancing or sustaining resources
Behavioral Pathway - ANSWER-Refers to enhancing or diminishing behavior such as
dietary practices, exercise and smoking, and other risk reducing practices that may, n
part, explain the observed SES gradient in health.
Social Indicators - ANSWER-Physical Environment
Social Environment
Child and family focused
Health System Performance Indicators - ANSWER-Access
Cost
Quality of Care
Social Determinants of Health in Canada - ANSWER-Aboriginal Status
Disability
Early Life
Education
Employment and working conditions
Food insecurity
Health Services
Gender
Housing
Income and income distribution
Race
Social exclusion
Social safety net
Unemployment and job security
Health Selection - ANSWER-relationship between health and another factor is due to
poor health causing the association
e.g. sic people are more likely to become unemployed
Social Causation - ANSWER-The nature and distribution of social and economic
resources leads to differences in health status
What does the CHA establish for the provinces? - ANSWER-Criteria and conditions
related to insured health care services
Meaning: hospital services, physician services and surgical-dental service provided to
insured persons
, What is the aim of the national health insurance program? - ANSWER-That all residents
of Canada have reasonable access to medically necessary insured services without
direct charges
Health Inequality or disparity - ANSWER-differences in health status across or between
different population
Health inequity - ANSWER-Heath inequities are avoidable inequalities in health among
groups of people within or between populations
Psychosocial Pathway - ANSWER-Higher status provides more control and more
adaptive or effective respond to stress
-higher status leads to less stress and better immune system functioning
Primary Determinants of Health - ANSWER-Agriculture and food production
Education
Work environment
Living and working conditions
Unemployment
Water and sanitation
Health care services
Housing
Age
Sex
Tax-Funding Systems - ANSWER-Beveridge
:Provision of health care for all people through central taxation and other compulsory
financial contributions and a system of universal benefits
When was the Canadian Health Act Passed? - ANSWER-1984
According to CHA, what are the provinces of Canada responsible for? - ANSWER-
Administration and Delivery of Health Care services
-decide where their hospitals will be located, how many physicians they will need, and
how much money they will spend on health care systems.
The CHA criteria - ANSWER-1. Public Administration
2. Comprehensiveness
3. Universality
4. Portability
5. Accessibility
Public Administration - ANSWER-Applies to health insurance plans of the provinces and
territories (not to hospitals or services hospital provide)
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