november 9th

Question 1

healthy public policy

Answer 1

public policies outside the health sector characterized by an explicit concern for health and equity in all areas of policy and by an accountability for health impact

Question 2

decleration of alma ata 1978

Answer 2

conference reaffirms that health is a fundamental human right

Question 3

ottawa charter for health promotion 1986

Answer 3

• health promotion goes beyond healthcare
• combines diverse but complementary approaches
• health promotion policy requires the identification of obstacles to the adoption of healthy public policies in non-health sectors and ways of removing them

Question 4

adelaide recommendations on healthy public policy

Answer 4

• healthy public policy is characterized by an explicit concern for health and health equity in all areas of policy and by an accountability for health impact
• in the pursuit of healthy public policy, government sectors concerned with agriculture, trade, education, industry and communications need to take into account health as an essential factor when formulating policy

Question 5

health impact assessment

Answer 5

• emerged from enviromental impact assessment
• responsive to evidence on the social determinants of health
• a method for making health a concern for all policy sectors, as proposed in the WHOs Adelaide recommendations on healthy public policy

Question 6

health impact assessment (2)

Answer 6

• evaluate the potential health impacts of policies
• enhance quality of decision making through recommendations to improve predicted positive health impacts and minimize negative impacts

Question 7

public health policy

Answer 7

• focuses on the health of populations instead of individuals
• focuses on prevention instead of treatment
• focuses on collective action instead of individual intervention

Question 8

public health policy

Answer 8

Public health: collective activities that aim to protect and promote the health of populations
public health care: health care that is publicly financed

Question 9

of canadas total expenditures on health, what percentage makes up spending on public health?

Answer 9

5%

Question 10

public health focuses on

Answer 10

preventionand populations