Week 8

Question 1

Define ‘Non-Isolated Community’

Answer 1

communities with road access of less than 90 km to physician services

Question 2

Define “Semi-Isolated Community”

Answer 2

communities with road access greater than 90 km to physician services

Question 3

Define ‘Isolated Community”

Answer 3

communities with good telephone service, scheduled air transportation flights, but no road access

Question 4

Define ‘Remote, Isolated Community

Answer 4

communities with no scheduled air flights, minimal telephone or radio access, & no road access

Question 5

What does statistics Canada define as “rural and small town”

Answer 5

individuals in towns or municipalities outside the commuting zone of larger urban cntres

Question 6

What are Rural & Remote communities dependent on?

Answer 6

• dependent on natural resources of the landscape (ie. forestry, fishing + agriculture)

Question 7

What is a Resource Base?

Answer 7

• is a people-centered approach to the integration of conservation of the natural resource base (water, soil, trees and local biodiversity) and development to overcome poverty, hunger and disease (influences health status of those living in a rural community)

Question 8

What is the ‘Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB)’?

Answer 8

• provides wage-loss benefits, medical coverage & support to get people back to work after a work-related injury or illness

Question 9

Health professionals are typically responsible for filling out a _______ on the initial visit of a workplace injury

Answer 9

Form 8

Question 10

Name 2 factors that could potentially influence someones ability to access additional eduction while living in a remote community

Answer 10

1. Not having access to proper internet to work remotely
2. Not having access to roads in order to get to school

Question 11

Name the 3 ways CHN’s can apply prevention

Answer 11

Primary (reducing risk for a potential problem)
Secondary (providing screening & early detection & tx)
Tertiary (maintaining health)

Question 12

CHN’s must access the communities within which they work to determine ….? (3 things)

Answer 12

diversity, strengths, & needs that arise from diversity

Question 13

Name 3 Health Inequities in Rural & Remote Communities

Answer 13

Access to technoligies, poor water quality, food insecurity

Question 14

Contaminated water & poor sanitation are linked to which disease transmissions?

Answer 14

Cholera, Dysentery, Hepatitis A, Typhoid, Polio

Question 15

Contaminated water & poor sanitation are linked to which microbe transmissions?

Answer 15

E.coli, Camplyobacter, Giardia, Legionella, Norovirus, Rotavirus, Enterovirus, Salmonella, Shigella

Question 16

What does Arsenic do (found in contaminated water)

Answer 16

decreases the production of red + white blood cells

Question 17

What does Nitrate affect in the human body (found in contaminated water)

Answer 17

affects O2 carrying capacity, infants 6 months & under are at a high risk)

Question 18

What does Randon affect in the human body (found in contaminated water)

Answer 18

second leading cause of lung cancer

Question 19

What has been identified as the largest contributor to psychological distress & suicidal behaviour amoung low-income Indigenous people?

Answer 19

Food insecurity

Question 20

What is a current initiative for the Nutrition North Canada program (NNC)?

Answer 20

improve access to perishable, nutritious & traditional food in certain communities
- reducing food insecurity is NOT a part of their mandate (targets the high cost of perishable & nutritious food in the north)

Question 21

What is the focus of CHN’s when working with Rural & Remote Communities?

Answer 21

Primary health care, & focusing on the needs of the community & complexity of the surrounding area