Build Healthy Public Policy

Question 1

Where are the actions for healthy public policy?

Answer 1

Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

Question 2

What is Healthy Public Policy?

Answer 2

Leading decision makers state an intent to act upon the improvement and protection of individual and community health through opportunities

Question 3

General spectrum of policies that can be made for healthy public policy

Answer 3

voluntary to mandatory to change health behaviours

Question 4

General spectrum of policies that can be made for healthy public policy

Answer 4

voluntary to mandatory to change health behaviours

Question 5

What are strageties governments can take in developing policy actions?

Answer 5

• legislation (Health Canada’s Food and Drugs Act)
• Regulation (Health Canadas Food and Drug Regulations enforce the Food and Drugs Act)
• Taxation (tax unhealthy foods)
• Subsidies (low price of healthy foods)

Question 6

What is legislation?

Answer 6

written laws, Acts or statutes
* mandatory nutrition labelling
* Food and Drugs Act

Question 7

What are regulations?

Answer 7

define application of legislation and enforce it
* prepackaged products must have ingredient list and nutrition facts table

Question 8

SEM

Answer 8

Social ecological model

Question 9

Policy is not…

Answer 9

…an end in itself, but a means to an end

Question 10

Simple policy cycle

Answer 10

• Agenda setting (identify problem and find evidence)
• policy formation (strategies)
• Policy implementation (put in practice)
• Policy evaluation (keep or revise)

Question 11

Why does healthy public policy fail

Answer 11

• Government/ organization changes
• food/ beverage industry opposition
• not supported by public opinion because goes against values
• not supported by public opinion because seen as intrusive
• not supported by all stakeholders
• population-based policies versus targeted may may increase inequities