Community Flashcards
What is a community?
A group, population or cluster of people who work, live and play in an environment at one given time. They share at least one common characteristic or concern. They function in a social system that meets their needs within a larger social system such as an organization or region
5 main principles of the Canada health act:
- Public administration (non-profit basis)
- Comprehensiveness (insurance provided)
- Universitilaty (all insured residents have equal access to care)
- Portability (healthcare moves with you)
- Accessibility (everybody should have reasonable access to care)
What is the Canada Health Act?
Federal legislation that puts in place conditions by which individual provinces and territories in Canada may receive funding for health services
PHAC
Public Health Agency of Canada
Why was the PHAC formed?
Formed in 2004 in response to SARS
CIHR
Canadian Institute of Health Research
HBFB
Health Products and Food Branch
HECSB
Healthy Environment & Consumer Safety
Under which organisation would a “walking school bus” reside?
HECSB: responsible for safety and walkability of school zones
FNIHB
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
What are the 5 Health Authorities in BC?
- Interior Health
- Fraser Health
- Island Health
- Vancouver Health
- Northern Health
What are the functions & dynamics of a healthy community?
Functions:
- Space and infrastructure
- Employment and income
- Security, protection and Law
- Socialising and Networking
- Links to other communities
Dynamics:
1. Communication
2. Leadership
3. Decision Making
Society
The systems that incorporate the social, political, economic and cultural infrastructure to address issues of concern
Population
A large group of people who have at least 1 characteristic in common and reside in a community
Group or Aggregrate
Subpopulation: A group within a group
Family
2 or more individuals who depend on each other for emotional, physical or financial support
individual
1 human being
Why was Canada’s Health Act introduced and when was it enacted?
In order to create a more equitable national health care system for all Canadians, the federal government created the Canada Health Act, which was enacted in 1984.
Federal Chief Public Health Officer
Dr Theresa Tam
Public Health Officer BC
Bonnie Hendry
three principles of action to advance health equity
- improve daily living conditions
- tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money, and resources
- Understand the problem and assess the impact of action
Additional Indigenous SDOH (4)
- Colonialism
- Geography
- Land and environmental rights
- Policies for their impacts on the health of Indigenous peoples in Canada
health inequities
When differences in determinants of health and health status within or between groups are shown to be systematic and avoidable, they are unfair and are called health inequities
When CHNs observe/notice injustice how should they move forward in their work?
- Working for social justice as a CHN involves two guiding principles: recognizing inequities and taking action to eliminate them. Recognizing inequities means identifying, understanding, and being able to describe inequities or injustices, the reasons for their presence, and how they affect population subgroups (including nurses). Responsible action to eliminate inequities means advocating for the reduction of the sources of oppression and working toward parity and fairness.