Final Exam Review (weeks 1-4) Flashcards
What is a discipline?
A branch of education, a department of learning, or a domain of knowledge
What level of prevention involves activities aimed at reducing factors leading to health problems?
Primary prevention
What level of prevention involves early detection and intervention in the potential development of a health problem?
Secondary prevention
What level of prevention is focused on the treatment of a health problem?
Tertiary prevention
What are the 4 pillars of primary health care?
- Teams
- Information
- Healthy living
- Access
What are the 3 approaches to health in Canada?
- Medical
- Behavioural
- Socioenvironmental
What are health disparities?
Preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, or opportunity to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations
Health ______ cause health inequalities
Inequities
What are the 5 principles of the Canada Health Act?
- Public administration
- Comprehensiveness
- Universality
- Portability
- Accessibility
Who does the federal government deliver health services to?
- Indigenous peoples
- Veterans
- Federal inmates
- RCMP
How did the Romanow Commission (2002) view Medicare?
As something sustainable that must be preserved because it represents core values of Canadians
How did the Kirby Report (2002) view Medicare?
As a system that is not sustainable
What are the 3 barriers to primary health care?
- Individual-level barriers
- Practice-level barriers
- System-level barriers
What are the 5 levels of health care?
- Level 1: Health promotion
- Level 2: Disease and injury prevention
- Level 3: Diagnosis and treatment
- Level 4: Rehabilitation
- Level 5: Supportive care
Who formed the Sisters of Charity: first visiting nurses?
Marguerite d’Youville
Who provided care to early settlers?
Mme Hébert
Who founded the first hospital in Quebec?
Jeanne Mance
Who is the founder of modern nursing?
Florence Nightingale
Where was the first undergraduate nursing program established in Canada?
University of British Columbia
Which provinces have endorsed Baccalaureate as Entry-to-Practice (BETP)
All except Quebec