Health Policy

Question 1

Policy

Answer 1

A set ofpoliciesare principles, rules, and guidelines formulated or adopted by an organization (achieved through input from stakeholders) to reach its long-term goals and typically published in a booklet or other form that is widely accessible

Question 2

What is the desired outcome?

Answer 2

Advocacy = Systematic social change to improve health & quality of life

Question 3

Alma Ata

Answer 3

One of the first times as a global community that we acknowledged looking at the high public health standards as rights

Question 4

Health public policy

Answer 4

Healthy public policy intends that health be a part of all policy making; not only health systems directives
Education policies
Economic policies
Environmental policies
Socio-policies

Question 5

What are the changes since alma ata?

Answer 5

shift away from focusing on the health system
Healthy Public Policy instead looks at how the health of Canadians is improving

Question 6

The role of money

Answer 6

1. Social, political, legal pressure to relax terms & conditions of Canada Health Act for “cash-strapped territorial / provincial governments”
2. Create two-tiered System of privately financed health care

Question 7

What are the 4 ethical dilemmas in health care?

Answer 7

1. Curative vs. Prevention
2. Target groups
3. How to achieve public health care
4. What to cut when the economy recedes

Question 8

Action plan

Answer 8

Build public Awareness & Strengthen insights
Develop a Greater Voice for Organizations
Establish Supporting Strategies & examples
Create a forum to support the national action plan

Question 9

CNA National action plan

Answer 9

Build public awareness and strengthen insights on Health in All policies approach in Canada.
Increase collaborative engagement by public, private and NGO’s to support adoption of a Health in All Policies approach.
Influence decision-makers to support a Health in All Policies approach through common messaging and action (CNA)

Question 10

CNA’s four recommendations for the federal budget focus on 4 areas

Answer 10

Encouraging health-care innovation
Public health emergency preparedness –
Improving access to palliative care and support for caregivers
Enhancing access to sustainable health human resources to better serve rural, remote and Indigenous communities