Politics Flashcards
What is a tame problem?
Can be simple or complex, but is prone to being solved by a process of linear solution
What time of problem can be solved by a process of linear solution?
Tame problem
What is a complex and complicated problem involved multiple competing drivers?
A wicked problem
Which type of problem required a stategy?
A wicked problem
What were the four areas of action on the government alcohol strategy?
National action on price, advertising and availability
Local action on licensing, enforcement, and anti-social behaviour
Industry responsibility drive
Supporting for consumer information and individual behaviour change/treatment services
What is a third sector group?
Have lower power, but high interest and support for
How much of the NHS budget is spent on the workforce?
44.9%
The NHS budget does not include what types of workers?
Temporary staff, GPs or employees from the department of health and social care and other national bodies
What type of business is healthcare?
Human centric
What law states that deprived areas have poorer services and fewer doctors despite greater need?
Inverse care law
What is the WHO code of practice?
Establish and promotes voluntary principles for the ethical international recruitment of health personalle and to facilitate strengthening of health systems
Member states should discourage active recruitment of health personnel from developing countries facing critical shortages of health workers
Once a solution has been determined, what follows?
Implementation
What effecting change, what three things are covered?
Stakeholders and partners
Power
Authority
What is the definition of power?
The ability to exercise one’s will over others
Who has authority?
Expertise
Position in society
What is a coalition?
Are temporary groups of people or organisations that share a common purpose
What is incremental change?
Step by step, typically slow
What is transformative change?
Significant and fast
What should be avoided when effecting change?
Groupthink
What are three main drivers for achieving change?
Collaboration
Compromise
Advocacy
What are the four pillars of ethics?
Autonomy
Non-maleficence
Beneficence
Justice
What is utilitarianism?
The most happiness and the least unhappiness for the largest number of people
What is global health?
An area for study, research and practice, that places a priority on improving health and achieving health equity for all people worldwide
What is the largest threat of an interconnected world?
The threat of communicable disease