Population Health & Determinants

Question 1

This is measured by health status indicators and as influenced by social, economic, and physical environments; personal health practices; individual capacity and coping skills; human biology; early childhood development; and health services.

Answer 1

Population Health

Question 2

Pop health is founded on (2)

Answer 2

Epidemiological principles

Statistical Measures

Question 3

Pop health aims to improve the health of the ______ ___________ and reduce what?

Answer 3

Entire Population

Inequalities between population groups

Question 4

Population health strategies are based on an assessment of the conditions of…

Answer 4

Risk & Benefite

Question 5

Pop health address these & their interactions

Answer 5

Determinants of Health

Question 6

T/ F Population health considers the entire range of individual and collective factors and conditions—and their interactions—that have been shown to be correlated with health.

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

Population health approach reflects the evidence that factors outside the health care system or sector significantly affect health, commonly referred to as:

Answer 7

Determinants of Health

Question 8

Dealing with problems and root causes before it’s a full blown problem?

Answer 8

Increasing upstream investment

Question 9

Pop health is individual or collaborative?

Answer 9

Collaborative across sectors and levels

Question 10

In Pop Health we apply…

Answer 10

Multiple Strategies

Question 11

Since most determinants of health fall outside of healthcare, we have to…

Answer 11

Forge new relationships with groups not traditionally associated with health

Question 12

Determinants of Health currently include:

I SES PCC

Answer 12

Income/social status
Social supports
Education/Employment/Working conditions
Social/Physical Environments
Personal health practices/coping skills
Child development
Culture, gender, genetics

Question 13

Integration of population health concepts with the principles that guide action on health promotion in efforts to maximize the likelihood of reinforcing and maintaining synergistic effects in health programming.

Answer 13

Pop health promotion

Question 14

A strategic administrative focus on the complex interrelated conditions and factors that influence population health, which uses information regarding patterns and trends in health status indicators to create healthy public policy and respond to the needs of Canadians through targeted intervention programs.

Answer 14

Pop health approach

Question 15

Key elements of pop health approach?

Answer 15

• Address the determinants of health, recognizing that they are complex and interrelated
• Focus on the health of populations
• Invest upstream
• Base decisions on evidence
• Apply multiple strategies to act on the determinants of health
• Collaborate across levels and sectors
• Use mechanisms to engage citizens
• Increase accountability for health outcome

Question 16

Roles for RPN?

Answer 16

Communicator
Advocate
Collaborator
Educator
Faciliator
Leader, Enabler
Researcher, Policy maker
Coordinator
Community developer