Test 1 Flashcards
What is the deliberate course of action chosen by an individual or group to deal with a problem?
Policy
What is the fair and proper administration of laws conforming to the natural law that all persons, irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, possessions, race, religion, etc, are to be treated equally and without prejudice?
Social justice
What is an ethic of caring and access to that care for all members of society?
Social responsibility
What is a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a given problem or interrelated set of problems?
Public policy
What are decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific health care goals within a society?
Health policy
What are policies that support and help overcome the weakness of the main social structures of a country, especially markets and families?
Social policy
What is a policy that has a wide scope and has the potential for impact campus-wide?
Institutional policy
What is a policy that has a narrow scope and limited potential for impact to a limited unit?
Departmental policy
What are methods of action selected, usually by an organization, from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions and positions on public matters?
Organizational policy
What are examples of health policy?
Tobacco laws
Anti-smoking campaigns
Initiatives to reduce sugar consumption
What are examples of social policy?
Baby bonus - Ontario Child Benefit Program
Universal health care
Canadian Pension Plan
What are examples of institutional policy?
DC’s Academic Integrity Progam
DC’s Academic Code of Conduct
DC’s Student Accessibility Services Policy
What are examples of organizational policy?
Workplace Health and Safety
Leave of Absence
Performance Management and Evaluation
Define politics.
The process of influencing the allocation of scarce resources
Compare politics vs policy.
Policy making involves the distribution of resources; so politics or political action can be viewed as the efforts and strategies used to shape a policy choice
What are the four components of political skill?
Social astuteness
Interpersonal influence
Networking ability
Apparent sincerity
What is skill at being attuned to others and social situations; ability to interpret one’s own behaviour and the behaviour of others?
Social asuteness
What is convincing personal style that influences other’s featuring the ability to adapt behaviour to situations and be pleasant and productive to work with?
Interpersonal influence
What is the ability to develop and use diverse networks of people and the ability to position oneself to create and take advantage of opportunities?
Networking ability
What is the display of high levels of integrity, authenticity, sincerity, and genuineness?
Apparent sincerity
What examines, analyzes, and searches for answers to fundamental questions about the province and its moral and ethical responsibilities?
Political philosophy
Who are the national political parties?
Conservatives
Liberals
New Democrats
Green
Bloc Quebecois
Which policital party stands for fighting the climate crisis, restoring the environment and health protection?
Green Party
Which political party has the following philosophy: breaking boundries and willing to make change?
Liberal
Which political patry fights for the powerful and are set in their ways; they hold traditional attitudes?
Conservative
Which paty fights for equalitity/no person left behind and advocates for workers right and public healthcare?
NDP
What does the Conservative Party actually stand for?
The philosophy of the Canadian Conservative Party is generally based on principles of fiscal conservatism, individual responsibility, limited government, traditional values, and free-market capitalism
What does Bloc Quebecois stand for?
Protecting Quebec’s interest and individual identity within Canada
What consists of activities that can influence the opinions or actions of a public office holder?
Lobbying
What is the difference between advocating and lobbying?
Advocating involves appealing the general public while lobbying involves appealing to the government
Who are stakeholders?
Media
General public
Vendors
Strategic alliance partners
Board of directors
Professional associations
Who are the stakeholders in dental hygiene?
Dentists
Dental hygienists
Public
Colleges
Dental Assistants
ODA
ODHA
CDHA
CDA
ODAA
What is speaking, writing, or acting in favour of a particular cause, policy, individual or group of people?
Advocacy
What are methods of advocating for others?
Lobbying
Campaigning
Media
Coalitions
What is the dental hygienists role in advocacy?
Promoting social responsibilty by leading and/or supporting community partners in their efforts to advocate for oral health programs and policies
Using client-centered approach that acts of advocates in client’s best interest
What are the three types of advocacy?
Issue advocacy
Professional advocacy
Self and peer advocacy
What is referred to as crisis or short-term advocacy?
Issue adovacy
What is an example of issue advocacy?
Tobacco cessation
What is advocacy on behalf of the profession frequently involves examining issues such as expanded scope of practice, public awareness and access to care?
Professional advocacy
What is an example of professional advocacy?
Promoting the advancement of the dental hygiene profession
What is people coming together to speak up for themselves?
Self advocacy
What is an example of self-advocacy?
Negotiating salary
What is when the advocate and advocacy partners share similar experiences or environments?
Peer advocacy
What is an example of peer advocacy?
Promoting a positive work environment
What are the barriers to advocacy?
Time-consuming
Significant committment
Lack of education/training
Fear of retribution
Lack of credibility
Lack of organization
Resistance to change
The nature of society
Political will
Sustainability
What are common advocacy mistakes?
Being overly dramatic
Being unnecessarily offensive
Exaggerating
Making false accusations or accusations without evidence
Making excessive and unnecessary demands for communication
Pushing for services your client does not qualify for
What are the 19 pitfalls of advocacy and lobbying?
- Failing to define a policy issue clearly
- Failing to identify the specific audience
- Domination of policy formulation by outspoken members
- Aggressive stance towards cental government
- Policy positions that are only reactive and do not introduce new ideas
- Isolation of the dental hygienist through lack of consultation with stakeholders
- Insufficient involvement of member local governments
- Lack of interest by administration and staff for advocacy an lovvying strategy activities
- Failing to establish advocacy and communication strategies
- Allowing policy to become out of date11. Leaving policy “one the shelf” and not implementing it
- Lack of coordination of external contacts
- Striving to do everything at once and losing focus
- Not having permanent channels of communication with the local government ministry and with parliament
- Thinking too much from your own perspective without the aim of a win-win outcome
- Using a wish-list approach without the confidence of being a strong partner in government
- Not working with strategic allies
- Spending too much time in discussion rather than taking action
- Certain members being allowed to promote their own interests instead of the organizations or professions
What are the components of an advocacy plan?
Identifying the issues
Finding out more through analysis
Setting objectives
Identifying targets
Defining the message
Asessing resources
Choosing advocacy approaches and acitivities
Identifying allies and partnership working
Drawing up an advocacy action plan
Planning for monitoring and evaluation
What are the different ways that healthcare advocates can impact policy and program decisions?
The political context through political structures/processes
The evidence, credibility, methods, relevance, use, and ho the message is communicated
Links between policy makers and other stakeholders, relationships, voice trust, networks, and media
External influences
