Unit 1,2,3 Flashcards
Social Democratic
emphasize universal welfare rights, provide benefits
Conservative
provides benefits through social insurance plans associated w/employment rank (emphasis on male wage earners)
Liberal
modest benefits - assistance only when economic market fails to meet citizens basic needs (minimal government)
- primary aim to strengthen economy (greater support tot advocacy positions in corporate & business sector)
- least developed in providing citizens with economic & social security
Latin
- less developed
- family oriented
- most like conservative model
Social Gradient
Variation among individuals and groups due to income
Health in all policies (CNA)
considers health impacts of policies in areas such as finance, education, housing, employment, transport
Health Literacy
understandings individuals have about their health & how to access health services
Order of structural determinants
- socioeconomic and political context
- socioeconomic position
- intermediary determinants
Socioeconomic and political context
born into & lives in
- gouvernance
- policies
- values
ie. unequal distribution of material and monetary resources
Socioeconomic Position
Their place in society
- education
- occupation
- gender/race
- income
- ethnicity
exposure, vulnerability and outcome
Intermediary Determinants
material circumstances (housing, clothing)
psychosocial factors
behaviours biological factors
Social Cohesion
connectedness and solidarity among groups in society
Social Capital
the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively
What are the factors bridging structural and intermediary determinants
social cohesion & social capital
Largest contributing factor to one’s health
- socioeconomic factors (education, jobs, income, social support)
- health behaviours (drug use, diet)
- health care (access)
- physical environment
What is the WHO conceptual framework
Structural determinants (people in power) -> intermediary determinants
Upstream Approach
further from individual
- broader, structural, systemic determinants
(policies, norms, environment)
Downstream Approach
closer to the individual
- represent immediate SDoH
(health behaviours, healthcare access, psychosocial factors)
How do conditions make people sick
Psychosocial demands (stressors) + Resistance and vulnerability factors (coping responses) = psychobiological stress response (neuroendocrine, automatic/metabolic, immune)
Why study SDoH
Societal factors (inequities)
Societal forces (quality and distribution)
Describe health care in Canada
publicly financed, privately delivered
universal, comprehensive, medically necessary
What is the federal governments responsibility
- setting & administering national principles or standards for the system
- assisting in the financing of provincial health care services through fiscal transfer
- deliver direct hc to specific groups
What is the provincial/territorial government’s responsibility
- manage and deliver health services
- plan, finance, evaluate the provisions of hospital care, physician and allied hc services
- manage some aspects of prescription care and public health
Describe the history of medicare
- saskatch –> first country to establish public universal hospital insurance (tommy douglas)
- Fed shares cost of provincial hospital insuracne plans
- all of canada has public insurance plans
- saskatch - insurance for physicians services outside hospitals
- all of canada’s plans include doctors services
Describe the Lalonde Report (the white paper)
a questioning of the efficacy of medical interventions
- gov spending lots of money on health care but overall health of population was not rlly improving
- “sick care”
- described the determinants of health (biological factors, lifestyle, environment, health care)
- preventing illness is better than treating illness
Explain the importance of the Lalonde Report
- 1st formal statement by any western government (new concept)
- broadened “health care” to “health care field”
- other countries based their hc system on lalonde report
- began new proactive health promotion programs to increase awareness