Week 5: Healthy Public Policy

Question 1

basic health care facts in Canada

Answer 1

Cost of healthcare 2019 ON 63.5B Huge jump in spending

$7068 2019 cost/person
- Jump of over $400 in a few years

706M, on Public Health 2019, 345M on health promotion

• Most money is going to hospitals and physicians
• 67B total on health
• More funding might help Canadians to be healthier over the long term

Question 2

public policy

Answer 2

What government chooses to do or not to do

Laws, funding, etc.

Consequences for not following

Good public policy should be helpful to the population
- Lots of types: school, agriculture, health care…

Question 3

developing public health policies

Answer 3

Developing public health policies

• Needs to have all of the tools
• Food safety policies, road laws, cellphone use while driving = ex
• Promote health and public safety
• Work together to make sure policies are relevant, helpful and enforced
• Building healthy public policy stems from the Ottawa Charter

Question 4

examples of healthy public policy

Answer 4

immunization record required for kids starting school, safe food handling, road safety laws, smoking bans

Question 5

who is involved in healthy public policy

Answer 5

All 3 levels of government

General public, communities, health professionals, agencies, media

note that collaboration is needed^

Question 6

problems with policies and politics

Answer 6

Gov make the decision to address certain problems or not

Takes years
- Lots of research needed

Time frame for govs (4yrs re-elect) means that new leaders could choose to scrap any new policies easily

Question 7

nursing significance on health public policies

Answer 7

Healthcare political

Issues eventually impact care

Policy one approach to make changes

Question 8

ethics

Answer 8

Importance of advocacy

Eliminate social inequalties
- Policies are the root of such plan

Code of ethics for nurses – we need to consider sustainability

Question 9

Registered nurses’ association of Ontario RNAO

Answer 9

Issues for discussion – talk to gov every year last year:

Pharmacare

Long term care

Indiginous

Environment

Opiod overdose

Question 10

hegemony

Answer 10

Predominant cultural influence or domination

Social, cutural, ideological, or economic influence of dominant group

Question 11

Counter hegenomy

Answer 11

Conscious awareness of power relations and challenging it to achieve a new reality

Look at root causes