Week 5 (T) Flashcards
challenges health promotion poses for the healthcare sector
- to extend the core business of health services from clinical outcomes to quality of life
- to extend the focus from patients and relatives to staff and the wider community
- to integrate prevention into care and cure practices
Canadian health care systems
health is held as primarily biomedical and individual
primary health care
distinct from primary care of primary medical care
- emphasis on promotion and prevention in addition to treatment
- incorporates a broad, holistic understanding of health
- addresses multiple determinants of health, to achieve both better population and individual health
4 core health promotion principles
- Participation
- Collaboration
- Empowerment
- Equity
5 categories in which institutions can be involves in health promotion
- Government
- Health Sector
- Voluntary Sector
- Mass Media
- Business Sector
***can affect health directly or indirectly
national and local agencies
many national and local institutions have counterparts in Canada
- Public Health Agency of Canada performs a function similar to Public Health England
public health institutions in Canada
- Canada’s Federal System
- The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC):
- part of federal health portfolio
Focus of Public Health Agency of Canada
- protecting against threats to public health
- preventing and reducing diseases and injury
- promoting health, well-being and equity
2 Provincial Institutions Responsible for Public Health Promotion
- The Ministry of Health
- The Public Health Ontario, which reports to the Ministry of Health
The Public Health Ontario
- prevent illness and improve health
- provide evidence and expert guidance that shapes policies and practices of a healthier Ontario
- monitor, prepare for, detect and respond to infectious disease outbreaks
- uncovering genetic code of genetic diseases to find treatment
- leading provider of professional development
- reduce health inequities
The Ministry of Health
- primarily responsible for administering Ontario’s universal health care system - the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)
- mainly focused on treating disease, but mandate does include prevention and health promotion
Local Public Health Units in Ontario
Ontario is divided into 34 public health units
what are local public health units in Ontario responsible for?
- health promotion
- disease prevention
- health education
- restaurant inspection
- screen and treatment of infectious diseases
Kingston’s public health unit
Kingston, Frontenac, and Lanark and Addington Public Health
3 categories of professions that can be involved in health promotion and primary health care
- wider contributors
- practitioners
- specialists
wider contributors
professionals who influence public health but might not know it
- ex. teachers, social service employees, non-governmental organization employees
practitioners
Health professionals who may do public health work
- ex. community public health nurses, school nurses, midwives, allied health workers
specialists
employees with public health training who develop and administer public health programs
- ex. public health consultants, employees of local public health departments
community public health nurses
- specialists
- work with individuals, families and communities to promote health and prevent disease
- work in community settings
- often reach marginalized people who have had poor experiences with the health care system (sex workers or people who use drugs)
outreach nursing
bring care directly to people in the community
- address STDs, HIV, and injection drug-related harm in downtown Vancouver
***Bevel Up
