BPS 4102 - FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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Lecture 1 - ANSWER History of Drug Regulation in Canada
What did the 1845 cholera outbreak lead to ? - ANSWER - Led to the establishment of
necessary patchwork health records boards in New Brunswick and Upper Canada to deal
with outbreaks
- Infections spread, quarantine
- patchwork health care system
- 7 cholera epidemics in history due to poor sanitation and contaminated water
- 1 to 8 cases annually
After confederation
(after cholera outbreak), Parliament passed which acts? - ANSWER - Quarantine Act : to
allow Federal officials to inspect arriving ships for sick passengers
- Sick Mariners Act : which provided special medical services for seaman that fall ill on
Canadian waters or at Canadian ports
When was the Department of Health established in Canada? - ANSWER - 1919
- 1928 : Department of Health mandate expanded (began dispensing and administering
medical and convalescent care, job retraining, and pensions for returning war veterans)
- renamed Pensions and National Health
, What happened in 1912-1914 (WWI)? - ANSWER - H1N1 flu pandemic
- 1928 : a lot of war vets returning, so the health department had to provide the
necessary services to them
What is the Department of Veterans Affairs? - ANSWER - 1944 to 1993
- Responsible for everything related to the promotion and preservation of health, social
security, and welfare
- Research public health issues
- Medical examination of immigrants and seaman
- Administration of hospitals
- Supervision of public health aspects of transportation
- Health promotion within the public service
-Collection/ dissemination of health information/stats
- So Canadians would make healthy choices
- Cooperation with provincial health authorities
What did the Department of National Health and Welfare administer post WWII? -
ANSWER - Food and Drugs Act
- Canada Health Act
- Narcotic Control Act
- Quarantine Act
- Fitness and Amateur
100% CORRECT
Lecture 1 - ANSWER History of Drug Regulation in Canada
What did the 1845 cholera outbreak lead to ? - ANSWER - Led to the establishment of
necessary patchwork health records boards in New Brunswick and Upper Canada to deal
with outbreaks
- Infections spread, quarantine
- patchwork health care system
- 7 cholera epidemics in history due to poor sanitation and contaminated water
- 1 to 8 cases annually
After confederation
(after cholera outbreak), Parliament passed which acts? - ANSWER - Quarantine Act : to
allow Federal officials to inspect arriving ships for sick passengers
- Sick Mariners Act : which provided special medical services for seaman that fall ill on
Canadian waters or at Canadian ports
When was the Department of Health established in Canada? - ANSWER - 1919
- 1928 : Department of Health mandate expanded (began dispensing and administering
medical and convalescent care, job retraining, and pensions for returning war veterans)
- renamed Pensions and National Health
, What happened in 1912-1914 (WWI)? - ANSWER - H1N1 flu pandemic
- 1928 : a lot of war vets returning, so the health department had to provide the
necessary services to them
What is the Department of Veterans Affairs? - ANSWER - 1944 to 1993
- Responsible for everything related to the promotion and preservation of health, social
security, and welfare
- Research public health issues
- Medical examination of immigrants and seaman
- Administration of hospitals
- Supervision of public health aspects of transportation
- Health promotion within the public service
-Collection/ dissemination of health information/stats
- So Canadians would make healthy choices
- Cooperation with provincial health authorities
What did the Department of National Health and Welfare administer post WWII? -
ANSWER - Food and Drugs Act
- Canada Health Act
- Narcotic Control Act
- Quarantine Act
- Fitness and Amateur
