What is population health correct answers aims to improve the health status of the population
rather than that of the individual
- Population health incorporates public health initiatives, health promotion, disease prevention,
and the concept of wellness
- Population health is an approach to health that aims to improve the health of the entire
population and to reduce health inequities among population groups
- The following reports were instrumental in the introduction of population health to Canada:
correct answers • The Lalonde Report, 1974
• Alma-Ata Conference, 1978
• Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, 1986
• The Epp Report, 1986
• Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 1987-2003
• Toward a Healthy Future: The First Report on the Health of Canadians, 1996
- National Forum on Health, 1994-1997
Partners in Population health correct answers → Health Canada
→ Public Health Agency of Canada
→ Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
→ Canadian Research Policy Networks
→ The Canadian Institute of Health Research
- Statistics Canada
Health Canada correct answers - Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping
Canadians maintain and improve their health
- Health Canada partners with other agencies and health care organizations to ensure its efforts
meet the needs of all Canadians
Public Health Agency of Canada correct answers - A centralized agency under the umbrella of
Health Canada, PHAC's role is to
• Respond to national emergencies
• Implement health promotion and disease and injury prevention initiatives
• Monitor health risks
- Branches of PHAC include
• Infectious disease and emergency preparedness
• Health promotion and chronic disease prevention*
• Public health practice and regional operations
• Strategic policy, communications, and corporate services
Canadian Institute for Health Information correct answers - CIHI, an organization that works
collaboratively with Health Canada and PHAC, is an independent, non-profit agency whose
mandate is to provide information and analysis on the Canadian health care system and the
health of Canadians
, - CIHI's data and reports focus on services, spending, and human resources in health care and on
population health
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research correct answers - A non-profit organization the
Canadian institute for advance research bring together researcher from around the world to share
ideas, thoughts, and theories concerning a wide variety of subjects
- CIFAR specializes in advances research, important to designing and implementing strategies
used in population health
Canadian Policy Research Networks correct answers - Canadian Policy Research Networks is a
think tank whose main objective is to generate knowledge and discussion about socioeconomic
issues in Canada
- CPRN conducts workshops, dialogues, and advisory committee meetings to generate
information and debate in an impartial arena in which knowledge can be freely shared
Canadian Institute of Health Research correct answers - The Canadian institutes of Health
Research is Canada's federal funding agency for health research
- Composed of 13 institutes, collaborate with partners and researchers to support the discoveries
and innovations that improve our health and strengthen our health care system
Stats Canada correct answers - Statistics Canada is a branch of the federal government whose
primary purpose is to gather information from every province and territory and to publish
accurate statistics on almost every aspect of life imaginable
- These statistics are used by government agencies involved in public health and population
health initiatives
- Every 5 years, statistics Canada conducts a national census, in which every household by law
must participate
Canadian Pop Health Initiative correct answers - The Canadian Population Health Initiative was
created in 1999 to
• Examine patterns of health among populations in Canada
• Determine what could be done to improve health
- CPHI's Action Plan 2007-2010 focused on 4 areas: correct answers • Healthy weights
• Place and health
• Determinants of mental health and resilience
• Reducing gaps in health
Doctors correct answers - Doctors first arrived with European settlers (mostly from England and
France)
- Only the wealthy could afford care; those who could not afford care received it through
religious and charitable organizations or family and friends
First med school correct answers - The first medical school was established in Montreal in 1825