HEALTH POLICY 3400 FINAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Opioid Deaths In Ontario - ANSWER-- 52% ↑
- 4000+ deaths in 2017
- 53% ↑ opioid related hospitalizations
- 16 ppl/day
Safe Injection Sites - ANSWER-Permanent service approved by Health Canada exempt
from s.56 of CDSA
Section 56 of the Controlled Drug and Substances Act - ANSWER-Illegal to possess
illicit drugs
5 Rules of Safe Injection Sites - ANSWER-1. Participants inject own drugs
2. Done under trained supervision
3. Access to clean equipment provided
4. Post injection room
5. Referral to tx services
Overdose Prevention Sites - ANSWER-Temporary, volunteer run places with the only
goal to prevent overdose, not supplying any other services and is a short-term solution
(6-8 months or less)
Consumption and Treatment Services Site - ANSWER-Term to replace SIS and OPS
that focuses on connecting addicts to treatment, addressing the needs of addicts better
in a wrap around approach
Canadian Drug and Substance Strategy - ANSWER-Collaborative, Comprehensive,
Compassionate
- Evidence-based
- Based off: prevention, treatment, harm reduction and enforcement
London Statistics - ANSWER-- 2.5m needles administered/yr
- highest rates of HIV, Hep C and infection
- 86% of IV drug users would use SIS
- Prevented 10-15 overdoses in March 2018 alone
- MOHLTC pausing approval of new sites to review more clinical evidence for merit
- Doug Ford against the sites
Policy Opportunities for Safe Injection Sites - ANSWER-- Gendered spaces
, - Naloxone programs
- Fentanyl testing
- Needle exchange
- Decriminalization of all drugs
- Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act
Evidence Based Medicine - ANSWER-The judicious use of current best evidence in
making decisions about the care of individual patients
Evidence Informed Health Policy - ANSWER-Integration of experience, judgement and
expertise with the best available external evidence from systematic research
Factors of Evidence-Informed Health Policy - ANSWER-1. Knowledge creation and
distillation
2. Diffusion and dissemination
3. Organizational adoption and implementation
Evidence comes from: - ANSWER-audits, monitoring, polling, community consultations,
evaluations, research
Knowledge Translation - ANSWER-Dynamic process that includes synthesis,
dissemination, exchange and ethically sound application of knowledge to improve
health of Canadians and provide more effective health services
Formative Evaluation - ANSWER-Evaluation designed to assess how a program or
policy is being implemented with a view of modifying it to improve the implementation
Summative Evaluation - ANSWER-Evaluation designed to produce an overall verdict on
a policy or program in terms of cost-benefit analysis
Why isn't all health policy making evidence informed? - ANSWER-- arguments that
research isn't developed enough to make big decisions when research clearly gives
enough evidence to identify the merit
- harder to access actual scientific journals without credentials or fees
- easier to access "fake news"
Old Sex Ed Curriculum - ANSWER-Excludes same sex marriage, online safety
New Sex Ed Curriculum - ANSWER-Would teach about sexting, consent and sexual
orientation
Interest Group - ANSWER-Any group outside the state including the market and civil
society groups that attempt to influence policy to achieve specific goals
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Opioid Deaths In Ontario - ANSWER-- 52% ↑
- 4000+ deaths in 2017
- 53% ↑ opioid related hospitalizations
- 16 ppl/day
Safe Injection Sites - ANSWER-Permanent service approved by Health Canada exempt
from s.56 of CDSA
Section 56 of the Controlled Drug and Substances Act - ANSWER-Illegal to possess
illicit drugs
5 Rules of Safe Injection Sites - ANSWER-1. Participants inject own drugs
2. Done under trained supervision
3. Access to clean equipment provided
4. Post injection room
5. Referral to tx services
Overdose Prevention Sites - ANSWER-Temporary, volunteer run places with the only
goal to prevent overdose, not supplying any other services and is a short-term solution
(6-8 months or less)
Consumption and Treatment Services Site - ANSWER-Term to replace SIS and OPS
that focuses on connecting addicts to treatment, addressing the needs of addicts better
in a wrap around approach
Canadian Drug and Substance Strategy - ANSWER-Collaborative, Comprehensive,
Compassionate
- Evidence-based
- Based off: prevention, treatment, harm reduction and enforcement
London Statistics - ANSWER-- 2.5m needles administered/yr
- highest rates of HIV, Hep C and infection
- 86% of IV drug users would use SIS
- Prevented 10-15 overdoses in March 2018 alone
- MOHLTC pausing approval of new sites to review more clinical evidence for merit
- Doug Ford against the sites
Policy Opportunities for Safe Injection Sites - ANSWER-- Gendered spaces
, - Naloxone programs
- Fentanyl testing
- Needle exchange
- Decriminalization of all drugs
- Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act
Evidence Based Medicine - ANSWER-The judicious use of current best evidence in
making decisions about the care of individual patients
Evidence Informed Health Policy - ANSWER-Integration of experience, judgement and
expertise with the best available external evidence from systematic research
Factors of Evidence-Informed Health Policy - ANSWER-1. Knowledge creation and
distillation
2. Diffusion and dissemination
3. Organizational adoption and implementation
Evidence comes from: - ANSWER-audits, monitoring, polling, community consultations,
evaluations, research
Knowledge Translation - ANSWER-Dynamic process that includes synthesis,
dissemination, exchange and ethically sound application of knowledge to improve
health of Canadians and provide more effective health services
Formative Evaluation - ANSWER-Evaluation designed to assess how a program or
policy is being implemented with a view of modifying it to improve the implementation
Summative Evaluation - ANSWER-Evaluation designed to produce an overall verdict on
a policy or program in terms of cost-benefit analysis
Why isn't all health policy making evidence informed? - ANSWER-- arguments that
research isn't developed enough to make big decisions when research clearly gives
enough evidence to identify the merit
- harder to access actual scientific journals without credentials or fees
- easier to access "fake news"
Old Sex Ed Curriculum - ANSWER-Excludes same sex marriage, online safety
New Sex Ed Curriculum - ANSWER-Would teach about sexting, consent and sexual
orientation
Interest Group - ANSWER-Any group outside the state including the market and civil
society groups that attempt to influence policy to achieve specific goals
