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Health Policy 3400 Midterm Questions with Answers
(100% Correct Answers)
Policy:— Answer: A broad statement of goals and objectives and
means that create the means for activity: explicit or implicit. (written vs
not)
"...decisions taken by those with responsibility
for a given policy area."
also think of them as decisions - gov decides to pass a law (that
decision reflects the policy)
o statements count, and actual decisions count as policy
o gov choosing not to respond to an issue could be their policy
mandate— Answer: Mandate letter - what they want you to do in their
term of office
That reflects the mandate of what issues are important to the gov
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o Reflected in the policy
o Publicly available
o Tracker - track policies to see what ones are completed, modified or
not being pursued
o See similar levels provincially
o Currently mandate letters are not available - Doug ford gov
Can't track accountability
Public policy:— Answer: Policy that has been made by the state of the
government.
"...a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address
a given problem..."
"...anything a government chooses to do or not to do."
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Can be both public and private (public like the gov, private like
Microsoft)
Health Policy:— Answer: "...courses of action (and inaction) that affect
the set of institutions, organizations, services and funding
arrangements of the health and health care system."
• Policies that have to do with health
• Policies created by health agencies/organizations
• Can be both public and private (public like the gov, private like
apple workers health benefits)
NOTE: policy— Answer: Policy is big picture
Subset is public policy
Subset is health policy but other bit of it can be private
HP example: Who can give blood - HIV AIDS RISK— Answer: • 1997 -
can't give blood if you ever had sex with a man
• 2013 - last 5 years
• 2016 - past year
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• 2019 - 3 month encounter
• Mandate to address blood giving discrimination currently showing
within the trend that it is being addressed
• Good example of a health policy made by a public authority
Healthy public policy— Answer: Public policies outside of the health
sector
"characterized by an explicit concern for
health and equity in all areas of policy and by
an accountability for health impact."
• Healthy public policy can be in transportation (align policy with
health objectives)
o Doesn't seem like health policy that's why it is called healthy public
policy
o Bc so many social factors surround health and overlap - can address
within other policy
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Health Policy 3400 Midterm Questions with Answers
(100% Correct Answers)
Policy:— Answer: A broad statement of goals and objectives and
means that create the means for activity: explicit or implicit. (written vs
not)
"...decisions taken by those with responsibility
for a given policy area."
also think of them as decisions - gov decides to pass a law (that
decision reflects the policy)
o statements count, and actual decisions count as policy
o gov choosing not to respond to an issue could be their policy
mandate— Answer: Mandate letter - what they want you to do in their
term of office
That reflects the mandate of what issues are important to the gov
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o Reflected in the policy
o Publicly available
o Tracker - track policies to see what ones are completed, modified or
not being pursued
o See similar levels provincially
o Currently mandate letters are not available - Doug ford gov
Can't track accountability
Public policy:— Answer: Policy that has been made by the state of the
government.
"...a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address
a given problem..."
"...anything a government chooses to do or not to do."
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,3
Can be both public and private (public like the gov, private like
Microsoft)
Health Policy:— Answer: "...courses of action (and inaction) that affect
the set of institutions, organizations, services and funding
arrangements of the health and health care system."
• Policies that have to do with health
• Policies created by health agencies/organizations
• Can be both public and private (public like the gov, private like
apple workers health benefits)
NOTE: policy— Answer: Policy is big picture
Subset is public policy
Subset is health policy but other bit of it can be private
HP example: Who can give blood - HIV AIDS RISK— Answer: • 1997 -
can't give blood if you ever had sex with a man
• 2013 - last 5 years
• 2016 - past year
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• 2019 - 3 month encounter
• Mandate to address blood giving discrimination currently showing
within the trend that it is being addressed
• Good example of a health policy made by a public authority
Healthy public policy— Answer: Public policies outside of the health
sector
"characterized by an explicit concern for
health and equity in all areas of policy and by
an accountability for health impact."
• Healthy public policy can be in transportation (align policy with
health objectives)
o Doesn't seem like health policy that's why it is called healthy public
policy
o Bc so many social factors surround health and overlap - can address
within other policy
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