HEALTH POLICY 3400 FINAL EXAM | COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
STUDY GUIDE 2026
Opioid Deaths In Ontario - ANS ✔✔- 52% ↑
- 4000+ deaths in 2017
- 53% ↑ opioid related hospitalizations
- 16 ppl/day
Safe Injection Sites - ANS ✔✔Permanent service approved by Health Canada exempt from s.56
of CDSA
Section 56 of the Controlled Drug and Substances Act - ANS ✔✔Illegal to possess illicit drugs
5 Rules of Safe Injection Sites - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔Collaborative, Comprehensive, Compassionate
, - Evidence-based
- Based off: prevention, treatment, harm reduction and enforcement
London Statistics - ANS ✔✔- 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 - ANS ✔✔- Gendered spaces
- Naloxone programs
- Fentanyl testing
- Needle exchange
- Decriminalization of all drugs
- Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act
Evidence Based Medicine - ANS ✔✔The judicious use of current best evidence in making
decisions about the care of individual patients
Evidence Informed Health Policy - ANS ✔✔Integration of experience, judgement and expertise
with the best available external evidence from systematic research
Factors of Evidence-Informed Health Policy - ANS ✔✔1. Knowledge creation and distillation
2. Diffusion and dissemination
3. Organizational adoption and implementation
STUDY GUIDE 2026
Opioid Deaths In Ontario - ANS ✔✔- 52% ↑
- 4000+ deaths in 2017
- 53% ↑ opioid related hospitalizations
- 16 ppl/day
Safe Injection Sites - ANS ✔✔Permanent service approved by Health Canada exempt from s.56
of CDSA
Section 56 of the Controlled Drug and Substances Act - ANS ✔✔Illegal to possess illicit drugs
5 Rules of Safe Injection Sites - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔Collaborative, Comprehensive, Compassionate
, - Evidence-based
- Based off: prevention, treatment, harm reduction and enforcement
London Statistics - ANS ✔✔- 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 - ANS ✔✔- Gendered spaces
- Naloxone programs
- Fentanyl testing
- Needle exchange
- Decriminalization of all drugs
- Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act
Evidence Based Medicine - ANS ✔✔The judicious use of current best evidence in making
decisions about the care of individual patients
Evidence Informed Health Policy - ANS ✔✔Integration of experience, judgement and expertise
with the best available external evidence from systematic research
Factors of Evidence-Informed Health Policy - ANS ✔✔1. Knowledge creation and distillation
2. Diffusion and dissemination
3. Organizational adoption and implementation
