2024 SDOH FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS RATED 100% CORRECT!!
What are the 12 key social determinants of health? (PHAC) Answer - 1. income
and social status
2. social support networks
3. education/literacy
4. employment/work conditions
5. social environments
6. physical environments
7. personal health and coping skills
8. healthy child development
9. biology/genetics (sex)
10. gender
11. health services
12. culture
What is the difference between inequity and inequality? Answer - inequity is
unfairness or bias (e.g. income differences between genders) and inequality is
the condition of being unequal which may or may not be unfair (e.g. ER triage
is unequal but its fair)
How is health care in Canada set up? Answer - predominantly publicly financed
but privately delivered: provides access to universal, comprehensive coverage
for MEDICALLY NECESSARY hospital, in-patient, and out-patient physician
services
, What is the federal responsibility in regards to Canadian Health care? Answer -
they set and administer national principles/standards for the system. They
assist in the financing of provincial health care services through fiscal transfer
and govern provinces under CHA. They deliver direct health services to specific
groups.
What groups receive their healthcare from the federal level, rather than the
provincial level? Answer - 1. aboriginals
2. federal inmates
3. military personnel
4. RCMP
4. members of gov't
What is the provincial/territorial responsibility in regards to Canadian health
care? Answer - They do the managing and delivering of health services.
Planning, financing and evaluating the provisions of hospital care, physician,
and allied services. They also manage some aspects of prescription care and
public health.
When was the LaLonde report made? (The White paper) Answer - 1974
What did the LaLonde report find? Answer - healthcare has little to do with
health ("sick care"), there are determinants to health: biology, lifestyle,
environment and healthcare. Changes in lifestyle and environment would lead
to improvements in health. Preventing illness better than treating illness.
What year was the Canada Health Act passed? Answer - 1984
What was the reason for the Canada Health Act? Answer - to discourage
hospital user charges and extra billing by physicians. The CHA provides
& ANSWERS RATED 100% CORRECT!!
What are the 12 key social determinants of health? (PHAC) Answer - 1. income
and social status
2. social support networks
3. education/literacy
4. employment/work conditions
5. social environments
6. physical environments
7. personal health and coping skills
8. healthy child development
9. biology/genetics (sex)
10. gender
11. health services
12. culture
What is the difference between inequity and inequality? Answer - inequity is
unfairness or bias (e.g. income differences between genders) and inequality is
the condition of being unequal which may or may not be unfair (e.g. ER triage
is unequal but its fair)
How is health care in Canada set up? Answer - predominantly publicly financed
but privately delivered: provides access to universal, comprehensive coverage
for MEDICALLY NECESSARY hospital, in-patient, and out-patient physician
services
, What is the federal responsibility in regards to Canadian Health care? Answer -
they set and administer national principles/standards for the system. They
assist in the financing of provincial health care services through fiscal transfer
and govern provinces under CHA. They deliver direct health services to specific
groups.
What groups receive their healthcare from the federal level, rather than the
provincial level? Answer - 1. aboriginals
2. federal inmates
3. military personnel
4. RCMP
4. members of gov't
What is the provincial/territorial responsibility in regards to Canadian health
care? Answer - They do the managing and delivering of health services.
Planning, financing and evaluating the provisions of hospital care, physician,
and allied services. They also manage some aspects of prescription care and
public health.
When was the LaLonde report made? (The White paper) Answer - 1974
What did the LaLonde report find? Answer - healthcare has little to do with
health ("sick care"), there are determinants to health: biology, lifestyle,
environment and healthcare. Changes in lifestyle and environment would lead
to improvements in health. Preventing illness better than treating illness.
What year was the Canada Health Act passed? Answer - 1984
What was the reason for the Canada Health Act? Answer - to discourage
hospital user charges and extra billing by physicians. The CHA provides
