PPN 302 - MIDTERM EXAM (ACTUAL 2025/2026)
WITH QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Critical theory lens
- Look at power relationships and relations and the ways in
which these are influenced by history, economics, politics,
social structures
- Question the status quo
Upstream Thinking*
- Keeping people out of the river
- Prevention, protection
- Targets social determinants of health
- Helps to address health inequities, issues of social justice
Policy, laws, environmental protection
Downstream Thinking
- Pulling people out of the river
- Focused on the individual
- Fixing or reducing the impact of the problem once it has
occurred
,Primary Care is different from Primary Health Care
Primary care
- PC is more narrow in focus than PHC
- PC is often referred to the place of 1st entry into the system
vs. a comprehensive way of thinking and valuing health care
- PC does not necessarily address issues of sustainability,
community focus/public participation, appropriate technology,
to same extent, appropriate mix of health providers
Primary Care is different from Primary Health Care
- PHC is universally accessible
- PHC provides a full spectrum of needs
- PHC addresses main determinants of health
- PHC is relevant to the social, cultural, economic and
political contexts
- PHC addresses community priorities
- PHC promotes individual and community self-reliance and
participation
, 5 Health promotion strategies: ottawa charter
1. Build healthy public policy
2. Create supportive environments
3. Strengthen community action
4. Develop personal skills
5. Reorient health services
Population Health Promotion
*EXAMMM KNOW each side of block. APPLY the
question. (AxBxC)
Intersectoral
Intersectoral collaboration refers to the combined actions of
agencies in and outside of the health sector.
Intersectionality
Intersectionality refers to ways in which person's social and
political identities combine to create different modes of
discrimination, privilege, and disparities in health outcomes.
Eg race, class, sexism, income, ethnicity, ableism
WITH QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Critical theory lens
- Look at power relationships and relations and the ways in
which these are influenced by history, economics, politics,
social structures
- Question the status quo
Upstream Thinking*
- Keeping people out of the river
- Prevention, protection
- Targets social determinants of health
- Helps to address health inequities, issues of social justice
Policy, laws, environmental protection
Downstream Thinking
- Pulling people out of the river
- Focused on the individual
- Fixing or reducing the impact of the problem once it has
occurred
,Primary Care is different from Primary Health Care
Primary care
- PC is more narrow in focus than PHC
- PC is often referred to the place of 1st entry into the system
vs. a comprehensive way of thinking and valuing health care
- PC does not necessarily address issues of sustainability,
community focus/public participation, appropriate technology,
to same extent, appropriate mix of health providers
Primary Care is different from Primary Health Care
- PHC is universally accessible
- PHC provides a full spectrum of needs
- PHC addresses main determinants of health
- PHC is relevant to the social, cultural, economic and
political contexts
- PHC addresses community priorities
- PHC promotes individual and community self-reliance and
participation
, 5 Health promotion strategies: ottawa charter
1. Build healthy public policy
2. Create supportive environments
3. Strengthen community action
4. Develop personal skills
5. Reorient health services
Population Health Promotion
*EXAMMM KNOW each side of block. APPLY the
question. (AxBxC)
Intersectoral
Intersectoral collaboration refers to the combined actions of
agencies in and outside of the health sector.
Intersectionality
Intersectionality refers to ways in which person's social and
political identities combine to create different modes of
discrimination, privilege, and disparities in health outcomes.
Eg race, class, sexism, income, ethnicity, ableism
