LUSL 3005 - Midterm #2 (health & healing IV) Questions
With Complete Solutions
Community Capacity Building
- Process of actively involving people, communities, and
organizations in all phases of planned health promotion initiative
- Goal to increase skill, knowledge & intent to make change
- Identification of resources, commitment & time for a
successful program
Examples: CPHA, Community Action Program for Children
(CAPC) and Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP
Public Policy Focus
- Impacting larger populations
- Address health inequities and power imbalance
- Based on political climate
- Milio's Framework
- Weiss's Framework
Milio's Framework(Health public policy)
- Policy holders (politicians, bureaucrats)
- Policy influencers (workers inside & associated with
governments)
- Public (voters, taxpayers)
- Media (print, electronic, blogs, news)
Weiss's Framework
,– Knowledge –take advantage of new knowledge/evidence
– Problem – need to state and solve a problem
– Interaction –collect evidence from a variety of sources,
people & groups
– Politics – take a position on the issue
– Tactics –support for an unpopular decision or to explain &
avoid an unpopular decision
Can use unsubstantiated research to delay decision making
Example: Indigenous child Welfare
Health Impact Assessment
-Used to inform decision making around policies & practices
-Evaluation tool
- Screening questions, steering committee, collect data from
literature, stakeholders and target group, reporting, monitoring
& evaluation
-Results in a report
-Specialized area of practice
Evidence Informed Practice
Theory based:
- Qualitative research
- Process is as important as outcome
- Long- and short-term outcomes considered
Logical:
- Consistent with everyday observations
,- Has been used successfully
- Supported by research
Health Promotion
–Supports personal & social development
–Enhanced life skills to cope with developmental stages, illness
& injuries
–In used in everyday living
Includes:
–Information – passive
–Education –learning
–Skills –useful tools
Empowerment Definitions
–Individual “to actively engage the client to gain greater control
and involves political efficacy, improved quality of community
life and social justice.” (Stanhope, 2017)
–Community empowerment “results from collective individual
efforts to influence and manage the effects of the determinants
of health.”
Internal Empowerment Terrain
-Consciousness, identity, culture
-More subjective or psychological elements
External empowerment terrain
, -Colonization, global culture, economic & physical resources
-More outwardly oriented, material elements and relational
aspects
Personal Empowerment
Understanding and accepting that you can make your own
healthy lifestyle choices, free from the influences of others.
-Developing Personal Skills-building individual capacity so that
persons will make lifestyle choices that promote health
-Tied to social and economic circumstances
- Often refers to stress management, avoiding substance use,
healthy eating & physical activity
Indigenous Perspectives
-Anchored in secure cultural identity
-Relational within extended family and community
-Collective phenomenon
-Include and inter-related to land, nature, spirit, ancestors,
history and tribe
Eg. Child rearing, textbook example on suicide prevention pg 84
Vollman
Health Goals for Canada
Based on the following areas:
-Basic needs
-Belonging & engagement
-Healthy living
-System for health
With Complete Solutions
Community Capacity Building
- Process of actively involving people, communities, and
organizations in all phases of planned health promotion initiative
- Goal to increase skill, knowledge & intent to make change
- Identification of resources, commitment & time for a
successful program
Examples: CPHA, Community Action Program for Children
(CAPC) and Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP
Public Policy Focus
- Impacting larger populations
- Address health inequities and power imbalance
- Based on political climate
- Milio's Framework
- Weiss's Framework
Milio's Framework(Health public policy)
- Policy holders (politicians, bureaucrats)
- Policy influencers (workers inside & associated with
governments)
- Public (voters, taxpayers)
- Media (print, electronic, blogs, news)
Weiss's Framework
,– Knowledge –take advantage of new knowledge/evidence
– Problem – need to state and solve a problem
– Interaction –collect evidence from a variety of sources,
people & groups
– Politics – take a position on the issue
– Tactics –support for an unpopular decision or to explain &
avoid an unpopular decision
Can use unsubstantiated research to delay decision making
Example: Indigenous child Welfare
Health Impact Assessment
-Used to inform decision making around policies & practices
-Evaluation tool
- Screening questions, steering committee, collect data from
literature, stakeholders and target group, reporting, monitoring
& evaluation
-Results in a report
-Specialized area of practice
Evidence Informed Practice
Theory based:
- Qualitative research
- Process is as important as outcome
- Long- and short-term outcomes considered
Logical:
- Consistent with everyday observations
,- Has been used successfully
- Supported by research
Health Promotion
–Supports personal & social development
–Enhanced life skills to cope with developmental stages, illness
& injuries
–In used in everyday living
Includes:
–Information – passive
–Education –learning
–Skills –useful tools
Empowerment Definitions
–Individual “to actively engage the client to gain greater control
and involves political efficacy, improved quality of community
life and social justice.” (Stanhope, 2017)
–Community empowerment “results from collective individual
efforts to influence and manage the effects of the determinants
of health.”
Internal Empowerment Terrain
-Consciousness, identity, culture
-More subjective or psychological elements
External empowerment terrain
, -Colonization, global culture, economic & physical resources
-More outwardly oriented, material elements and relational
aspects
Personal Empowerment
Understanding and accepting that you can make your own
healthy lifestyle choices, free from the influences of others.
-Developing Personal Skills-building individual capacity so that
persons will make lifestyle choices that promote health
-Tied to social and economic circumstances
- Often refers to stress management, avoiding substance use,
healthy eating & physical activity
Indigenous Perspectives
-Anchored in secure cultural identity
-Relational within extended family and community
-Collective phenomenon
-Include and inter-related to land, nature, spirit, ancestors,
history and tribe
Eg. Child rearing, textbook example on suicide prevention pg 84
Vollman
Health Goals for Canada
Based on the following areas:
-Basic needs
-Belonging & engagement
-Healthy living
-System for health
