HLTH 305 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
HLTH 305 Midterm
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1. Policy refers to plans and procedures developed and implemented by governments,
agencies, organizations, and associations to achieve desired goals.
2. Public Policy refers to a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a
given problem or interrelated set of problems that is anchored in a set of beliefs
about the best way to achieve those goals
The idea of public policy is that an issue is not a private affair, but one that needs
to be addressed by the larger society in the public domain
3. Health Policy is a subset of public policy. On another level, it is also about politics, power, and
process
4. Health Equity means that all residents have access to the resources and health services they
need to maintain and improve their health
5. Health Inequity refers to a situation in which unequal health outcomes across the population are
a result of unfair or unjust systemic practices, such as racism
6. Political Ideology -refers to a system of ideas about what are the key issues and what should be
done about them
-Example, neoliberalism is defined as a political ideology that advocates the
market as the best vehicle for the production and distribution of resources in what
is termed the post-industrial capitalist economy, which is economic globalization
-E.g. neoliberalism, socialism, fascism
7. Politics as Gov- Politics as government: Politics is primarily associated with the art of government
ernment and the activities of the State
8. Politics as Public Politics is primarily concerned with the conduct and management of community
Life affairs.
9. Politics as Con- Politics is concerned with the expression and, resolution of· conflicts through
flict Resolution compromise, conciliation}, negotiation, and other strategies.
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10. Politics as Power Politics is the process through which desired outcomes are achieved in the pro-
duction, distribution, and use of scarce resources in all areas of social existence.
11. Tommy Douglas -Initial establishment of medicare system in Saskatchewan
-Canada's "Father of medicare"
-Socialist beliefs
-After 9 years he was elected the leader of the provincial CCF in Saskatchewan
-Elected to the leadership of newly formed national New Democratic Party in
1961
-His legacy as a social policy innovator lives on. Social welfare, universal medicare,
old age pensions, and mothers' allowances - Douglas helped keep these ideas,
and many more, watching as more established political parties eventually came
to accept these once-radical ideas as their own
12. Government in Canada has a bicameral system of government at the federal level
Canada
13. Bicameral the two houses at the federal level: the House of Commons (Parliament) and the
Senate, the "chamber of sober second thought"
14. House of Com- consists of the governing party seated on one side of the House, and the Oppo-
mons sition parties seated on the opposite side
15. Federalism the division of legislative authority between a central or national government and
regional governments
-In Canada, the federal and provincial governments share responsibility for health
care
-Health and social policies remain separate federal departments
-Federalism is key to understanding the nature of Canadian government and the
organization of health care financing and delivery
16. Consensus Ap- concerned with how various groups compete to influence public policy, including
proaches health policy
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-Assumptions from natural and physical sciences
-Rational consideration of alternatives
-Cost/benefit analysis
-Focus on technical issues
-Little focus on economic, political, or social forces
17. Values beliefs that influence political ideology and come with a significant emotional
investment to add to its ideas component
18. Conflict Models usually consider broader macro issue in the organization and development of
health care policy in particular, and health-related public policy in general
-Recognition of the role of ideologies and values
-Groups have differential access to power
-Economic, political, or social forces affect policy
-Focus on inequalities
19. Individualism the belief that the focus of attention with regard to health care and health policy
should be on the individual rather than on environments and societal institutions
or structures
20. Regionalization an organizational arrangement that sees the development of more locally based
administrative and governance structures
-Devolution of decision making in health care to local authorities
-Regionalization means that responsibility for the delivery of health services is
referred to municipal or regional governments
-Theory: local control, better targeted services, citizen involvement, compatible
with public health
-Reality: seen as a way to reduce funding, could increase costs
21. Polis -welfare of the collective is more important
the Greek word for city-state and the term that Stone applies to a model of political
society whose primary objective is to act in the interests or welfare of the collective
-Focus of polis is community well-being, rather than the individual
HLTH 305 Midterm
ANSWERS/NEWEST UPDATE
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1. Policy refers to plans and procedures developed and implemented by governments,
agencies, organizations, and associations to achieve desired goals.
2. Public Policy refers to a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a
given problem or interrelated set of problems that is anchored in a set of beliefs
about the best way to achieve those goals
The idea of public policy is that an issue is not a private affair, but one that needs
to be addressed by the larger society in the public domain
3. Health Policy is a subset of public policy. On another level, it is also about politics, power, and
process
4. Health Equity means that all residents have access to the resources and health services they
need to maintain and improve their health
5. Health Inequity refers to a situation in which unequal health outcomes across the population are
a result of unfair or unjust systemic practices, such as racism
6. Political Ideology -refers to a system of ideas about what are the key issues and what should be
done about them
-Example, neoliberalism is defined as a political ideology that advocates the
market as the best vehicle for the production and distribution of resources in what
is termed the post-industrial capitalist economy, which is economic globalization
-E.g. neoliberalism, socialism, fascism
7. Politics as Gov- Politics as government: Politics is primarily associated with the art of government
ernment and the activities of the State
8. Politics as Public Politics is primarily concerned with the conduct and management of community
Life affairs.
9. Politics as Con- Politics is concerned with the expression and, resolution of· conflicts through
flict Resolution compromise, conciliation}, negotiation, and other strategies.
, HLTH 305 Midterm
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h3csl4
10. Politics as Power Politics is the process through which desired outcomes are achieved in the pro-
duction, distribution, and use of scarce resources in all areas of social existence.
11. Tommy Douglas -Initial establishment of medicare system in Saskatchewan
-Canada's "Father of medicare"
-Socialist beliefs
-After 9 years he was elected the leader of the provincial CCF in Saskatchewan
-Elected to the leadership of newly formed national New Democratic Party in
1961
-His legacy as a social policy innovator lives on. Social welfare, universal medicare,
old age pensions, and mothers' allowances - Douglas helped keep these ideas,
and many more, watching as more established political parties eventually came
to accept these once-radical ideas as their own
12. Government in Canada has a bicameral system of government at the federal level
Canada
13. Bicameral the two houses at the federal level: the House of Commons (Parliament) and the
Senate, the "chamber of sober second thought"
14. House of Com- consists of the governing party seated on one side of the House, and the Oppo-
mons sition parties seated on the opposite side
15. Federalism the division of legislative authority between a central or national government and
regional governments
-In Canada, the federal and provincial governments share responsibility for health
care
-Health and social policies remain separate federal departments
-Federalism is key to understanding the nature of Canadian government and the
organization of health care financing and delivery
16. Consensus Ap- concerned with how various groups compete to influence public policy, including
proaches health policy
, HLTH 305 Midterm
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h3csl4
-Assumptions from natural and physical sciences
-Rational consideration of alternatives
-Cost/benefit analysis
-Focus on technical issues
-Little focus on economic, political, or social forces
17. Values beliefs that influence political ideology and come with a significant emotional
investment to add to its ideas component
18. Conflict Models usually consider broader macro issue in the organization and development of
health care policy in particular, and health-related public policy in general
-Recognition of the role of ideologies and values
-Groups have differential access to power
-Economic, political, or social forces affect policy
-Focus on inequalities
19. Individualism the belief that the focus of attention with regard to health care and health policy
should be on the individual rather than on environments and societal institutions
or structures
20. Regionalization an organizational arrangement that sees the development of more locally based
administrative and governance structures
-Devolution of decision making in health care to local authorities
-Regionalization means that responsibility for the delivery of health services is
referred to municipal or regional governments
-Theory: local control, better targeted services, citizen involvement, compatible
with public health
-Reality: seen as a way to reduce funding, could increase costs
21. Polis -welfare of the collective is more important
the Greek word for city-state and the term that Stone applies to a model of political
society whose primary objective is to act in the interests or welfare of the collective
-Focus of polis is community well-being, rather than the individual
