Where was Canada's first universal health insurance program implemented?
A
Manitoba in 1957
B
Canada in 1967
C
Prince Edward Island in
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D
Saskatchewan in 1947
D
What was the purpose of the Canada Health Act (1984)?
A
Provide the provinces with more legal authority
B
Provide direction for cash contributions made by the federal government for essential medical services
C
Establish a national drug plan so that every citizen has access to the medicines they need
D
Increase access to care based on ability to pay
B
What Act has as its cornerstones publicly administered, comprehensive, universal, portable, and accessible?
A
Hospital Insurances and Diagnostic Services Act
B
Constitution Act
C
Canada Health Act
D
American Medicare Act
C
What were the primary objectives of Canadian health care policy according to the Canada Health Act (1984)? Select all that apply.
A
Facilitate reasonable access to health services
B
Protect the health care system from privatization
C
Restore stable health care funding to the federal government
D
Protect, promote, and restore the physical and mental well-being of the residents of Canada
A, D
The Canada Health Act (1984) has been successful in ensuring all Canadians have access to the health care they need, regardless of their ability to pay or where they live. Which of the following is true of the Canada Health Act? Select all that apply.
A
It is held up as a symbol of the values that represent Canada
B
It articulates a social contract that defines health care as a basic right
C
It penalizes provinces that oppose the public health aspects of the act
D
It reflects the values of social justice, equity, and community
A, B, D
Which model dominated public and political thinking about health during the time that the Canadian Medicare System was created in 1957?
A
Healthy lifestyle model
B
Socio-environmental model
C
Biomedical model
D
Health promotion model
C
Which document was considered revolutionary by the global community and led to a reconceptualization of health promotion?
A
The Lalonde Report
B
The Declaration of Alma Ata
C
The Ottawa Charter
D
The Social Determinants of Health
A
Contemporary nurses are demonstrating power in a number of ways including which of the following? Select all that apply.
A
The authority that comes with the possession of knowledge ("knowledge is power")
B
Legal power that is associated with the legitimatization of nursing roles (e.g., nurse practitioner)
C
Changed self-perceptions to accept one's own ideas or the ideas of other nursing leaders instead of those imposed by others
D
More involvement in the political process, labour unions, and organizational lobbying efforts
A, B, C, D
Which of the following statements is true of how nurses use power? Select all that apply.
A
Nurses exert power through the language they use in nurse-client interactions
B
Nurses address power imbalances in the micro politics of social rituals
C
Nurses address power imbalances in the structural underpinnings that reinforce and perpetuate power relations
D
Nurses address power imbalances by addressing issues of health inequity through health policy
A, B, C, D
What are the four determinants of health identified in the Lalonde Report (1974)?
A
Socio-environmental, biomedical, disease prevention, and health promotion
B
Gender, culture, working conditions, and education
C
Biological, emotional, spiritual, and psychological
D
Environment, lifestyle, human biology, and healthcare system
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