HLTB16H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canada Health Act, Health Promotion, Population Health
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Public health is a component of medical care. Public health is looking at the health of the entire population/community. Not interested in individuals, but as a whole. One of the challenges for public health is the idea that if we stop disease from happe(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t really see the i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)t. With medical care, you can see the impact a lot easier. With public health because its focused on the community, the government makes the decisions. Medical care is more personalized, so the individuals make the decisions. Roof of the house- societal goals and values. Within the house, the rooms in the house describe the services provided by health care, Four rooms; providers; doctors, nurses, pharmacists, services; promotion, prevention, providers, services. Power that goes into the house= source of finance for the health care system. Methods of determining what they give, and the amount of finance given for health care.
