HLST 3230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Decision-Making, Health Promotion

• School: York University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLST 3230
• Professor: Lynda van Dreumel

Document Summary

Determines who has power, who makes decisions, how other platers make their voice hear and how account is rendered. Is how society or groups within it organize and make decisions. Government delegates responsibility for the health care system to communities or regions. Consolidation of authority for programs and services at the region/community level. Responsibility for the range of health services (actor care, home care, long term care, mental health addictions, public health and health promotion) Arms length regional agencies to administer and sometime deliver services. Each regional agency has an accountability agreement with the government (contract) to plan, manage and deliver services for their area (usually every provider working in the region is an employee of the regional agency. Ontario (the old lhins) local health integration networks. Ministry of health delegated scal and administrative responsibilities for healthcare for a speci c region.