Assignment - Upstream Approaches to Canadian Population Health

Assignment: Upstream Approaches to Canadian Population Health

Although Canada is contiguous to the United States and has some cultural and historical similarities, Canada’s population enjoys a vastly superior health status. Reasons are many, can be traced historically, and are related to a different view of the role of government. The experience of Canada demonstrates that neither a heterogeneous population, nor a health system that has waiting lines for services, are reasons for poor health. By looking critically at what produces good health in Canada, much can be learned about steps the U.S. might need to take if population health is its goal.

The Canadian Best Practices Portal challenges Canadian public health practitioners and researchers to create upstream interventions aimed at the source of a population health problem or benefit. What is being done to address the influences on population health in Canada?

To prepare for this Assignment, review your Learning Resources. Search the Internet and scholarly research for examples of Canadian “upstream interventions” that can be put forth as examples of either effective or ineffective efforts to improve population health.

The Assignment (2–4 pages):

• Provide a description of an existing intervention in Canada, intended to improve health inequities. Include an explanation of the inequity and how the intervention targets upstream determinants of health.
• Describe the organizations involved and/or social policies enacted in the implementation of the intervention.
• Explain whether or not the intervention was/is successful and what lessons public health practitioners can learn from that experience that might improve population health in the United States.
• Expand on your insights utilizing the Learning Resources.

Use APA formatting for your Assignment and to cite your resources.

 

 

Learning Resources

Required Readings

 

Bushnik, T. (2018). Health-adjusted life expectancy in Canada. Health Reports, 29(4), 11.

 

 

Daibes, I., & Sridharan, S. (2014). Where theory and practice of global health intersect: The developmental history of a Canadian global health initiative. Global Health Action, 7(1), 23974. https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.23974

 

 

Hajizadeh, M., Hu, M., Bombay, A., & Asada, Y. (2018). Socioeconomic inequalities in health among Indigenous peoples living off-reserve in Canada: Trends and determinants. Health Policy, 122(8), 854–865. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.06.011

 

 

Shokoohi, M., Bauer, G. R., Kaida, A., Lacombe-Duncan, A., Kazemi, M., Gagnier, B., … Team, O. B. of the C. R. (2019). Social determinants of health and self-rated health status: A comparison between women with HIV and women without HIV from the general population in Canada. PLOS ONE, 14(3), e0213901. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0213901

 

 

Government of Canada. (2019, June 19). Public Health Agency of Canada. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html

 

Steensma, C., Loukine, L., Orpana, H., Vachon, J., Mo, F., Boileau-Falardeau, M., Reid, C., ... Choi, B. C. (2016). Describing the population health burden of depression: Health-adjusted life expectancy by depression status in Canada. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 36, 10, 205-213. Retrieved from Government of Canada website: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/health-promotion-chronic-disease-prevention-canada-research-policy-practice/vol-36-no-10-2016/describing-population-health-burden-depression-health-adjusted-life-expectancy-depression-status-canada.html

 

World Health Organization. (n.d.). Canada. Retrieved July 4, 2019, from WHO website: https://www.who.int/countries/can/en/

 

Required Media

Note:  The media selections for this course are viewable by clicking on the image provided after the media citations. After you click on the image, use the navigation bar at the bottom of the interface and choose the appropriate week. A menu of video and audio resources for that week will appear. Click on the menu item to begin that program.

 

Laureate Education (Producer). (2011). Global health and issues in disease prevention [Multimedia file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

· “Health Status in Canada,” featuring Stephen Bezruchka, MD Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.