Download Medical Templates 2003 - York Catholic District School Board

HEALTH CARE
AGENCIES
Government Agencies
• conduct research and oversee programs
providing care to the public (especially
the elderly and children)
• establish health care polices
• examples are:
– Local health departments (eg. York Region
Public Health)
– Ontario agency for health protection and
promotion (provincial agency)
– Public Health Agency of Canada (national
agency)
– World Health Organization (international
agency)
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Local Health Departments
• 36 public health departments in Ontario
• administer health promotion and disease
prevention programs
• inform the public about healthy life-styles,
communicable disease control including
education in STDs, healthy growth and
development including parenting education
• provide immunization
• carry out restaurant inspections
• provide selected screening services
• send information (statistics) about
communicable diseases to provincial and
national agencies
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Toronto Public Health
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Ontario agency for health
protection and promotion
(OAHPP)
• a centre for specialized research
and knowledge in public health
• focuses on the areas of infectious
disease, infection control and
prevention, health promotion,
chronic disease and injury
prevention, and environmental
health.
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Public Health Agency of
Canada (PHAC)
• promote health
• prevent and control chronic diseases
and injuries
• prevent and control infectious
diseases
• prepare for and respond to public
health emergencies
• through research, programs and
services, the goals of PHAC are to
bring about healthier Canadians
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World Health
Organization (WHO)
• sponsored by the United Nations
• primary goal is to help all people
attain the highest possible levels of
health
• collects international health statistics
and information on disease and
publishes information
• provides training for medical personnel
to improve general health or combat
specific diseases
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Volunteer and Nonprofit
Health Agencies
• supported by private contributions and
fund-raising events
• most deal with a specific disease or
group of diseases
• provide funding for research and
promote education on information
learned through research
• may also provide special services to
victims of disease by purchasing
equipment or providing treatment
centers
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Canadian Lung Association
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Homework
• Search the web to find out more
about a volunteer, nonprofit,
Canadian health agency. Be
prepared to share the information
with the rest of the class.
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