Deck 6: Social Work and Health

Question 1

In ________, the federal government officially mandated the provinces to create, maintain, and manage health facilities.

A) 1867
B) 1890
C) 1908
D) 1919
E) 1920

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The first province to introduce province-wide public hospital insurance was ________.

A) Manitoba
B) Ontario
C) Saskatchewan
D) Quebec
E) Prince Edward Island

Answer 2

C

Question 3

By ________, all provinces had introduced universal hospital coverage.

A) 1940
B) 1944
C) 1970
D) 1930
E) 1958

Answer 3

E

Question 4

The federal government contributed to the development of universal hospital coverage by ________.

A) creating legislation to stipulate requirements
B) covering all costs
C) matching costs generated by provinces
D) both A and C
E) all of the above

Question 5

The Northwest and Yukon Territories created hospital insurance plans in ________.

A) 1960
B) 1958
C) 1975
D) 1950
E) 1980

Question 6

The need to expand provincial health coverage beyond hospital care gained ground with the publication of the ________.

A) Romanow Report
B) Hall Report
C) Hospital Insurance and Diagnostics Report
D) Medical Care Insurance Report
E) Castonguay Commission Report

Question 7

The Romanow Report called for a Canadian health care system based on ________.

A) equal access
B) Canadian values
C) economic growth
D) efficiency
E) business models

Question 8

Many provinces have begun removing services once covered by universal insurance, such as vision care and medical forms, framing these services as "extended" rather than necessary. This is an example of ________.

A) privatization
B) institutionalization
C) cost capping
D) liberalism
E) libertarianism

Question 9

The Canadian Department of Health was created in ________.

A) 1867
B) 1919
C) 1944
D) 1957
E) 1964

Question 10

All Canadians were guaranteed access to essential medical services in ________.

A) 1944
B) 1958
C) 1964
D) 1972
E) 1984

Question 11

Quebec's local community service centres are different from health services in other provinces because ________.

A) health services are delivered by a multidisciplinary team
B) health care and social services are offered and administered in one setting
C) services provided are preventative, restorative, and ongoing
D) health services are modelled after those in Great Britain, France, Sweden, and Czechoslovakia
E) they take a silo approach to health

Question 12

The Canada Health Act was adopted in ________.

A) 1966
B) 1974
C) 1977
D) 1984
E) 1990

Question 13

The Canada Health Act names ________ principles for the provision of health care in all provinces and territories.

A) three
B) four
C) five
D) six
E) two

Question 14

Today's federal government provides provinces and territories with financial support for health care through ________.

A) 50-50 cost sharing with an unlimited ceiling
B) 50-50 cost sharing up to a predetermined maximum
C) 40-60 cost sharing with an unlimited ceiling
D) 40-60 cost sharing up to a predetermined maximum
E) transfer payments

Question 15

The federal government directly funds health-care provision for ________.

A) all Canadians
B) members of First Nations and Inuit communities
C) Canadian military personnel
D) both B and C
E) all of the above

Question 16

________ is NOT a principle of the Canada Health Act.

A) Public administration
B) Universality
C) Accessibility
D) Transferability
E) Portability

Question 17

The Romanow Report was published in ________.

A) 1990
B) 1999
C) 2000
D) 2002
E) 2008

Question 18

Approximately ________ of Canada's total health care costs are covered privately by private insurance and out-of-pocket payments.

A) 42 per cent
B) 55 per cent
C) 23 per cent
D) 31 per cent
E) 61 per cent

Question 19

The scope of hospital-based social work practice includes ________.

A) facilitating communication between individuals/families and staff
B) offering opportunities for reflection and emotional expression
C) advocating for access to needed services
D) both A and B
E) all of the above

Question 20

The results of the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey suggest that approximately ________ of Canadians aged 15 years or older may be living with symptoms consistent with a mental or substance use disorder.

A) 2 per cent
B) 10 per cent
C) 15 per cent
D) 20 per cent
E) 25 per cent

Question 21

Services designed to deliver comfort-oriented holistic care that supports quality of life rather than cure are called ________.

A) palliative
B) rehabilitative
C) occupational
D) rheumatological
E) restorative

Question 22

A co-occurring disorder describes a situation where an individual is addressing ________.

A) physiological health and mental health needs
B) alcohol and intravenous drug use
C) substance abuse and mental health needs
D) physiological health and substance abuse
E) schizophrenia and depression

Question 23

The gender wage gap increases for ________.

A) Indigenous women
B) racialized women
C) women with a disability
D) newcomer women
E) all of the above

Question 24

A community mental health perspective sees mental health promotion and treatment as a ________ issue.

A) public health
B) social justice
C) long-term
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 25

________ of Canadians who require specialized palliative care services are able to access them.

A) 15 per cent
B) 10 per cent
C) 20 per cent
D) 25 per cent
E) 30 per cent

Question 26

Statistics Canada calculates ________ different low-income cut-offs.

A) 5
B) 7
C) 15
D) 27
E) 35

Question 27

The length of time that Canadians can expect to live and whether or not they will experience illness is influenced by their quality of life, which is directly shaped by ________.

A) race
B) gender
C) education
D) income
E) all of the above

Question 28

Pathway effects refer to ________.

A) early childhood experiences that predispose children to good or poor health in later life
B) early childhood experiences that impact conditions in later life that have health consequences
C) the prolonged exposure to social or material deprivation that results in adverse health effects in later life
D) early childhood experiences that do not have health effects
E) none of the above

Question 29

In Canada, ________ of children live in poverty.

A) 7 per cent
B) 12 per cent
C) 17 per cent
D) 22 per cent
E) 27 per cent

Question 30

Which term refers to a relative measure of poverty, calculated as half of the median adjusted household income?

A) low-income cut-off
B) market basket measure
C) low income measure
D) poverty gradient
E) income gradient

Question 31

Children and youth who live in poverty suffer higher rates of ________ than persons who do not.

A) asthma
B) diabetes
C) mental health issues
D) both A and B
E) all of the above

Question 32

The Market Basket Measure is calculated by estimating the cost of purchasing specific goods and services that represent a basic standard of living, including ________.

A) a nutritious diet
B) the median cost of a two- or three-bedroom rental unit
C) clothing and footwear required by a family of two adults and two children
D) transportation costs, using public transit where available or costs associated with owning and operating a modest vehicle where public transit is not available
E) all of the above

Question 33

The unemployment rate in Canada is highest among ________.

A) recent immigrants
B) Indigenous Peoples
C) people with disabilities
D) lone parents
E) racialized persons

Question 34

In 2017, the unemployment rate was lowest in ________ and highest in ________.

A) Yukon; Newfoundland and Labrador
B) Alberta; Ontario
C) Yukon; Quebec
D) Alberta; British Columbia
E) Alberta; Nova Scotia

Question 35

Food insecurity, a social determinant of health, is characterized by lack of access to ________.

A) sufficient amounts of food
B) nutritious food
C) safe food
D) both A and B
E) all of the above

Question 36

Stress is most detrimental to health when it is ________.

A) acute
B) prolonged
C) unanticipated
D) controlled
E) ignored

Question 37

The province or territory with the highest prevalence of children living in food-insecure households is ________.

A) Nunavut
B) Prince Edward Island
C) Yukon
D) Northwest Territories
E) New Brunswick

Question 38

Nunavut has ________ emergency shelter(s).

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) none
E) five

Question 39

________ are excluded from the federal health programs available to Indigenous Peoples.

A) First Nations Peoples
B) Inuit
C) Métis
D) both A and B
E) both B and C

Question 40

The extent to which income is unequally distributed in a population is called the ________.

A) income transfer
B) wage gap
C) income inequality
D) wage differential
E) income gradient

Question 41

The province with the largest gap in unemployment rates between persons with and without disabilities is ________.

A) Alberta
B) Newfoundland
C) Yukon
D) Quebec
E) Prince Edward Island

Question 42

Canada ranks ________ out of 20 member OECD countries for spending on programs and benefits for persons with disabilities.

A) 1st
B) 5th
C) 18th
D) 10th
E) 8th

Question 43

Men are more likely than women to ________.

A) be employed in higher paying occupations
B) endure more disabilities and chronic diseases
C) experience economic hardships
D) hold a part-time job
E) experience discrimination in the workplace

Question 44

Women are more likely than men to ________.

A) be incarcerated
B) commit suicide
C) suffer from substance abuse
D) suffer from depression
E) be homeless

Question 45

Approximately ________ of working Canadians with low incomes have dental plans.

A) 11 per cent
B) 26 per cent
C) 16 per cent
D) 31 per cent
E) 36 per cent

Question 46

The principle of ________ in the Canada Health Act is meant to ensure that all residents of a province or territory are entitled to publicly funded health services that are covered by provincial/territorial plans.

A) comprehensiveness
B) accessibility
C) public administration
D) universality
E) portability

Question 47

There is one national health plan in Canada.

Question 48

The Canada Health Act provided the federal government with a mechanism to impose financial penalties on provinces violating the principle of equal access.

Question 49

The Medical Care Insurance Act banned extra-billing for essential medical services.

Question 50

The federal government currently supports provincial/territorial provision of health care through a 50-50 cost-sharing mechanism.

Question 51

When estimating poverty rates, one will get the same result regardless of whether the Low Income Measure, Market Basket Measure, or Low Income Cut-Off is used.

Question 52

Prior to the creation of the Department of Health, the Department of Agriculture was responsible for health care.

Question 53

The Canada Health Act governs the delivery of all medical services in Canada.

Question 54

The expansion of home-based health services in Canada has resulted in a rise in the privatization of health care.

Question 55

Mental health is defined as an alteration in thinking, mood, or behaviour associated with significant distress or impaired functioning.

Question 56

The principle of accessibility identified in the Canada Health Act means that all Canadian health services must be delivered on a non-profit basis.

Question 57

As little as 15 per cent of Canadians requiring specialized palliative care services are able to access those services.

Question 58

The social determinants of health model accounts for how populations or groups of individuals experience differential health outcomes due to the social and economic conditions they face.

Question 59

Income is the most consistently cited social condition affecting many different aspects of health.

Question 60

A child who grows up believing he or she is not smart and subsequently quits school at the age of 18 is predisposed to poor health in adulthood because of a latency effect.

Question 61

In Canada, 16 per cent of children experience bullying on a frequent basis.

Question 62

Being employed is associated with better self-reported health than being unemployed.

Question 63

Recent immigrants to Canada have a higher unemployment rate than Indigenous Peoples.

Question 64

More than one million Canadian households face food insecurity.

Question 65

Canadian women rely more heavily on social insurance than men.

Question 66

Women are at greater risk than men for all social conditions associated with negative health outcomes.

Question 67

In 2017, of those ages 35 to 49, approximately 28 per cent said that most days were "quite a bit or extremely stressful."

Question 68

The principle of universality of the Canada Health Act legislates against user fees for medical services in all provinces/territories.

Question 69

Canadian residents living in rural areas are more likely than residents in urban areas to have had a flu shot.

Question 70

In-home care was traditionally most commonly used for individuals with mental illness.

Question 71

Nunavut's infant mortality rate is the same as the Canadian average.

Question 72

Nearly 20 per cent of those experiencing homelessness in Canada are youth.

Question 73

The association between a child's educational performance and his or her parents' educational attainment can be influenced by access to affordable, high-quality education in childhood.

Question 74

By 1918, all provinces had introduced universal hospital coverage.

Question 75

Health Canada requires First Nations women who are pregnant and living in rural or remote communities to travel to cities at between 36 and 38 weeks gestation to give birth.

Question 76

Saskatchewan was the first province in Canada to introduce public hospital insurance.

Question 77

Access to health care overshadows all social determinants of health with regard to its comprehensive
effects.

Question 78

Individuals dealing with substance abuse problems often have mental health care needs as well.

Question 79

Canada's government-mandated poverty line is called the Low Income Measure.

Question 80

As the degree of disability becomes more severe, the likelihood of having a low income increases.