Lessons 1-4 (Quiz 1)

Question 1

What are personal examples of evaluation?

Answer 1

Birth (check vital signs); Adolescence (achievement tests); Today (looking into the mirror)

Question 2

At the most basic level, what is program evaluation?

Answer 2

• Applying common sense practice to setting with organized efforts (i.e. programs)
• A little bit of research and a lot of common sense
• Systematic investigation to determine the success of a specific program

Question 3

What is the “Big Picture” reason to evaluate a program?

Answer 3

To determine WORTH or MERIT

Question 4

What is the business of health education?

Answer 4

Changing behavior in order to improve quality of life.

Question 5

How do we accomplish changing behavior?

Answer 5

Through health programs (individual or community programs)

Question 6

Why should we evaluate programs?

Answer 6

So we can meet actual needs

Question 7

How can an alternative of an existing program be considerably better?

Answer 7

It could have a more profound impact and/or cost less while having a similar impact

Question 8

What are two examples of research abuses of the past? (reasons why we have ethical rules in place now)

Answer 8

Nazi wartime experiements and Tuskegee Syphyliis study

Question 9

What was significant about the National Research act of 1974?

Answer 9

The NRA mandated the formation of the Institutional Review Boards (IRB) and submitted the belmont report

Question 10

What are the Belmont’s Report’s 3 ethical principles?

Answer 10

1. Respect for persons
2. Beneficence
3. Justice

Question 11

What is meant by ‘respect for persons’?

Answer 11

• Recognition of the personal dignity and autonomy of individuals
• special protection of those persons who are immature or incapacitated
  
  • Underage
  • Mental/intellectual disabilities
  • Prison inmates

Question 12

What is meant by beneficence?

Answer 12

Maximizing any benefits

Minimizing (or avoiding) possible risks

Question 13

What is meant by justice?

Answer 13

Ensures the procedure are administered/distributed fairly

Question 14

What are the 3 major components of informed consent?

Answer 14

1. Informative
2. Comprehension
3. Voluntary Involvement

Question 15

When is consent considered voluntary?

Answer 15

• Participants are able to consent
• They are free from coercion
• They comprehend the risks and benefits involved

Question 16

What is program planning?

Answer 16

Creating change; The “business” of health education is changing behaviors.
- Decision making process

Question 20

What are the three Fs of program planning?

Answer 20

1. Fluidity
2. Flexibility
3. Functionality

Question 21

What is meant by fluidity?

Answer 21

• Sequential process
• Steps build upon one another
  (strong foundation is essential)

Question 21

What is meant by flexibility?

Answer 21

Adapting the planning as the process unfolds.

Question 22

What is meant by functionality?

Answer 22

The plan must relate to the business of health education.

- Outcome of planning is improved health conditions.

Question 22

What are some common triggers to begin the program planing process?

Answer 22

• Funding announcement
• Staff interests in area
• Strategic planning process
• News coverage
• Local activism
• Recommendations from evaluation

Question 23

What should drive program planning?

Answer 23

NEED

• Should drive ALL health program planning
• Gives insight

Question 23

What factor/task/issue propels the planning process?

Answer 23

NEED

Question 24

What are the five factors common to all planning models?

(hint: NSPIE)

Answer 24

1. Needs assessment
2. Setting goals & objectives
3. Planning or development
4. Implementation
5. Evaluate

Question 25

Before developing and/or implementing a program what decision must be made?

Answer 25

Is there a need to be met? - who decides? - What information demonstrates community need? - how do we best target the primary problem areas?

Question 26

What is a consideration about defining a need?

Answer 26

We draw different conclusions about needs as we move from community to community

Question 27

When can needs not be defined?

Answer 27

Need cannot be defined without regard to social context in which a person or group lives and works.

Question 28

What are 3 characteristics about people defining their own needs?

Answer 28

1. Not always aware they have a need 2. Could deny a need (alcoholics) 3. Could misidentify a need (adolescents may desire drugs when true need is social skills)

Question 29

Does geography equal a "sense of community"?

Answer 29

No

Question 30

What are 3 ways in which assessing need practically helps us?

Answer 30

1. Resource allocation 2. Program planning, development, and evaluation 3. Provides information for tailoring a program to specific target population

Question 31

What are the seven phases of the PRECEDE-PROCEDE model? (acronym hint: SEEIIPI)

Answer 31

1. Social assessment 2. Epidemiological, behavioral, and environmental assessment 3. Educational & ecological assessment 4. Intervention Alignment 5. Implementation 6. Process evaluation 7. Impact and outcome evaluation