saint HCA498 module 4 Midterm Exam latest 2016 june

1. Question :

In which of the following ways does diversity enrich an organization?

Increases respect

Improves problem solving

Increases creativity and ideas

Improves marketing strategies

All of the above

Question 2. Question :

Choose the best word/s to match the following statement: Analyzes data from needs assessment, process evaluation, effect evaluation, and cost evaluation as a set of data.

Student Answer: CORRECT Comprehensive evaluations

Process evaluation

INCORRECT Effect evaluation

Cost evaluations

Question 3. Question :

A pregnant Spanish-speaking program participant, along with her Spanish and English-speaking 8-year-old daughter, enters a WIC office to ask a question. Instead of using the 8-year-old daughter to interpret, the non-Spanish speaking receptionist tracks down a native Spanish-speaking co-worker to address the question. This is an example of cultural sensitivity at which level of the public health pyramid?

Direct health care services

Enabling services

Population-based services

Infrastructure services

Question 4. Question :

The third generation of evaluations was typified by _________.

Downstream approach

Advocacy

Empowerment

All of the above

Question 5. Question :

Which theoretical model used in health promotion is most like the public health pyramid? Explain your answer.

The Health Belief model

The Ecological model

The Transtheoretical model

The Diffusion of Innovations model

Question 6. Question :

Choose the best word/s to match the following statement: Determines the degree and quality of program implementation.

Community needs assessment

Process evaluation

Effect evaluation

Cost evaluations

Question 7. Question :

Which of the following conditions is a valid reason NOT to evaluate a program?

There are few questions about the health program's effectiveness.

The health program has no clear direction.

Program objectives are unclearly stated or not agreed upon by all stakeholders.

There is little or no much money for the evaluation.

All of the above

Question 8. Question :

Responsiveness was characteristic of second generation evaluations.

True False

Question 9. Question :

In which field were the first evaluations done?

Education

Public health

Nursing

Psychology

Question 10. Question :

Effect evaluation is defined as:

Determines whether and to what extent the program made a difference

Collects data to tailor the health program to the needs of a specific group

Determines the degree and quality of program implementation

Analyzes data from needs assessment, process evaluation, effect evaluation, and cost evaluation as a set of data

Question 11. Question :

At which level of the public health pyramid would an assessment be most likely to involve an epidemiological approach with attention to describing the magnitude of various health problems?

Direct health care services

Enabling services

Population-based services

Infrastructure services

Question 12. Question :

Which type of assessment aims to answer the questions of: what are the population health problems, and what resources are locally available to address those health problems?

Organizational assessment

Marketing assessment

Community health assessment

Patient needs assessment

Question 13. Question :

Choose the best word/s that matches the following statement: The worst off benefit the most.

Egalitarian

Needs based

Autonomy

Criticality

Question 14. Question :

Choose the best word/s that matches the following statement: Fewest resources for the greatest amount of benefit.

Egalitarian

Needs based

Resource sensitive

Utilitarian

Question 15. Question :

Which of the following is NOT a type of need studied in a needs assessment?

Hidden need

Expressed need

Normative need

Perceived need

Question 16. Question :

Choose the best word/s that matches the following statements: Equal opportunity to meet own needs; future potential is emphasized.

Egalitarian

Needs based

Resource sensitive

Utilitarian

Question 17. Question :

The citizens of Bowe County must vote on whether to fund a slate of health programs. The program advocates plan to develop a campaign stressing the ethical rationale for the program. Refer to the table below and choose which ethical perspective could most logically be used to argue in support of the program.

Utilitarianism

Egalitarian

Needs based

Autonomy

Question 18. Question :

Determine whether "SMOKE-FREE WORKPLACES" is an active or a passive prevention program.

ACTIVE

PASSIVE

Question 19. Question :

Choose the best word/s that matches the following statements: Disparities are minimized; everyone is valued equally.

Egalitarian

Needs based

Resource sensitive

Question 20. Question :

A procedure used to collect data that describes the needs and strengths of a specific group, community, or populations is a

Hidden need

Needs assessment

Expressed need

Perceived need

Question 21. Question :

An intervention can be designed to affect which element(s) of a causal theory?

Antecedents

Moderators

Causal factors

Mediators

All of the above

Question 22. Question :

One of the most important reasons to have a well-articulated program theory is to facilitate generalizing the program to different target populations.

True False

Question 23. Question :

The technique that converts rates or means of a known group into frequencies that can then be used to calculate an approximate frequency in another group is called what?

Tests of significance

Geographic information system

Synthetic estimate

Confidence interval

Question 24. Question :

Assuring transportation to program site is an factor that would fall under which area of the program theory?

Effect theory

Process theory

Organizational plan

Service utilization plan

Question 25. Question :

What is the correct intervention for WIC?

Coaching

Monitoring

Giving tangibles

Coordinating

Question 26. Question :

At which level of the Public Health Pyramid would theories about the interaction of individuals with family or community most likely fit?

Direct health care services

Enabling services

Population-based services

Infrastructure services

Question 27. Question :

Which of the following is a quality-of-life measurement?

Mortality

Incidence

Years of potential life lost

Happiness index

c and d

Question 28. Question :

The two main components of the program theory are the outcome theory and the impact theory.

True False

Question 29. Question :

Interventions can be defined as:

changes or consequences of an intervention, regardless of whether the changes are immediate or longer-term

actions that are done intentionally to have a direct effect on persons with the health problem.

an individual behavioral change needed to protect against a health risk.

activities that are done to prevent a disease or illness from beginning

Question 30. Question :

Which of the following is an example of an intervention?

Pinning a fractured hip

Administering a drug for high blood pressure

Community development

Providing vegetable producers with subsidies

All of the above

Question 31. Question :

There are various options for selecting a target value for objective indicators. For programs that are innovative, address rare health problems, or are highly tailored to the location, which target setting option(s) is recommended?

Set target for no change.

Set target for a statistically significant improvement compared to current value.

Set target for a desired percentage decrease from the current value.

Set a cumulative annual target value so that the total amount of change is dispersed across the time period for the program.

All of the above

Question 32. Question :

Which part(s) of the process theory details the logistics of program implementation?

Organization plan

Service utilization plan

Program plan

Both a and b

Only a

Question 33. Question :

Which of the following is NOT an example of an organizational plan input?

Human resources

Fiscal resources

Clients

Stakeholder roles

Question 34. Question :

Copying program handouts, program advertising, refreshments for participants are considered variable costs. True or False?

True False

Question 35. Question :

Overinclusion is easier to detect in a full coverage program than in a partial coverage program.

True False

Question 36. Question :

Characteristics of the population is an example of a service utilization plan input measure at which level of the Public Health Pyramid?

Direct services level

Enabling services level

Population services level

Infrastructure level

Question 37. Question :

Which of the following is a source for program variability?

Staff preferences and interest

Material availability and appropriateness

Participant expectation and receptivity

Physical environment of site and organizational support

All of the above

Question 38. Question :

Which of the following outputs can be used to document effective use of the organizational plan inputs?

Timeline

Operations manual

Organizational chart

Information system

All of the above

Question 39. Question :

Outreach workers from the CeaseFire program spent a total of 500 combined hours with program participants during the first year of program implementation. This is an example of which service utilization output?

Coverage

Units of service

Service completion

Workflow

Question 40. Question :

A process evaluation conducted for the purpose of establishing the maximum possible effect of a health program intervention carried out precisely according to the intervention protocol is which of the following?

Efficacy study

Effectiveness study

Efficiency study

None of the above