CHES Health Education Program Planning 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In Intervention Mapping, which step involves identifying program adopters and users and developing a plan for implementation?
- Step 1: Needs assessment
- Step 2: Performance objectives
- Step 5: Program adoption and implementation plan (Correct answer)
- Step 6: Evaluation plan
Correct answer: Step 5: Program adoption and implementation plan
Step 5 of Intervention Mapping focuses on identifying program adopters and users and developing an implementation plan.
Question 2: A health educator conducting a community needs assessment notices that reported needs differ significantly from statistical health data. This gap is BEST described as a difference between:
- Normative needs and expressed needs (Correct answer)
- Comparative needs and relative needs
- Felt needs and statistical needs
- Primary data and secondary data
Correct answer: Normative needs and expressed needs
Normative needs are defined by experts using standards and data, while expressed needs reflect what community members themselves identify.
Question 3: Which planning consideration is MOST critical when developing a program for a low-literacy population?
- Using technical medical terminology for accuracy
- Providing materials at a 6th-grade reading level or below (Correct answer)
- Distributing written pamphlets as the primary channel
- Requiring participants to read consent forms independently
Correct answer: Providing materials at a 6th-grade reading level or below
Materials for low-literacy populations should be written at or below a 6th-grade reading level to ensure comprehension and accessibility.
Question 4: In program planning, 'pilot testing' an intervention before full implementation is done primarily to:
- Train all staff on program procedures
- Identify problems and refine materials before wide-scale delivery (Correct answer)
- Meet grant funding requirements for phased implementation
- Collect baseline data from the full target population
Correct answer: Identify problems and refine materials before wide-scale delivery
Pilot testing allows planners to identify weaknesses and make refinements before the program is fully implemented.
Question 5: Which factor is considered an 'enabling factor' in the PRECEDE framework?
- A person's attitude toward physical activity
- A friend encouraging someone to exercise
- Availability of affordable gym facilities nearby (Correct answer)
- The social norm of exercising in a workplace
Correct answer: Availability of affordable gym facilities nearby
Enabling factors are resources, skills, or structural supports that make a behavior possible, such as available and affordable facilities.
Question 6: A community health assessment reveals that a neighborhood has high rates of both diabetes and asthma. To prioritize which issue to address first, a health educator should consider:
- Which condition is more interesting to study
- Prevalence, severity, and availability of effective interventions for each (Correct answer)
- Which condition is easier to treat medically
- The personal health history of the program planner
Correct answer: Prevalence, severity, and availability of effective interventions for each
Priority setting should be based on objective criteria including prevalence, severity, changeability, and the existence of effective interventions.
Question 7: The concept of 'health equity' in program planning requires health educators to:
- Provide identical services to all participants regardless of need
- Target resources toward populations with the greatest health disparities (Correct answer)
- Focus exclusively on individual-level behavioral change
- Avoid addressing socioeconomic determinants of health
Correct answer: Target resources toward populations with the greatest health disparities
Health equity involves directing resources and interventions toward populations experiencing the greatest disadvantage to reduce disparities.
CHES Health Education Program Planning 4
In Intervention Mapping, which step involves identifying program adopters and users and developing a plan for implementation?