CHES Needs Assessment and Capacity 3

Question 1

Which needs assessment framework uses four types of needs — normative, felt, expressed, and comparative — to guide data collection?

Accepted Answer

Bradshaw's Taxonomy of Need

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PRECEDE-PROCEED model

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Social Ecological Model

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Health Belief Model

Question 2

A health educator is conducting a Photovoice project as part of a community needs assessment. Which principle does this method BEST support?

Accepted Answer

Community member empowerment and participatory research

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Statistical data validation

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Randomized sampling methodology

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Epidemiological surveillance

Question 3

When reviewing existing data during a needs assessment, which term describes data collected specifically for the current assessment rather than from existing records?

Accepted Answer

Primary data

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Archival data

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Secondary data

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Administrative data

Question 4

A CHES practitioner uses the PRECEDE phase of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Which aspect is assessed FIRST in this phase?

Accepted Answer

Social quality of life and health problems

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Administrative and policy factors

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Behavioral and environmental causes

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Predisposing factors in the population

Question 5

Which of the following BEST describes 'capacity building' as it relates to a community needs assessment?

Accepted Answer

Strengthening the community's ability to identify and address its own health needs

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Increasing physical clinic space in underserved areas

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Training health educators in data analysis techniques

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Expanding the scope of a needs assessment questionnaire

Question 6

A health education team conducts windshield surveys as part of the community diagnosis process. What type of data does this method collect?

Accepted Answer

Observational data on community environment and resources

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Self-reported health behaviors

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Medical records and clinical outcomes

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Epidemiological mortality statistics

Question 7

In a needs assessment, 'triangulation' refers to:

Accepted Answer

Combining multiple data sources or methods to validate findings

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Using three separate communities as comparison groups

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Applying three theoretical frameworks simultaneously

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Dividing the population into three demographic segments