Prevention Education & Service Delivery Flashcards
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Process evaluation in prevention programs is designed to measure which of the following?
Answer: Whether the program was delivered as intended and reached the target population
Process evaluation documents implementation quality, including fidelity, reach, and participant engagement.
Which outcome would be considered a PROXIMAL outcome in a prevention program evaluation?
Answer: Increased refusal skills and changed attitudes toward drug use among participants
Proximal outcomes are immediate, short-term changes in knowledge, attitudes, or skills that precede long-term behavior change.
A pre/post design is used in prevention evaluation primarily to measure which of the following?
Answer: Changes in participant knowledge, attitudes, or behavior before and after a program
Pre/post designs assess whether participants changed on key outcomes from before to after program delivery.
In prevention evaluation, a control group is used primarily to do which of the following?
Answer: Allow comparison to determine whether observed changes are due to the program
Control groups allow evaluators to attribute changes in the intervention group to the program rather than other factors.
Which of the following best describes 'program reach' as an evaluation metric?
Answer: The proportion of the target population that actually participated in the program
Reach measures what percentage of the intended target population was actually served by the program.
When evaluation findings show that a program did not produce expected outcomes, the FIRST step is to do which of the following?
Answer: Review implementation data to determine whether fidelity was maintained
Fidelity problems are a common explanation for poor outcomes, so reviewing implementation data is the logical first step.
Which type of validity is MOST threatened when prevention program participants know they are being observed and change their behavior accordingly?
Answer: Internal validity due to testing or demand characteristics
When participants alter behavior because they know they are being evaluated, demand characteristics threaten internal validity.