CPS CPS Substance Abuse Prevention & Community Intervention 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A needs assessment in community substance abuse prevention is conducted primarily to:
- Satisfy grant reporting requirements
- Identify the specific substance use problems, populations at risk, and community strengths (Correct answer)
- Recruit volunteers
- Determine staff salaries
Correct answer: Identify the specific substance use problems, populations at risk, and community strengths
A needs assessment gathers data to understand the scope of substance use problems, risk/protective factors, and available community resources.
Question 2: Which prevention approach focuses on changing laws and regulations to reduce access to alcohol and other drugs?
- Information dissemination
- Skills training
- Environmental/policy strategies (Correct answer)
- Counseling and support groups
Correct answer: Environmental/policy strategies
Environmental/policy strategies include advocacy for laws, regulations, and policies that reduce substance availability and community risk.
Question 3: Social norms marketing in prevention works by:
- Exaggerating the prevalence of drug use to scare youth
- Correcting misperceptions about how common substance use actually is among a peer group (Correct answer)
- Distributing product samples
- Replacing school curricula with media campaigns
Correct answer: Correcting misperceptions about how common substance use actually is among a peer group
Social norms marketing counters overestimated peer use rates, showing that most peers do not engage in the risky behavior.
Question 4: Community coalitions in substance abuse prevention are most effective when they include:
- Only law enforcement and schools
- Diverse stakeholders representing multiple sectors of the community (Correct answer)
- Only healthcare providers
- Only state government officials
Correct answer: Diverse stakeholders representing multiple sectors of the community
Broad, multi-sector coalitions leverage diverse perspectives and resources, leading to more comprehensive and sustainable prevention efforts.
Question 5: The 'readiness to change' concept in prevention is most associated with which model?
- Social Learning Theory
- Transtheoretical Model (Stages of Change) (Correct answer)
- Health Belief Model
- Social Ecological Model
Correct answer: Transtheoretical Model (Stages of Change)
The Transtheoretical Model describes readiness to change through stages: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance.
Question 6: In the context of CPS, 'fidelity' to an evidence-based program means:
- Being loyal to program funders
- Implementing the program as it was designed and tested (Correct answer)
- Creating local adaptations to all components
- Shortening the program to fit budget constraints
Correct answer: Implementing the program as it was designed and tested
Implementation fidelity ensures the program is delivered as intended, preserving the conditions under which it was proven effective.
CPS CPS Substance Abuse Prevention & Community Intervention 2
A needs assessment in community substance abuse prevention is conducted primarily to: