Community Assessment & Intervention Flashcards
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A practitioner facilitating a community coalition notices that two anchor organizations are dominating decisions while smaller grassroots groups are marginalized. This is BEST addressed by:
Answer: Implementing consensus-based governance structures and rotating leadership roles
Consensus-based governance and rotating leadership distribute power within coalitions and ensure that smaller grassroots organizations have meaningful voice.
The 'epidemiological triangle' applied to community health assessment consists of:
Answer: Agent, host, and environment as interacting determinants of disease
The epidemiological triangle models disease causation as the interaction of an agent (pathogen/risk factor), a host (person), and an environment that enables or prevents exposure.
Which ethical principle is violated when a practitioner shares individually identifiable community assessment data with local law enforcement without participant consent?
Answer: Confidentiality
Sharing individually identifiable data without consent directly violates confidentiality, a foundational ethical obligation in social science research and practice.
A practitioner is using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping in a community assessment. The PRIMARY advantage of this approach is:
Answer: It visually reveals spatial patterns and clustering of social conditions, resources, and disparities
GIS mapping reveals spatial relationships—clusters of poverty, proximity to resources, environmental hazards—that are invisible in tabular data, informing targeted interventions.
When an intervention is described as 'evidence-based,' it means the program has been:
Answer: Rigorously evaluated with research designs demonstrating efficacy or effectiveness
Evidence-based programs have been evaluated through rigorous research—ideally randomized trials or quasi-experiments—demonstrating that they produce intended outcomes.
A practitioner working in a community that has historically been over-researched and exploited by outside academics should FIRST:
Answer: Establish trust by engaging community leaders and negotiating a community benefit agreement before beginning assessment
In historically exploited communities, trust-building and community benefit agreements before data collection are essential to ethical, legitimate, and effective practice.
A practitioner evaluating community intervention sustainability should assess which of the following MOST critical factors?
Answer: Whether the program has been institutionalized with dedicated funding, staff capacity, and community ownership
Sustainability depends on institutionalization—stable funding streams, embedded staff capacity, and genuine community ownership that persists beyond initial grant periods.