Chapter 8 Flashcards

1
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Interventions

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Activity or set of activities that help to achieve the outcomes stated in the goals and objectives

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What should interventions be?

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Effective (leading to desired outcome) and efficient (uses resources in a responsible manner)

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3
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Multiplicity

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Number of components or activities

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4
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Dose

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Number of program units delivered

How many times offered

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5
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Strategy

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General plan of action for affecting a health problem

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6
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Types of Interventions

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Health Communication
Health Education
Health Policy/Enforcement
Environmental Change
Health-Related Community Service
Community Mobilization
Others
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Purpose of Health Communication Intervention

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Designed to inform and influence individual and community decisions to influence health

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8
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What type of intervention is the most cost effective and less threatening than other strategies?

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Health Communication Intervention

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9
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What is the Health Communication Intervention useful for?

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Reaching many goals and objectives

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10
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What are the tools for the Health Communication Intervention?

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Video and audio teleconferencing
Telephones
Mass Media
In Person
Printed Materials
Computers/Internet/Email
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11
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Communication Channel

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Route through which a message is disseminated to the priority population

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12
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Examples of Intrapersonal Channel

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Health care

Hotlines

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13
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Examples of Interpersonal Channel

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Small classes

Support groups

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14
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Examples of Organizational Channel

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Newsletters

Bulletins

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15
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Examples of Mass Media Channel

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Newspaper
Billboards
TV

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16
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Examples of Social Media Channel

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User/Consumer Generated

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17
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Post

A

Assists program planners in creating health promotion interventions

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18
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What does POST mean?

A

People
Objectives
Strategy
Technology

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19
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Health Literacy

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Degree that individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health info and services to make appropriate health decisions

20
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Health Numeracy

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Degree that individuals have the capacity to access, process, interpret on numerical info

21
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Health Education Interventions (9)

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Appeal to multiple senses
Get learner active in learning process
Limit distractions
Ready to learn 
Subject relative to participants
Use repetition
Learning is encouraged
Applicable to several settings
Appropriate pace
22
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What does the Health Education Intervention provide?

A

The opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge about a particular health problem

23
Q

Curriculum

A

Course of study

24
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Scope

A

Breadth and depth of material

25
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Sequence

A

Order when material is presented

26
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Healthy Policy/Enforcement Intervention

A
Executive orders
Laws 
Ordinances
Policies
Position statements
Regulations
27
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What is the Healthy Policy/Enforcement Intervention based on?

A

The common good and not the same with everyone

28
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What are the 6 phases of policy making?

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Agenda setting
Policy formulation
Policy Adoption
Policy Implementation
Policy Assessment
Policy Modification
29
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Environmental Change Intervention

A

Removes barriers

30
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Why is the Environmental Change Intervention the most useful?

A

It provides opportunities, support, and cue to help people develop healthier behaviors

31
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Health-Related Community Service Interventions

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Reduce barriers to the services

Referrals and follow-ups are important

32
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Examples of Health-Related Community Service Interventions

A

HRA’s/HHAs
Clinical Screenings (BP, Cholesterol)
Services, tests, treatments
Check ups/exams

33
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Community Mobilization Interventions

A

Someone else leads, the ‘do’

34
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Community Organizing

A

Process by which community groups are helped to identify common problems or goals, mobilize resources, and in other ways develop and implement strategies for reaching the goals they have collectively set

35
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Community Building

A

Maximize the use of what you already do well

36
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Community Advocacy

A

Process in which the people of the community become involved in the institutions and decisions that will have an impact on their lives

37
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In what ways does Community Advocacy become involved?

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Influence decision makers
Voting behavior
Electioneering
Lobbying internet
Media Advocacy
38
Q

What level of intervention are behavior medication activities?

A

Intrapersonal

39
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Organizational Culture Activities

A

What is/isn’t important for the organization

Begin with assessment or cultural audit

40
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Incentives

A

Positive reward

Short term

41
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Types of Incentives

A

Social
Material
Misc

42
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Disincentives

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Short lifespan
Discourages behavior
Intrapersonal to public policy levels

43
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Social Support Activities

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Change behavior if those around them are providing support

44
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Examples of Social Support Activities

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Can be incentives
Support groups
Buddy systems
Social gatherings
Social networks
45
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What are the 5 guidelines of writing an intervention?

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  1. Address risk factors
  2. Reflect target population
  3. Reduce risk factor
  4. Implement Interventions
  5. Be organized
46
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10 Questions to ask when writing an intervention

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  1. What needs to change?
  2. Where is change needed?
  3. What level of prevention?
  4. What levels of influence?
  5. Guide for intervention selection?
  6. Best practices/experiences/processes?
  7. Single/multiple stages?
  8. Appropriate for priority population?
  9. Planned intervention?
  10. Resources available?