Exam 2 Chap 5 & 6

Question 1

Social ecological approach to behavior change

Answer 1

multiple levels of influence, occurs when a combination individuals, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy interventions are put into place.

Question 2

health education

Answer 2

combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories with the opportunity to acquire information and the skills to make quality health decisions.

Question 3

health promotion

Answer 3

planned combination of educational, political, environmental, regulatory, or organizational mechanisms that support actions and conditions of living conducive to health.

Question 4

Key informants

Answer 4

individuals in target population who are in a position to know the needs of that group

Question 5

How to understand a community?

Answer 5

use of planning committee involving key informants and professionals.

Question 6

TP

Answer 6

target population

Question 7

generalized model for planning

Answer 7

assessing needs, setting goals and objectives, developing an intervention, implementing the intervention, evaluating the results.

Question 8

goals

Answer 8

more encompassing than objectives, written to cover all aspects of the program, provide overall program direction, general in nature, don’t have a deadline.

Question 9

Objective

Answer 9

more precise than goals, steps to achieve the goals, more complex, and composed of a who what when and how much.

Question 10

intervention

Answer 10

activities that will help the TP meet the objectives and achieve the program goals.

Question 11

implementation

Answer 11

pilot test, phasing in, and full implementation.

Question 12

formative evaluation

Answer 12

completed during planning an implementation for the purpose of making refinements.

Question 13

summative evaluation

Answer 13

completed after evaluation

Question 14

impact evaluation

Answer 14

part of summative, aimed at measuring changes in the behavioral, environmental, and learning objectives.

Question 15

outcome eval

Answer 15

part of summative, aimed at measuring program objectives.

Question 16

steps to eval

Answer 16

plan the eval, collect data, analyze the data, report results, & apply results

Question 17

community organizing

Answer 17

communities are helped to identify common problems or goals, mobilize resources, and develop and implement strategies for reaching the goals they have collectively set.

Question 18

community capacity

Answer 18

community characteristics affecting its ability to identify mobilize, and address problems

Question 19

empowered community

Answer 19

one in which individuals and organizations apply their skills and resources in collective efforts to meet their respective needs

Question 20

participation and relevance

Answer 20

community organizing that starts where the people are and engages community members as equals

Question 21

social capital

Answer 21

relationships and structures within a community that promote cooperation for mutual benefit

Question 22

assumption 1

Answer 22

communities of people can develop the capacity to with their own problems

Question 23

assumption 2

Answer 23

people want to change and can change

Question 24

assumption 3

Answer 24

peole should participate in making and adjusting or controlling the major changes taking place within their communities

Question 25

assumption 4

Answer 25

changes in community living that are self imposed or self developed have a meaning and permanence that imposed changes do not have

Question 26

assumption 5

Answer 26

a holistic approach can deal succesfully with problems with which a fragmented approach cannot

Question 27

assumption 6

Answer 27

democracy requires cooperative participation and action in the affairs of the community, and people must learn the skills that make this possible

Question 28

assumption 7

Answer 28

frequently communities of people need help in organizing to deal with their needs, just as many individuals require help with individual problems

Question 29

locality development

Answer 29

broad self participation, process oriented, stresses consensus and cooperation, builds group unity and sense of community.

Question 30

social planning

Answer 30

heavily task oriented involves people and outside planners

Question 31

social action

Answer 31

task and process oriented, mobilizing disadvantaged segments of the population

Question 32

initial organizer

Answer 32

recognizes that problems exist and decides to do something about it, gets things started.

Question 33

Need for school health

Answer 33

health of children and their learning are reciprocally related.

Question 34

coordinated school health program

Answer 34

an organized set of policies, procedures, and activities designed to protect, promote, and improve the health and wellbeing of students.

Question 35

school health policies

Answer 35

written statements that describe the nature and procedures of a school program.

Question 36

CDC survey

Answer 36

happens every 6 years, and assesses school health policies and health practices at the state, district, school and classroom level.

Question 37

school health council

Answer 37

individuals from a school or district and its community who work together to provide advice and aspects of the school health program.

Question 38

school health coordinator

Answer 38

ensures the implementation of the components of a CSHP, facilitate collaboration between stakeholders, and conduct evals.

Question 39

school nurse

Answer 39

provide leadership for CSHP, conduct health appraisals, identify community health resources, conduct health follow-ups, carry emergency services, disperse meds.

Question 40

Physical environment

Answer 40

buildings and structures, and behavior of those using them.

Question 41

psychosocial environment

Answer 41

attitudes, values, feelings of students and staff.

Question 42

health education

Answer 42

includes age-appropriate planned, organized, and integrated curriculum that focuses on knowledge acquisition, attitude formation, and behavior initiation and change

Question 43

primary content

Answer 43

alcohol and other drugs, healthy eating, mental and emotional health, personal wellness, physical activity, safety, sexual health, tobacco, and violence prevention.

Question 44

School nutrition services

Answer 44

focus on nutrient density of foods, enrolling in free lunch program, culturally appropriate foods, whether to allow vending machines, and educational proponent in lunchroom.

Question 45

physical education

Answer 45

daily pe, high involvement of children, recess is no substitute for pe, teach lifelong fitness, its an intervention on health.

Question 46

family and community involvement

Answer 46

funding from businesses, making school events into community events.

Question 47

violence in schools

Answer 47

high profile incidents, bullying, electronic aggression, and improving school climate as it relates to violence.