Lessons 1-4 (Quiz 1) Flashcards
What are personal examples of evaluation?
Birth (check vital signs); Adolescence (achievement tests); Today (looking into the mirror)
At the most basic level, what is program evaluation?
- Applying common sense practice to setting with organized efforts (i.e. programs)
- A little bit of research and a lot of common sense
- Systematic investigation to determine the success of a specific program
What is the “Big Picture” reason to evaluate a program?
To determine WORTH or MERIT
What is the business of health education?
Changing behavior in order to improve quality of life.
How do we accomplish changing behavior?
Through health programs (individual or community programs)
Why should we evaluate programs?
So we can meet actual needs
How can an alternative of an existing program be considerably better?
It could have a more profound impact and/or cost less while having a similar impact
What are two examples of research abuses of the past? (reasons why we have ethical rules in place now)
Nazi wartime experiements and Tuskegee Syphyliis study
What was significant about the National Research act of 1974?
The NRA mandated the formation of the Institutional Review Boards (IRB) and submitted the belmont report
What are the Belmont’s Report’s 3 ethical principles?
- Respect for persons
- Beneficence
- Justice
What is meant by ‘respect for persons’?
- Recognition of the personal dignity and autonomy of individuals
- special protection of those persons who are immature or incapacitated
- Underage
- Mental/intellectual disabilities
- Prison inmates
What is meant by beneficence?
Maximizing any benefits
Minimizing (or avoiding) possible risks
What is meant by justice?
Ensures the procedure are administered/distributed fairly
What are the 3 major components of informed consent?
- Informative
- Comprehension
- Voluntary Involvement
When is consent considered voluntary?
- Participants are able to consent
- They are free from coercion
- They comprehend the risks and benefits involved