Quiz #1

Question 1

Components of Health Equity Model

Answer 1

o	Social Determinants
o	Health Problems
o	Population Outcomes:
♣	Quality of Life
♣	Morbidity/Mortality
♣	Life expectancy

Question 2

Importance of community health assessments

Answer 2

• assess community needs
• helps tailor interventions in the communities based on needs
• identifies health problems or concerns unique in the community

Question 3

Types of community assessments

Answer 3

-Needs assessment = understand perceived and actual needs within community
-capacity assessment = strengths of community
-health assessment = Identifies dimensions of health status to be described &
Acquires, summarizes and interprets relevant data in order to reveal the health status of a community and groups within the community

Question 4

Essential components of CHA

Answer 4

o	Capacity assessment
o	Community Engagement/mobilization strategies
o	Primary data collection
o	Secondary data collection
o	Data analysis and integration
o	Summarizing/presenting to stakeholders
o	Action (based on results of CHA)

Question 5

Methods/resources available for CHA

Answer 5

o	Key informant interviews
o	Focus groups 
o	Surveys
o	NGT
o	Sociodemographic/health indicator data 
o	Past CHAs

Question 6

Importance of community mobilization and engagement

Answer 6

o	Gain support of community 
o	Ethical obligations/trust in community
o	Important for leveraging resources
o	Accurate representation
o	Power to change/implement policies, programs, or practices.

Question 7

Community Mobilization and Engagement (CME) definition

Answer 7

process of enlisting individuals/groups in a collaborative fashion to address the needs of the community

Question 8

Principles of CME

Answer 8

o	Purpose (of CHA/research) + Knowledge (about community) => Engagement
o	Relationships 
o	Diversity
o	Self-determination = power
o	Partnership
o	Assets 
o	Autonomy and Flexibility 
o	Long-term commitment

Question 9

Levels of CME

Answer 9

1. Understand the community (challenges, health concerns): Who is in the community? Who might you work with?
2. Partnership building: mobilizing/leveraging resources
3. Form coalitions

Question 10

Why do a CHA?

Answer 10

• Meet regulatory requirements
• Secure funding
• Provide insight into the community context
• Encourage community engagement in data collection, analysis and planning
• Make decisions about where to focus resources and interventions

Question 11

What is MAPP?

Answer 11

• a CHA framework
• “Mobilizing Action through Planning & Partnership”
• Can be used as a framework for CHA planning and partnership building

Question 12

MAPP health assessments

Answer 12

♣ Community themes and strengths
♣ Local public health system
♣ CH status
♣ Forces of change assessment

Question 13

MAPP Guiding principles

Answer 13

1. systems thinking
2. dialogue
3. shared vision
4. data
5. partnerships & collaboration
6. strategic thinking
7. celebration of success

Question 14

What is CHAPS?

Answer 14

• CO Health Assessment and Planning System
• Another framework for CHA
• Combines needs and community capacity assessment local health improvement plan.

Question 15

Dever definition of Health indicator

Answer 15

standardized measure calculated from previously collected data

Question 16

Health Indicator vs. Health Index

Answer 16

o Indicator = single measure from single component or variable; reflects the health status of an individual or clearly defined group
♣ E.g. infant mortality
o Index = composite measure from multiple data sources
♣ E.g. gender gap index

Question 17

Static vs. dynamic data

Answer 17

• Static – one point in time
• Dynamic – birth, death, migration
o Fluctuate over time

Question 18

Sources of health indicators

Answer 18

o Healthy people 2020
o County health rankings
o CDC

Question 19

Applications of health indicators

Answer 19

o Assist with prioritization
o Create interventions
o Assist in needs assessment
-Means to communicate a picture of community
-Key in prioritizing and planning to improve population health

Question 20

Categories of primary data collection

Answer 20

• quantitative

- qualitative

Question 21

Advantages/disadvantages of qualitative data collection

Answer 21

♣ More cost/time-intensive
♣ Helps to engage community/build trust
♣ Helps answer your specific questions

Question 22

Methods of qualitative data collection

Answer 22

♣	Interviews
♣	Focus groups
♣	Key Informant
♣	Photo Voice
♣	Survey

Question 23

Health Indicator frameworks

Answer 23

• Healthy people 2020
• CHAPS- Health Equity
• County Rankings Model
• MAPP

Question 24

Health indicators are based on:

Answer 24

A. Health outcomes: measures of health state
B. Structure: description of healthcare system
C: Process: how the healthcare system is used

Question 25

Processes in project management

Answer 25

o	Initiating
o	Monitoring/Controlling:
♣	Planning
♣	Executing
o	Closing

Question 26

Tools for project management

Answer 26

**Scope of work
o	Work breakdown structure = tasks + deliverables
o	Timeline and activity sequencing
o	Effort and duration estimates
o	Gantt chart & Critical path

Question 27

Common project team members

Answer 27

o	Project sponsor 
o	Project manager
o	Functional managers
o	Operational staff
o	External vendors/ contractors/ consultants

Question 28

Ascribed vs. Achieved socio-demographic factors

Answer 28

Ascribed – Biologically determined at birth, generally unchanging
Age, sex, race, nativity, (ethnicity)

Achieved- Sociologically defined/subject to change, not necessarily set at birth
Education, income, marital status, employment

Question 29

Birth rate vs. Fertility Rate

Answer 29

Birth Rates (time period=TP, live births=LB)
Crude: # LB in TP/Total Mid-point Population in TP X1000

Fertility Rates
Crude: # of LB in TP/# of women 15-44 in TP