Strategic Planning for Prevention (RI Study Guide)

Question 1

What are the 5 steps of the Strategic Planning Framework?

Answer 1

Assessment, capacity, planning, implementation, evaluation

Question 2

True or false: community members should be involved in all stages of the planning process in the SPF.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

During which step of the SPF is data gathered?
(A) Assessment
(B) Planning
(C) Evaluation
(D) Capacity
(E) Implementation

Answer 3

(A) Assessment

Question 4

Which type of data indicates how often a behavior/event occurs or to what degree it exists and if often described in numbers?
(A) qualitative
(B) quantitative

Answer 4

(B) quantitative

Question 5

Which type of data explains why people behave or feel the way they do and is often described in words?
(A) qualitative
(B) quantitative

Answer 5

(A) qualitative

Question 6

____ + ____ = Capacity

Answer 6

resources + readiness = capacity

Question 7

What types of resources are assessed during the capacity stage of the SPF?

Answer 7

Fiscal, human, organizational, community

Question 8

Trained staff, consultants, volunteers, stakeholders, partners, and local champions are types of which resource?
(A) organizational
(B) human
(C) fiscal
(D) community

Answer 8

(B) human

Question 9

Previous efforts to address the problem, local policies and regulations are types of which resource?
(A) organizational
(B) human
(C) fiscal
(D) community

Answer 9

(D) community

Question 10

Vision and missions statements aligned with the prevention effort and organizational policies, fiscal resources, and technology are types of which resource?
(A) organizational
(B) human
(C) fiscal
(D) community

Answer 10

(A) organizational

Question 11

Grants/donation, computer hardware/software, meeting space/food/printing, and promotion/advertising are types of which resource?
(A) organizational
(B) human
(C) fiscal
(D) community

Answer 11

(C) fiscal

Question 12

What are the nine stages of community readiness?

Answer 12

Community tolerance, denial, vague awareness, preplanning, preparation, initiation, institutionalization, confirmation, and professionalism

Question 13

What are the three ways to build capacity?

Answer 13

Engage stakeholders, strengthen collaborative groups/partnerships, and raise awareness of the problem

Question 14

What is the definition of stakeholder?

Answer 14

People and organizations in the community who have something to gain or lose by your prevention efforts

Question 15

How can you strengthen a collaborative group?

Answer 15

Recruit new members, increase the knowledge of members, improve the structure of the group

Question 16

What are the three tasks of implementation?

Answer 16

1. Mobilizing support and building capacity.
2. Introducing the intervention to stakeholders.
3. Training for the people implementing the intervention.

Question 17

What is the definition of fidelity?

Answer 17

The degree to which an evidence based prevention program is implemented as its developer intended.

Question 18

What is the definition of adaptation?

Answer 18

How an intervention is changed to meet local needs and circumstances.

Question 19

What is the definition of ealuation?

Answer 19

The systemic collection and analysis of information about an intervention to improve its effectiveness and make program decisions.

Question 20

What are the two types of evaluation?

Answer 20

1. Process evaluation
2. Outcome evaluation

Question 21

Which type of evaluation occurs during the implementation of an intervention?
(A) Outcome
(B) Process

Answer 21

(B) Process

Question 22

Which type of evaluation occurs after the intervention has been implemented?
(A) Process
(B) Outcome

Answer 22

(B) Outcome