Deck 4: Introduction to Community Assessment

Question 1

To develop maintenance and survival strategies for a community in the event of an emergency, a PHN looks for useful places, persons, and systems. This part of the assessment is called:
1)Capacity building.
2)Needs assessment.
3)Participatory research.
4)Asset mapping.

Answer 1

4

Question 2

The best uses of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) by public health professionals include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
1)To track intervention outcomes
2)To identify spatial data
3)To display environmental risk factors and health risks
4)To display demographic data
5)To display socioeconomic data

Answer 2

2, 3, 4, 5

Question 3

A PHN is using the MAPP model to conduct an assessment within the community and has reached Phase 3, performing the four assessments. The analysis of the legislation, technology, and other external positive and negative influences that have an impact on the promotion and protection of the public's health is called a:
1)Community themes and strengths assessment.
2)Forces of change assessment.
3)Community health status assessment.
4)Local public health system assessment (LPHSA).

Answer 3

2

Question 4

A team of community members and Monique, a PHN from the public health department, have come together to do a community assessment of an Italian American community located in a large city. To help guide the team, Monique suggests that they chose a tool for the assessment. She explains that one can be obtained from:
1)National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
2)Affordable Care Act (ACA)
3)Institute of Medicine (IOM)'s report The Future of Public Health
4)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Community Health Assessment and Group Evaluation (CHANGE)

Question 5

A team of community members and Monique, a PHN from the public health department, have come together to do a community assessment of an Italian American community located in a large city. Monique and the community members discuss the type of assessment they are conducting. They have decided to complete an assessment to include the demographic data about the people living within the community, the assets within the community, such as the local health department capacity, and the identification of problems and issues in the community, such as unmet needs, health disparities, and opportunities for action. The type of assessment they are doing is called a:
1)Rapid needs assessment
2)Comprehensive community assessment
3)Population-focused assessment
4)Health impact assessment

Question 6

Charlotte, a PHN, is preparing to volunteer oversees to help a team in a low-income country develop a health program for older adults. Prior to traveling to the country, Charlotte wants to learn more about the demographic age. To do this, she locates a population pyramid for the country and finds that it has a broad base and a small top. This represents:
1)Slow growth.
2)Rapid growth.
3)Equal growth.
4)Mostly older people, with no growth.

Question 7

A team of community members and Monique, a PHN from the public health department, have come together to do a community assessment of an Italian American community located in a large city. The community members ask Monique what type of data they will need to collect. She explains that they should begin with demographic data that includes:
1)Insurance company preference
2)Vaccination rates
3)Educational levels
4)Disease rates

Question 8

A team of community members and Monique, a PHN from the public health department, have come together to do a community assessment of an Italian American community located in a large city. Monique explains to the team that information about the health status of the community would be an important part of their assessment. She explains that this includes all of the following factors except:
1)Mortality rates
2)Morbidity rates
3)Health-care services and resources in the community
4)Prevalence and incidence of disease

Question 9

A community assessment team found that the problem with their surveys of older adults was that there was not enough information on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for those over the age of 65 who were not living in a health-care facility. The best approach to assess this population is to do surveys:
1)By personal interview.
2)By mail.
3)By telephone.
4)Online.

Question 10

A PHN was asked to come to a town that was having some noticeable health problems. Driving through town, the nurse noted that there were many for-sale signs, as well as very little green space and some trash in the street. This pre-assessment phase is called a:
1)Community themes and strengths assessment.
2)Community Health Assessment and Group Evaluation (CHANGE).
3)Community health status assessment.
4)Windshield survey.

Question 11

A community assessment team has decided to do a survey using a type of sampling in which a list of the possible participants is present, and the number needed for the sample is divided into the total population. From that point, n, every nth person is chosen for the sample. This type of sampling is called:
1)Quota sampling.
2)Convenience sampling.
3)Simple random sampling.
4)Systematic sampling.

Question 12

A PHN goes to a factory to find out why employees are missing so many workdays. What type of assessment would be the most appropriate in this case?
1)Setting-specific assessment
2)Health impact assessment
3)Problem or health issue-based assessment
4)Population-focused assessment

Question 13

A relatively permanent statistical subdivision of a county that averages between 2,500 and 8,000 inhabitants is called a:
1)Census block.
2)Secondary data.
3)Census tract.
4)Health-care sector.

Question 14

Charlotte, a PHN, is preparing to volunteer oversees to help a team in a low-income country develop a health program for older adults. Charlotte and the team completed a community health survey and found that the older adults in the community were underrepresented. They decided to use a qualitative primary data collection method that revolves around conducting a group interview with a group of people with similar backgrounds and/or experiences. This is called:
1)Use of key informants.
2)Use of PhotoVoice.
3)Use of a Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (HRQoL).
4)Use of focus group(s).

Question 15

Charlotte, a PHN, is preparing to volunteer oversees to help a team in a low-income country develop a health program for older adults. Once she arrives, Charlotte convenes a team to conduct an assessment of older adults living in the country. She and the team decided to use the Kinship/Economics/Education/Political/Religious/Associations (KEEPRA) model for observing formal institutions in a community. Which of the following categories assesses the number or availability of recreational centers?
1)Education
2)Kinship
3)Associations
4)Economics

Question 16

A team at a large urban hospital has partnered with other hospitals and the department of health to conduct a comprehensive community assessment. They reviewed a number of possible tools to guide their assessment and chose the Mobilizing for Actions through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) strategic model. They chose this tool because all but which of the following were included:
1)Assessing, diagnosing, developing an intervention
2)A comprehensive method for evaluating health systems
3)Implementing the intervention
4)Evaluating the effectiveness of the intervention

Question 17

According to the CHANGE model, the aspect of a community that includes community-wide efforts that have an effect on the social and built environments such as improving food access, walkability or bike-ability, tobacco use or exposure, or personal safety is called the:
1)Community institution or organization sector.
2)Health-care sector.
3)Community-at-large sector.
4)Preventative sector.

Question 18

A PHN has joined a community team conducting a comprehensive community assessment. The team wants to begin by collecting data through the use of a survey. The PHN encourages them to include a health indicator survey that measures health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The advantages for using this strategy include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
1)HRQoL is a multidimensional construct that relates peoples' perceptions of the impact their physical and emotional health have on their quality of life.
2)HRQoL is an indicator of how much health insurance will pay if a person is in the hospital.
3)Including HRQoL items on a survey will provide information on the health of the community that the secondary data does not provide.
4)HRQoL ascertains if an intervention is needed.
5)HRQoL contains information that is quantitative rather than qualitative in nature.