Deck 12: Improving Health Through Community Engagement, Community Organization, and Community Building

Question 1

Co-learning, cyclical processes, knowledge and action integration, and collaborative mentorship are principles of:

A) Community Engagement
B) Community capacity
C) Participation and relevance
D) Inequities as the target of change
E) Social Cognitive Theory

Answer 1

Community Engagement

Question 2

Bidirectional learning, a combination of scientific knowledge with community expertise, and equal involvement throughout the research process, is emphasized in:

A) Ecological systems perspective
B) Empowerment
C) Social planning and policy
D) Community-based participatory research
E) Social networks

Answer 2

Community-based participatory research

Question 3

The use of data, rational-empirical problem solving, and participatory planning and policy development describes:

A) Community capacity development
B) Social planning
C) Social advocacy
D) Community regeneration
E) Coalition building

Answer 3

Social planning

Question 4

Strengths-based approaches for community organizing focus on:

A) Community development and social action
B) Using academics to identify community needs
C) Community building, capacity building, and empowerment-oriented social action
D) Bringing in experts from outside communities to establish new organizations
E) Identifying highly educated individuals to guide decision-making

Question 5

Enabling community members to contribute their gifts is the focus of:

A) Community regeneration
B) Social planning and policy
C) Community-based participatory research
D) Empowerment
E) Stages of change

Question 6

The Chinatown immigrant restaurant workers study is an example of a(n):

A) Community-based participatory research
B) Mixed-methods research
C) Culturally and linguistically appropriate research
D) Partnership that led to policy change
E) All of the above

Question 7

Challenges to implementing community engagement projects may include:

A) Discounting of partnerships by some academic cultures
B) Community distrust of research due to histories of unethical or disrespectful projects
C) Research demonstrating that community engagement projects are less effectiveness than traditional research
D) A and B
E) All of the above

Question 8

Allies Against Asthma and the Bronx Health REACH Partnership describe examples of:

A) Conflict-based social action models
B) Coalitions working across multiple ecological levels
C) Unsuccessful community-based participatory research projects
D) University-led interventions incorporating community coalitions
E) Culturally insensitive projects implemented by academic centers

Question 9

The community building approaches places the ____________, rather than the
____________ at the center of practice.

A) Community organizer, researcher
B) Researcher, community
C) Community, community organizer
D) Funder, community
E) Researcher, coalition

Question 10

In Indian Country, _______________ tools have successfully been used to connect communities that are geographically dispersed and isolated.

A) Photography
B) Coalition
C) Ecological model
D) Internet
E) Paper-based

Question 11

Involving communities in all stages of engagement and a long-term commitment are principles of participation and relevance.

Question 12

Community organizing does not focus on social or economic inequities because they are too politically charged.

Question 13

Qualitative techniques are not appropriate for evaluating community-based participatory research.

Question 14

The use of pressure tactics, including confrontation, to help bring about changes resulting from power imbalances is called social advocacy.

Question 15

Community engagement is only effective when communities are defined geographically and not defined by shared characteristics.

Question 16

The Chinatown immigrant restaurant worker study in San Francisco was developed and implemented by the University of California without community collaboration.

Question 17

Standard evaluation approaches, which often focus on distal indicators, are challenging to apply to community engagement contexts.

Question 18

The National Institutes of Health does not recommend community engagement approaches for health interventions because they have not been impactful historically.

Question 19

Due to histories of manipulation and disrespect, some communities may be distrustful of academic research.

Question 20

The Bronx Health REACH partnership is a faith-based initiative that incorporated a capacity-building component with faith-based leaders across multiple organizations.

Question 21

Describe the principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR). Explain how the Chinatown immigrant restaurant workers study incorporated principles of CBPR.

Question 22

What challenges are associated with performing measurement and evaluation of community engagement projects? What type of data collection strategies may be most useful in overcoming these challenges? Support your answer with examples.