Question 1

What is meant by organizational capacity? What aspects of organizational capacity are particularly important for successful program implementation?

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Question 2

To be effective in the long term,a prevention/promotion intervention must become a routine part of the host setting.In other words,the intervention must be:

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Institutionalization means the integration of the intervention into the host setting's policies, procedures, and daily practices, ensuring sustainability and routine implementation. This is necessary for the intervention's long-term effectiveness.

Question 3

Iatrogenic effects are:

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Iatrogenic effects refer to unintended, harmful consequences of an intervention, which goes against the intended purpose of the intervention. The other options (B, C, D) do not accurately describe iatrogenic effects.

Question 4

Describe some of the issues that you must pay attention to when implementing prevention programs if you want to ensure they are successful.

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Question 5

Evidence-based programs:

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Evidence-based programs are often required by funding sources, as they want to ensure that their investment is being used effectively. However, this does not mean that evidence-based programs cannot be implemented in real communities or that they are too expensive or difficult to evaluate. In fact, many evidence-based programs have been successfully adapted to fit different community settings and have been shown to be cost-effective. While behavioral health specialists may have a role in implementing these programs, they are not the only ones who can do so.

Question 6

Innovation-specific capacity and general capacity differ in that:

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Innovation-specific capacity refers to the specific skills and resources needed to implement a particular program or innovation, while general capacity refers to the overall level of functioning and characteristics necessary to implement any program. It is not limited to employee morale, nor does it solely refer to financial resources. Additionally, both innovation-specific capacity and general capacity can apply to organizations and communities.

Question 7

Explain and give an example of the concept of institutionalizing a prevention/promotion innovation in a setting.

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Question 8

In Chapter 10,the Social Decision-Making/Social Problem-Solving program was developed and implemented widely by:

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The Social Decision-Making/Social Problem-Solving program was developed and implemented widely by both fostering communication of ideas among schools and teachers using the program (choice 'b') and allowing teachers to integrate program elements with their own teaching and classroom (choice 'c'). By combining these two approaches, the program was able to be adapted and implemented in a variety of settings while still maintaining the essential elements of the program.

Question 9

How can action research and program implementation complement each other in refining an innovative program? Give examples to support your points.

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Question 10

The CASEL evaluation of SEL programs examined whether high-quality,school-based prevention programs sustained their level of quality over five years.Programs that did continue to provide high-quality services had three characteristics.Which characteristic below is one of those three?

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Making the program a routine part of school life is one of the characteristics that help sustain high-quality services in school-based prevention programs over time.

Question 11

Describe five important principles you learned from Chapter 10 to improve real-life implementation of prevention/promotion innovations.Give an example of each.

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Question 12

The Scared Straight Program was designed to deter juvenile defenders from a life of crime by exposing them to the realities of being incarcerated in prison.Initial evaluations of the program reported that between 80% and 90% of program participants did not commit additional offenses.Later evaluations found:

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Later evaluations of the Scared Straight Program found significant methodological flaws in the initial evaluations, such as the lack of a control group and random assignment. Additionally, these evaluations discovered that participants in the program were more likely to reoffend compared to those who did not participate, and the program may have inadvertently reinforced criminal attitudes and behaviors among the participants.

Question 13

Any prevention/promotion innovation has certain elements that are central to its effectiveness and must be included in any implementation,and other elements that can be modified to fit the context of a new setting.These are termed:

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The terms "core and adaptive components" best describe the concept presented in the question, as they refer to the essential elements of an innovation that must be present for it to be effective, and the flexible elements that can be adapted to fit different contexts or settings.

Question 14

Explain why community psychologists should be concerned with how well prevention/promotion programs are implemented in many settings,rather than with just studying their effects in ideal settings with many resources.Give examples to support your point.

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Question 15

When researchers first began thinking seriously about program dissemination (way back in the 1970s!)they started with the "cookbook" approach.What is this approach,what are its weaknesses and what has replaced it?

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Question 16

It is important to distinguish between core and adaptive components because:

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It is important to distinguish between core and adaptive components because adaptive components can be modified to fit the specifics of the setting, while core components must be implemented with fidelity in order to ensure the effectiveness of the program. Therefore, both option "b" and "c" are correct, which makes option D the best choice.

Question 17

The CASEL Model Site evaluation of SEL programs examined their level of quality over five years.Programs that did continue to provide high-quality services had three characteristics.Which characteristic below is one of those three?

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Programs that continued to provide high-quality services over five years had a combination of training and skill development among teachers as well as support from school administration and parents. Extensive funding for the program was not listed as one of the three characteristics. Therefore, the best choice is option D, which includes both training and support.

Quiz 10: Prevention and Promotion: Implementing Programs