Deck 14: Community Health Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation

Question 1

A community group, including nurses, is concerned about the number of alcohol-related deaths among high school students following graduation parties. How will the group do their program planning?

A) Address each phase of their framework before moving on to the next phase
B) Complete a planning framework after justifying the need for the program
C) Present their plan to funding agencies and then develop their framework
D) Participate in a complex process that helps to build consensus about priorities

Answer 1

Participate in a complex process that helps to build consensus about priorities

Question 2

A group of nurses are using a program logic model to plan a new multicultural liaison program. What would be the most appropriate short-term outcome for the program?

A) Increasing awareness in the community of multicultural resources
B) Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to work with multicultural groups
C) Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to access the liaison program
D) Increasing appropriate use of the health care system for multicultural groups

Answer 2

Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to access the liaison program

Question 3

Why is it important for a nurse to engage with community partners while working on a community family violence prevention program?

A) Reduces program planning and implementation costs
B) Reflects the priorities of the public health department
C) Ensures the success of the program
D) Helps to build community commitment and sustainability

Answer 3

Helps to build community commitment and sustainability

Question 4

A nurse is using qualitative research strategies as part of the planning process. What question will be answered using this research approach?

A) Who
B) Why
C) When
D) How much less likely

Question 5

A nurse is involved in planning a health promotion program in a community. What occurs after the program is designed and implemented?

A) Conducting a situational analysis
B) Monitoring the program
C) Identifying the issues of concern
D) Selecting the best alternatives

Question 6

What type of reporting format is used to assemble quantitative data findings from research studies with a common objective?

A) Questionnaires
B) Surveys
C) Systematic reviews
D) Epidemiological studies

Question 7

David is planning, monitoring, and evaluating a community program on farm safety. He uses a tool to depict the timing and sequence of activities to ensure success of the program. What tool is David using?

A) Program evaluation tool kit
B) Gantt chart
C) Program logic model
D) SWOT

Question 8

A nurse uses a SWOT analysis as part of the planning process. What information will this provide the nurse?

A) Sources of information
B) Timetable
C) Opportunities
D) Working plan

Question 9

A nurse is using the program logic model to develop a program to reduce Suicide prevention in youth. What is an example of an activity in the CAT (Component, Activity, Target) stage? Select all that apply.

A) Crisis intervention
B) Peer support
C) Risk assessment
D) Reducing suicide rates

Question 10

What will ensure that program monitoring and evaluation are more likely to be successful?

A) Uses a predetermined approach that focuses on a final report
B) Is designed to be participatory from the beginning
C) Utilizes conventional approaches
D) Has external measures of success using quantitative processes

Question 11

Helga, a nurse manager, is involved in developing long-term strategic plans for her organization. What tool is she likely to be using?

A) Key informant interviews
B) SWOT analysis
C) Community assessment
D) Program logic model

Question 12

What is an ongoing dynamic process that supports further refinement of program activities and helps to identify gaps or flaws in the original program design?

A) Evaluation
B) Planning
C) Assessment
D) Implementation

Question 13

A nurse is planning a wellness centre and wants to ensure that her planning process is transparent. What does the nurse need to do?

A) Ensure that all voices are heard in the process and reflected in the final outcomes
B) Make sure identified needs and wants are operationalized into the proposed interventions
C) Ensure that the process for selecting priorities is made apparent to those not directly involved in the process
D) See that all suggestions and inputs are incorporated into the planning process

Question 14

A community group is using the program logic model to plan a new community wide system of bike and walking trails. What is true about the program logic model?

A) Shows how to document different facets of a program after evaluation
B) Provides a diagram of what the program is supposed to do, with whom, and why
C) Helpful when started from the top as it does not require specific target groups
D) Yields a diagram that provides rigid guidelines on the expected impacts of the program

Question 15

A nurse is evaluating a bike safety program for school-age children. What would be an example of a spin-off?

A) Parents wearing helmets when biking
B) More children wearing helmets when biking
C) Reduction in head injuries in school-age children
D) Change in attitudes of children regarding use of helmets

Question 16

What is included in the multiple intervention program framework?

A) Implement strategies suggested in the literature
B) Describe ecological determinants of the problem
C) Select the most economical strategy
D) Interventions targeted at multiple layers

Question 17

Which comment is true about program planning?

A) The process is linear
B) Steps can be repeated
C) The first step is to identify a problem
D) Evaluation is the final step

Question 18

The Public Health Agency of Canada Toolkit Decision-Oriented Model for Program Evaluation has 5 steps. The fifth step involves making decisions and include which of the following?

A) List stakeholders and draft questions
B) interpretation of results, develop action plan, report
C) draft data collection plan and check feasibility
D) Pre-test and data analysis

Question 19

Callie is a new nurse who wants to analyze quantitative data about her community. What will be her first step?

A) Conduct a focus group
B) Develop a survey
C) Examine existing health status reports
D) Estimate program cost

Question 20

A nurse is identifying priority interventions as part of community planning. What is a subjective criterion the nurse might use?

A) Size of the problem
B) Cost of the program
C) Consequences of the problem
D) Political will to address the problem

Question 21

Outline the five main elements of the Multiple Intervention Program (MIP) framework

Question 22

A community group, including nurses, is concerned about the number of alcohol-related deaths among high school students following graduation parties. How might the nurse package the qualitative data?

A) Matrices
B) Meta-analysis
C) Gantt chart
D) Integrative review

Question 23

A community group, including nurses, is concerned about the number of alcohol-related deaths among high school students following graduation parties. The group evaluates the program. What would be an example of sustainability of the program?

A) Students demonstrating knowledge about the effects of alcohol
B) Continuing funding for education
C) Promotion of a dry graduation by the student council
D) Decrease in alcohol-related deaths

Question 24

Define reach, dose, and intensity as they relate to interventions being considered within program planning. Provide a community health nursing practice example for each.

Question 25

A community group, including nurses, is concerned about the number of alcohol-related deaths among high school students following graduation parties. The group is selecting the priorities for the program. What will guide the group in this process?

A) Obtaining agreement from managers on the process to ensure their support
B) Ensuring the priorities address all the identified needs
C) Holding a community meeting to set priorities
D) Communicating a list of priorities to the community

Question 26

A community group, including nurses, is concerned about the number of alcohol-related deaths among high school students following graduation parties. The community group uses the program logic model. What is an appropriate long-term outcome of the program?

A) Using a designated driver
B) Decrease in drinking in high school students
C) Awareness of the relationship between alcohol and death
D) Decrease in deaths

Question 27

A nurse is planning a needle exchange program for homeless youth in an urban inner city. Describe five aspects of a program logic model. Provide two examples for each aspect related to the above program description.

Question 28

A community group, including nurses, is concerned about the number of alcohol-related deaths among high school students following graduation parties. A nurse is reviewing the qualitative data as part of the assessment of the problem. What will the nurse include in this review?

A) Interviews with senior students
B) Systemic reviews
C) School survey
D) Police reports

Question 29

Describe why the Multiple Intervention Program (MIP) framework was developed initially in the late 1980s.

Question 30

Describe why the Multiple Intervention Program (MIP) framework was updated in the late 1990s.