Deck 5: Community Needs Assessment

Question 1

Knowing the primary problem of a community is the first step in determining nutritional needs.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Stakeholders are a narrow set of people concerned with a community program.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A target population is one that has been identified as most at risk for a specific problem.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The government need not contact community leaders to get data.

Question 5

Laboratory assessment includes biochemical assessments.

Question 6

Anthropometric assessments include laboratory data.

Question 7

Focus groups should contain homogenous members.

Question 8

In data collection, the likelihood of bias is minimal.

Question 9

Key informants are interviewed.

Question 10

Socioeconomic indicators should not be a part of a nutrition assessment.

Question 11

Which of the following people/groups could be stakeholders in the needs assessment process?

A) Policymakers
B) Nutrition program providers
C) Consumers
D) The Target population
E) All of the above

Question 12

Which of the following would provide the information to convince a public health commissioner to provide the resources to develop and conduct a needs assessment?

A) A description of the organizational structure that would be involved in the needs assessment.
B) Sharing your goals and objectives of a needs assessment
C) Describing the nutritional problem of concern
D) None of the above

Question 13

One of your needs assessment objectives is to identify barriers to breast-feeding initiation among low-income first time mothers. Which ONE of the following is NOT a good choice for a method of gathering this information?

A) A focus group of new mothers who decided not to breast-feed.
B) A survey of new mothers who decide not to breast-feed.
C) Key informant survey
D) All of these are good choices

Question 14

If you are planning on using a survey to collect data on your target population, what should be your first step (once you've reviewed the assessment objectives of your needs assessment)?

A) Meet with your needs assessment team to start drafting the survey.
B) Start writing question objectives for the data you would like to collect.
C) Start searching for an outside consultant who is an expert on survey development
D) Examine the literature and government web sites for existing surveys on your topic

Question 15

Which ONE of the following is used in focus groups but not key informant interviews?

A) Guiding questions to guide the conversation or for the person so answer.
B) Audio recording the session/interview.
C) A group as the sample on which data are collected.
D) Provide data that can give us a more comprehensive understanding of the problem.

Question 16

Knowing the primary problem of a community is the _____ step in determining nutritional needs.

A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth

Question 17

_________ are a set of people concerned with a community program.

A) A community
B) A committee
C) Stakeholders
D) Board of Directors

Question 18

A _________ population is one that has been identified as most at risk for a specific problem.

A) Large
B) Small
C) Focus group
D) Target

Question 19

The government needs to contact ______________to get data.

A) Community leaders
B) Focus groups
C) The Board of Directors
D) Chief Operations Officer

Question 20

Laboratory assessment includes ___________ data.

A) BMI
B) Biochemical
C) Anthropometric
D) Disease

Question 21

Which of the following sources provides state level surveillance data related to nutrition?

A) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
B) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
C) Healthy People 2020
D) Continuing Survey on Food Intakes by Individuals

Question 22

Which of the following defines the purpose of an organization?

A) Action plan
B) Objectives
C) Vision
D) Mission statement

Question 23

How can the Community Needs Assessment be used to obtain support from the administration?

A) Provides community-level data to support need for nutrition-related initiatives
B) Summarizes steps for implementing nutrition programs
C) Contains detailed budget requirements
D) Both A and B

Question 24

How do individuals become part of the Board of Health?

A) Hired by the agency director
B) Elected by popular vote
C) Appointed by legislators
D) Elected by committee of agency officials

Question 25

Provide an example of a nutrition program that addresses the trend of the aging of the population.

A) Team Nutrition
B) Community Kitchens Program
C) Providing transportation to grocery stores
D) Both B and C

Question 26

Designing meal plans for lactose-intolerant populations addresses which of the following trends in health care?

A) Increasing ethnic and cultural diversity of the population
B) Increased accountability for services
C) Aging of the population
D) Increased importance of information technology

Question 27

Which of the following initiatives shows the administrator that the nutrition division is tracking the effectiveness of programs and services offered?

A) Inviting the media to cover a program or event
B) Implementing an evaluation plan
C) Applying for extramural grant funding to supplement resources for programs
D) Partnering with other divisions within the agency

Question 28

Media relations should be documented for the administrator by:

A) Providing a copy of the press release to the administrator
B) Obtaining an estimate from the media organization of both the size and demographics of the audience
C) Performing a telephone survey to ascertain impact of the information provided
D) All of the above

Question 29

The administrator would likely support efforts to obtain grant funding because:

A) Funding sources will oversee program development
B) External funding provides stability to the nutrition division in the event of budget cuts
C) Grant funding will enable the nutrition division to expand programs and services
D) Both B and C

Question 30

Presenting components of the nutrition plan from the community needs assessment is useful in:

A) Identifying steps to achieve program goals
B) Providing demographic statistics documenting program need
C) Documenting program effectiveness
D) Detailing resources required to achieve stated objectives