Question 1

Which of the following statements best describes the definition of community in public health?

Accepted Answer

A)   It may refer to a geographic or administrative unit
B)   It may refer to participatory planning
C)   It may refer to a place or a collective identity
D)   It may refer to neighborhoods or census units C

Question 2

Which of the following is an important component of community-based approaches to health promotion?

Accepted Answer

A)   Social networks
B)   Community participation
C)   Social marketing
D)   Exchange theory B

Question 3

When community members have the power to select the problems they want to address and direct efforts to achieve their goals, the process is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)   Community partnerships
B)   Community intervention
C)   Community organization
D)   Community capital C

Question 4

Putting together a community coalition of partners to implement a program represents what component of community intervention choose best answer)?

Accepted Answer

A)   Asset mapping
B)   Community mobilization
C)   Needs assessment
D)   Maintenance and consolidation

Question 5

Actively involving community members in community assessment and other research activities describes which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Planned approach to community health
B)   Community-based participatory research
C)   Community-based prevention marketing
D)   Community mobilization

Question 6

The protective effect of community social cohesion for CVD mortality has been labeled how?

Accepted Answer

A)   Roseto effect
B)   Social alienation
C)   Community devolution
D)   Community disorganization

Question 7

"A group of people sharing a sense of collective identity, common values, goals, and institutions" defines which of the following entities?

Accepted Answer

A)   Corporation
B)   Organization
C)   Culture
D)   Community

Question 8

The PATCH process is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)   A community-based planning model
B)   A community-based evaluation model
C)   An evidence-based intervention design
D)   A process planning model

Exam 14: Community-Based Approaches to Health Promotion