Deck 5: Program Planning and Needs Assessment Introduction

Question 1

The cycle of program development includes the following steps:

A) Preplanning, needs assessment, program plan development, implementation, process evaluation, outcome evaluation, sharing of results
B) Needs assessment, evaluation planning, sustainability planning
C) Identify community problems, implement plan, evaluate program, implement sustainability plan
D) Interview stakeholders, assess needs, plan program, implement plan, evaluate program outcomes

Answer 1

Preplanning, needs assessment, program plan development, implementation, process evaluation, outcome evaluation, sharing of results

Question 2

Program planning is an organized, systematic process that includes:

A) Disseminating program outcomes
B) Identifying community problems and issues
C) Implementing a sustainability plan
D) Hiring personnel to carry out the program

Answer 2

Identifying community problems and issues

Question 3

The Quadruple Aim includes all the following except:

A) Eliminate health disparities
B) Improve population health
C) Reduce cost of care
D) Enhance care experience

Answer 3

Eliminate health disparities

Question 4

Program development can fail without investment in:

A) Marketing and recruitment
B) Implementing a sustainability plan
C) Preplanning
D) Disseminating program outcomes

Question 5

One effective strategy for program preplanning is:

A) Needs assessment
B) Stakeholder interviews
C) SWOT Analysis
D) Brainstorming

Question 6

From the beginning of program planning, the occupational therapy practitioner should consider program:

A) Budget
B) Public relations
C) Statistics
D) Sustainability

Question 7

A difference between the present state and some desired future state is known as a(n):

A) Need
B) Problem
C) Intervention
D) Health disparity

Question 8

Key issues and activities that persons in communities face to gain opportunities to fully participate in daily life are:

A) Activities of daily living
B) Political activities of daily living
C) Instrumental activities of daily living
D) Occupational engagement

Question 9

Needs assessment data can be best gathered from:

A) OT evaluation
B) Occupational profile
C) Electronic health records
D) Key informants and community stakeholders

Question 10

A needs assessment is best described as:

A) A gap in or difference in health care
B) An analysis of a health problem or need
C) Program preplanning
D) Program sustainability

Question 11

The first of the three general steps in a needs assessment is:

A) Describing the population
B) Describing the environment
C) Analysis of needs
D) Priorities for intervention programming

Question 12

An important part of the third step of the needs assessment process-an analysis of needs and priorities for intervention programming-requires:

A) A systematic literature review of local and national data on health needs
B) Reflection on the conflicting data gathered from stakeholders and gathering more data if needed
C) Synthesis and analysis of collected data
D) Development of an accurate picture of the health needs of the target population when viewed as part of a larger community with its own health needs

Question 13

Secondary data are also known as:

A) Qualitative data
B) Epidemiological data
C) Archival data
D) Demographic data

Question 14

Community program planning should include data to ensure evidence-based approaches. Statistics used to support community program planning should include:

A) Qualitative data
B) Epidemiological data
C) Focus group results
D) Program evaluation

Question 15

Which is not an example of secondary data?

A) Social indicators
B) Death records
C) Electronic health record data
D) Prospective community survey

Question 16

Community and population health programs should be planned using theory. Theory is defined as:

A) Expert knowledge about a phenomenon of interest
B) An explanation of why a phenomenon occurs the way it does
C) Characteristics that identify them as the focus of health programming or have an unmet health need
D) Systematic identification of a population's needs or the assessment of individuals to determine the proper level of services needed

Question 17

The most appropriate theoretical approach for community and population health is:

A) Social psychology
B) Health behavior theory
C) Theory of innovation
D) No specific theory is best

Question 18

Program development is considered a:

A) Process
B) Intervention
C) Outcome
D) Cost-effective approach

Question 19

One strategy in program development to prioritize community needs is:

A) SWOT Analysis
B) Evaluation planning
C) Community assessment
D) Sustainability planning

Question 20

The World Health Organization identifies five criteria for evaluating quality evidence that can be used in community planning. Identify these five criteria.

A) Primary data; Secondary data; Explicit data trail; Key informant feedback; Comparability of measures over time and within populations
B) Validity of measurement instruments; Reliability of measurement instruments; Comparability of measures over time and within populations; Explicit data trail; Consultation of experts to interpret the data
C) Community stakeholder feedback; Measurements from the Quadruple Aim; Explicit data trail; Secondary data; Reliability of measurement instruments
D) Evidence; Reliability of measurement instruments; Validity of measurement instruments; Key informant; Community needs assessment