Chapter 8 Planning for Community Change

You are reviewing the objectives that have been set for the development of a community health program. Using your knowledge of health planning being based on the findings of community health assessments and health surveillance data, what is an example of

A) Decision at the state level to address a health problem

You are in charge of a local community program using a logic model as a planning and communication tool. Using your knowledge of the logic model, what are key things to remember when using this model?
1. Visual representation of how a program is organized

1. Visual representation of how a program is organized
2. Activities being identified
3. Identification of needed resources
5. Review of how the program goals will be achieved

You are reviewing common themes of current national and international health plans, which include providing health promotion and disease prevention at the population level, addressing social determinants of health, and achieving health equity. Using your

1. Social justice
2. Health equity

You know that through policy change or other methods healthy choices must become the default as an effective strategy for improving the health of a community. What contexts have to change in order to implement these healthy choices as the default?
A) Phys

D) Environmental and social

You are preparing a report on obesity using the web of causation model. Using your knowledge that the technique of mapping the web of causation can help the community health or public health nurse identify multiple determinants of a community health probl

D) Amount of physical activity and types and amounts of food eaten

You are preparing community program objectives that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. Using your knowledge of objectives, program objectives are written in the SMART format to help in planning interventions and establishing m

C) Blood pressure for children aged 12 to 18 in Marks School will be reduced by 5% after petting the dog for 1 day in March 2011.

You have identified that there needs to be a change in procedure for handling the diabetes mellitus community health visits for foot care issues. Using your knowledge of the change process, what steps have to be visualized?
1. Unfreezing the status quo
2.

1. Unfreezing the status quo
2. Changing or moving to a new state
4. Refreezing to sustain the change or changes made

The community health nurse is applying a force field analysis as a technique for managing change at the community level. Using your knowledge of force field analysis, what is one example of this type of analysis?
A) Unfreezing the status quo
B) Changing o

C) Selectively reinforcing the forces driving the change

You are researching whether the community would benefit from monthly blood pressure clinics. Multilevel interventions are needed to achieve change in complex community health conditions that have multiple determinants. Using your knowledge of the change p

D) All steps of the process

You are using the four Ps of marketing in planning for the implementation of a community health program. Using your knowledge of social marketing, what is the product?
A) Represents the desired behavior you are asking the community to do, and the associat

A) Represents the desired behavior you are asking the community to do, and the associated benefits, tangible objects, and services that support the behavior change

You are using the four Ps of marketing in planning for the implementation of a community health program. Using your knowledge of social marketing, what P is represented by financial, emotional, psychological, and time-related cost or barriers the communit

B) Price

You have been reading an article that nurses can play an important role in their professional and personal lives as advocates and champions for health improvement, social justice, and health equity. Using your knowledge about the role of the community hea

1. Local
2. Regional
3. National
4. Global

Using your knowledge that community nursing centers are organized and managed by nurses in partnership with the communities they serve to provide community health services, what level of care do these centers provide to vulnerable and underserved populati

A) Primary

You are reviewing the sources of funding for the local community health intervention program on smoking cessation. Using your knowledge of funding, what is occurring when conditions have been established for the health improvement program to continue afte

A) Sustainability

You are creating a project timeline for implementation of a community health program on increasing exercise for obese teenagers. Using your knowledge of project timelines, what is a Gantt chart?
A) Visualize the sequence of evaluations that have to be com

B) Visualize the sequence of implementation steps needed to achieve program objectives by the target date for completion

You are reviewing the job descriptions of the community health workers who work with community health nurses and other members of the program team. Using your knowledge of job descriptions, what are other common names of the community health workers that

1. Lay health advisors
2. Outreach workers
3. Peer educators
4. Patient navigators

You are reviewing the logic model and formal evaluation plan of a grant proposal on a community rabies program. Using your knowledge about grant proposals, what is involved in the accountability of a grant?
A) Regular communication about funds that were n

B) Details of program activities

You are reviewing how successful a program on exercise with obese patients was in another community. Using your knowledge of community health planning, what is program replication?
A) Ability to replicate a successful program in the same community a secon

B) Ability to reproduce a successful program within a different community

You are reviewing letters of support of the animal-assisted therapy program with home hospice patients. Using your knowledge about key points of a letter of support, what should be included?
1. Name of the program and the funding source
2. Goals or purpos

1. Name of the program and the funding source
2. Goals or purpose of the program
3. Target population to be served
5. Expected outcomes and results

You are preparing a proposal for funding of a community health intervention program on healthy eating habits. Using your knowledge of funding, what are things to consider about private foundations funding?
1. Involves a formal competitive request for prop

2. Identify foundation program interests
3. Range of grant amounts