Question

1 Explain how social norms may be a factor affecting community health.

4 Explain corporate involvement in community health.

5 List and provide the key responsibility for at least three operating divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services.

6 What is an evidence-based approach to community organizing, and why is it important to take one as a practitioner?

7 Using the Internet, generate a list of 5-10 agencies that might be interested in creating a coalition to deal with community drug problems. Provide a one-sentence rationale for each detailing why it might want to be involved.

8 Describe the differences between formative and summative evaluations. What are impact and outcome evaluations.

Answer 1

1. Social norms are the implicit or explicit rules that a group uses to determine values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours. A social norms intervention seeks to change the clinical behaviour of a target health worker by exposing them to the values, beliefs, attitudes or behaviours of a reference group or person and hence affects community health.

4. The main reason for corporate involvement in community health is due to provision of health care benefits to employees. To increase the health their employees and reduce the money given out for healthcare benefits . They are aware of the importance of keeping the nation's health in line ,vital to keep buisness thriving .

5. Key responsibilities of the department of health and human services are :-

-regulatingfood products and new pharmaceutical drugs (FDA)

-implementing the nation's biggest health care programs (Medicare and Medicaid

-preventing the outbreak and spread of diseases

-funding some of the most important medical research in the world (National Institutes of Health), among other programs

6. Evidence based approach means an approach or interventions based on rationale and evidence . It is important that every healthcare professionals should use evidence based approach so that we can provide a quality efficient care to the patient and reduce errors and mistakes and improve the health outcomes .