PEDS Tobacco Initiative: PRETEST

Community and Culture Pre-test: Hawaii Dyson Initiative

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Please answer each question by marking the answer that best describes how you feel about the statement. 1. I feel confident in my ability to assess how a community can affect child health. Strongly Agree Agree Unsure Disagree Strongly Disagree 2. I feel confident in my ability to assess how culture can affect child health. Strongly Agree Agree Unsure Disagree Strongly Disagree 3. I feel confident in my ability to develop a care plan that incorporates a child’s culture and community. Strongly Agree Agree Unsure Disagree Strongly Disagree Please answer each question by marking the correct answer. Choose only one answer per question. 4. In biology, accommodation occurs when an individual actively interacts with their environment to ensure a goodness-of-fit. This is referred to as “the creation of a niche”. If the person or environment changes… the person is no longer able to function the person no longer interacts with their environment until the niche accommodates change in all parts accommodation atrophies until new environmental resources are obtained the survival of the person and/or environment is dependant upon the niche accommodating change in all other parts 5. In the Biopsychosocial Model… change is important for system renewal social, cultural and economic conditions have a significant effect on health status and illness prevention economic conditions at the macro level dictate health policies families are reliant on others, and passive with health care decision making 6. The micro, mezzo and macro levels… represent all activity sponsored by the government represent interaction of county and state governments represent management strategies of health policy makers represent, or demonstrate complex interactions between systems 7. A community windshield assessment… is used to understand community strength is used to understand community health is used to understand a community's health and strength is used to understand a community's health, strength and resources 8. A community windshield assessment… can help to develop needed community resources can help to develop a care plan that accounts for community resources can help to develop social programs needed for the care plan can help to develop financial resources needed for the care plan 9. In Native Hawaiian culture… emphasis is placed on the unity of the individual to their environment emphasis is placed on understanding formal system networks emphasis is placed on protocol when accessing health services emphasis is placed on the unity of individuals to land rights 10. Lokahi means… all things animate and inanimate are interrelated by a creative force that is the divine power all family, including extended family that may not be biologically related help that focuses on cooperation and reciprocity living in unity and peace with oneself, others, and the environment If you wish to add any comments, please do so here.

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