Title: Default for HEACM2
Course: Health Education, Advocacy and Community Mobilisation Part 2 - Ethiopia (Full)

Q: Derartu has conducted a health needs assessment to develop her health education activity plan. She has assessed the following needs. Which category of need would you put each of these into?
- Lack of knowledge about the benefits of latrine use. | Educational
- Lack of skill in using insecticide-treated bed nets. | Educational
- Having a negative attitude towards condom use. | Educational
- Condoms are not available in the village. | Resources
- Belief that malaria is caused by drinking dirty water. | Educational
Also offered: Resources

Q: Which of these learning objectives is correctly written?
- At the end of the learning session, participants should understand what malaria is. (Not quite right. It is incorrect because it does not show all the elements of the objective. For example, there is no extent of achievement. The word ‘understand’ is not used to write objectives, as it is difficult to pin down.)
- At the end of the learning session, participants will be able to identify three methods of malaria prevention. (Try again. It is incorrect because it lacks the extent of achievement.)
- At the end of the learning session, 80% of the participants will be able to identify prevention methods against malaria. (Not quite right. It is incorrect because the number of prevention methods the participants are supposed to identify is not specified.)
- At the end of the learning session, 80% of the participants will be able to identify three methods of malaria prevention. (Correct! Because it includes all the elements of an objective.)
A: At the end of the learning session, 80% of the participants will be able to identify three methods of malaria prevention.

Q: In the list below, select the statement that best describes part of what advocacy is.
- Advocacy is being a friend or counsellor.
- Advocacy is persuading other people to agree with your views.
- Advocacy is deciding what is in another person’s best interests.
- Advocacy is about influencing others to gain support for health measures, or to influence or change legislation that affects those health issues. (Correct!)
- Advocacy is an alternative complaints procedure.
- Advocacy is about providing social and financial support.
A: Advocacy is about influencing others to gain support for health measures, or to influence or change legislation that affects those health issues.

Q: Planning should be rigid.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false because planning is not rigid. You can adjust or modify your plan at any time.)
A: False

Q: Planning will create duplication of effort and activities.
- True (Correct! It is false, planning helps you avoid duplication of activities.)
- False
A: False

Q: Planning should be based on the local situation.
- True (Correct! It is true because the local situation is the foundation for all planning. A plan which is not based on local facts cannot be a good plan.)
- False
A: True

Q: It is not important to consider the interests of local people when planning health education activities.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false because engagement with the local community in health education activity is one of the core principles of planning. The interest and the needs of the community should be kept at the centre of planning.)
A: False

Q: We should not worry about the availability of resources when we plan our health education activities.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false because a plan cannot be executed without sufficient resources. Resources are one of the important things that you should consider while planning health education activities.)
A: False

Q: Which of the following is an element of an objective?
- What to achieve
- When to achieve
- Where to achieve
- Extent of achievement
- Who is the target group?
- All of the above (Correct! they are all elements of an objective)
A: All of the above

Q: What type of objective are each of the following?
- To reduce infant mortality by 10% by the end of 2015 in community ‘Y’. | health objective
- To increase the number of couples who use condoms from 30% to 50% by the end of 2014. | behavioural objective
- To increase the number of people who seek treatment for malaria within 24 hours by 20% by the end of 2014. | behavioural objective
- 90% of households should be able to identify three types of HIV transmission by the end of 2012. | learning objective
- By the end of this year, 200 condoms will have been distributed for youths in this kebele. | resource objective
Also offered: resource objective

Q: Training is required only for newly organised community groups.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false because it is not only newly organised groups that need training. Depending on the need for training, training should also be given to existing groups.)
A: False

Q: Training is required only for existing community groups.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false because newly organised groups also need training)
A: False

Q: Training is required both for existing and newly organised community groups.
- True (Correct! It is true because, based on the existing training gaps, both groups are eligible to receive training to improve their skills and knowledge.)
- False
A: True

Q: Training aims to empower the community.
- True (Correct! It is true. The aim of training is to improve the community’s skills, knowledge and capacity. In doing so, the community will be empowered to solve their own health issues, using their own resources.)
- False
A: True

Q: Training aims to build the community capacity.
- True (Correct! It is true. The aim of training is to improve the community’s skills, knowledge and capacity. In doing so, the community will be empowered to solve their own health issues, using their own resources.)
- False
A: True

Q: Training aims to improve the skills and knowledge of individuals who are involved in health education activities.
- True (Correct! It is true. The aim of training is to improve the community’s skills, knowledge and capacity. In doing so, the community will be empowered to solve their own health issues, using their own resources.)
- False
A: True