WEEK 1

Question 1

Social identities are fixed and unchanging, true or false?

Answer 1

FALSE
- they are flexible and changing
- depending on how you perceive the world
- based on your positionality
- based on personal experiences
- changing over time and place
- identities are dynamic

Question 2

What is positionality?

Answer 2

• where one stands in relation to others and their social identities

Question 3

Why is reflectively engaging with your positionality important to the research process?

Answer 3

• allows you to be conscious of how your position and views can influence the research process
• reduce bias
• lessen the power the researcher has over the knowledge they create
• be thoughtful of how positionality influences decision making

Question 4

Distinguish between research and evaluation

Answer 4

• research is the systematic investigation to establish facts and reach new conclusions
• evaluation is the systematic comparison to a standard of acceptability

Question 5

Define and relate concepts of positionality, reflexivity, social identity, and power

Answer 5

• positionality is determined where one stands in relation to the other
• reflexivity is identifying, constructing, critiquing, articulating their positionality
• social identity is people’s self-categorization in relation to their group memberships
• power is reflecting to mitigate power imbued in researcher position for knowledge to be co-constructed

Question 6

What is program design?

Answer 6

• a program is a set of planned and organized activities carried out over time to accomplish specific goals and objectives
• design is the process of creating and developing a program

Question 7

What is a logic model?

Answer 7

• planning with the end in mind
• framework for describing relationships between investments, activities and results
• inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes

Question 8

Settings approach

Answer 8

• seeks to improve the health and quality of life among groups identified by the place they live, go to school, or seek health services

Question 9

Expansionist approach

Answer 9

• starting where the people are vs where the health issue is
• a priori identification of the link between health and the QOL issues