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CE TEST QUESTIONS
PURPOSE: To discuss the practical issues in recruitment and retention of Asian Americans using a study employing three strategies of Web-based physical activity promotion interventions: a Web-based intervention, a Web-based intervention with the use of an activity tracker, and a Web-based intervention with an activity tracker plus office visits.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES: After completing this continuing education activity, you should be able to:
1. Recall the background information helpful for understanding the practical issues in recruitment and retention of Asian Americans for physical activity promotion.
2. Outline the methodology for and characteristics of the participants in the study of Web-based physical activity promotion interventions for Asian Americans.
3. Summarize the results of the study and their implications for practice.
1. Which of the following groups of midlife women is least likely to participate in physical activity?
a. Asian Americans
b. white Americans
c. Asians living in their country of origin
2. The activity tracker used in the study measures motion patterns in how many different planes?
a. two
b. three
c. four
3. The model of activity tracker used in the study
a. stores up to 14 days of steps.
b. records daily maximum heart rates.
c. automatically resets to 0 at midnight.
4. Inclusion criteria for participants in the study included
a. Asian Americans aged 18 to 64 years.
b. literate in English, Mandarin Chinese, or Korean.
c. having parents or grandparents of Asian descent.
5. The recruitment of group 3 was the most difficult because all the participants in this group
a. lacked the motivation for continued activity tracker use.
b. expressed disparities in attitudes about research participation.
c. did not like multiple office visits because of the time commitment.
6. Im and Choe reported that Korean American midlife women defined which of the following as the only physical inactivity?
a. death
b. breathing
c. meditation
7. A pastor of an Asian church advised the researchers to change the strategy of contacting community consultants/leaders to
a. making actual visits to the community sites.
b. sending emails in both English and Chinese or Korean.
c. making phone calls in English or subethnic languages.
8. Across all three groups in the study, the recruitment of Chinese Americans, compared with that of Korean Americans,
a. was considerably more difficult.
b. had about the same level of difficulty.
c. was much easier.
9. How do Chinese Americans rank as a group of Asian Americans?
a. the largest
b. the third largest
c. the fifth largest
10. How do Korean Americans rank as a group of Asian Americans?
a. the largest
b. the third largest
c. the fifth largest
11. Compared with Chinese Americans across the three groups, the authors commented that Korean Americans
a. showed an overall lack of competence in using Web-based tools.
b. found the monetary amount of participants' reimbursement inadequate.
c. required contacting over 50 communities for recruiting one Korean participant.
12. The authors found that recruiting and retaining the participants were especially difficult during the
a. daytime hours.
b. summer months.
c. Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
13. The authors found the highest recruitment and retention among participants in which group?
a. 1 (Web-based intervention only)
b. 2 (Web-based intervention plus activity tracker)
c. 3 (Web-based intervention plus activity tracker plus office visits)
14. One barrier for participants in groups 2 and 3 getting started with the intervention was that
a. the instructions for the activity tracker were available from the manufacturer in English only.
b. the study team provided no assistance in creating account IDs and passwords.
c. the participants had to install the program on their smart phones.
15. Another barrier for many Chinese American women who participated in the study was that the activity tracker did not support data collection on
a. running.
b. swimming.
c. stair climbing.
16. For continuous measurements of physical activity, the participants needed to charge their activity trackers
a. daily.
b. every other day.
c. every 3 to 4 days.
17. Contrary to the researchers' expectations, the office visits required of group 3 participants resulted in
a. avoidance of email reminders and abandonment of the study.
b. trust building through multiple face-to-face interactions.
c. clearer coaching and support from interventionists.
18. One of the authors' conclusions is that
a. culturally matched research team members are essential.
b. cooperation with lengthy intervention programs is unlikely.
c. data collection and analysis need significant improvement overall.