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According to the Disability Terminology Chart, ____________________________ is an Appropriate term when considering people with disabilities. 

SCENARIO 1: SECONDARY SCHOOL SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMThe Secondary School Sexual and Reproductive Health Program was established by a team of teachers and community members when they realized that learners attending schools in the area were dropping out of school due to mostly, pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Infections and related problems such as boys being taken to jail for beating up girlfriends and girls being referred to hospitals for treating infections after abortions.The team raised funds from nearby small businesses and sold vegetables and fruits. After the first year of operation, big businesses, non-governmental organizations and government began to contribute SRH education materials, refreshments, sanitary towels, roll-ons and contributed funding. Although the intention of the program was to develop SRH education material, run campaigns to raise awareness of the scourge of SRH problems and promote prevention of pregnancy, contraction of STIs and prevent Gender-Based-Violence and Substance abuse, they added to their objectives and activities, provision of sanitary towels and roll-ons to learners who could not afford them.School teachers, nurses and community members who were willing to implement the program for a stipend were asked to join and implement the planned activities of the program. Others were based in the offices where they monitored the program using scorecards, collecting data to measure progress and how the program was being implemented. They produced program documents, statistics, updates and educational materials.By the end of the second year of the project, abortions were reduced by 30%, teenage pregnancy by 51%, gender-based violence and substance use were less by 52%. However, there was no change in sexually transmitted infections. This had been established by a process evaluation that was commissioned by stakeholders.

You are part of the evaluation team – explain how you would apply the following ethical principles when collecting data for the evaluation of the Boys’ Shelter program (SCENARIO 2) Confidentiality Informed Consent Respect for people Common good and equity Competence

State if the following statements is True or FalseMonitoring of a program is a quantitative activity 

Use SCENARIO 2 above to create an evaluation plan and briefly discuss it under the following headings. Program Description Evaluation Objectives Evaluation Questions Evaluation Methods Communication Plan of Key Results

Arrange the following steps for conducting an evaluation in numerical order, starting with 1 for the first step and ending with 6 for the last step.-Develop an evaluation plan -Define program goals and objectives -Identify evaluation questions -Collect data and determine evidence quality -Connect evidence (measures) to each activity in the logic model -Build out the program logic model

Evaluation is the process of systematically assessing the effectiveness, efficiency, and relevance of a program, project, or initiative. Discuss why you would use_____ a.    an internal evaluation b.   an external evaluation

Which of the following evaluation types is formative and which are summative? Please indicate your answer by writing “formative” or “summative” next to each type

The following statements are correct. In one sentence, defend them by explaining why they are correct. Context is an important component of a logic model Assumptions are beliefs from past experience which influence how we think the program will work

Transfer of a cancerous lesion from one area to another is known as: