Which of the following is the most important component of the Planning Approach to Community Health (PATCH) model?
a. Ensuring that careful records of the decisions made were kept
b. Community participation throughout the process
c. Intensive planning by all professionals involved
d. Selection of professional outcome measures
ANS: B
An essential element of the PATCH model is community participation. The idea is that health promotion is a process that enables the population to have more control of its own health. Selection of professional outcome measures, intensive planning by all professionals, and ensuring that careful records of the decisions that were made are kept are not a part of the PATCH model.
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