Table 3.
Baseline to follow-up question score changes (N = 44).
| Score decreased n (%) | Score remained the same n (%) | Score increased n (%) | % CRFT fellows answered essentially correct |
McNemar’s test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Follow-up | S statistic | p-Value | ||||
| 1. What is informed consent? | 7 (15.9) | 17 (38.6) | 20 (45.5) | 31.8 | 61.4 | 7.35 | 0.012* |
| 2. What is the Belmont report? | 2 (4.6) | 14 (31.8) | 28 (63.6) | 9.1 | 47.7 | 17.00 | <0.001* |
| 3. What is Tuskegee experiment? | 4 (9.1) | 26 (59.1) | 14 (31.8) | 50.0 | 72.7 | 6.25 | 0.021* |
| 4. Define health literacy | 5 (11.4) | 21 (47.7) | 18 (40.9) | 29.6 | 59.1 | 9.94 | 0.002* |
| 5. Define evidence-based public health | 2 (4.5) | 21 (47.7) | 21 (47.7) | 27.3 | 56.8 | 13.00 | <0.001* |
| 6. Define cultural competency | 3 (6.8) | 20 (45.5) | 21 (47.7) | 31.8 | 70.5 | 15.21 | <0.001* |
| 7. What role does the Institutional Review Board play in research? | 3 (6.8) | 17 (38.6) | 24 (54.6) | 36.4 | 77.3 | 14.73 | <0.001* |
| 8. What is HIPAA? | 7 (15.9) | 14 (31.8) | 23 (52.3) | 29.6 | 70.5 | 13.50 | <0.001* |
| 9. Explain the difference between quantitative and qualitative research methods | 2 (4.6) | 16 (36.4) | 26 (59.1) | 27.3 | 63.6 | 12.80 | <0.001* |
| 10. What is the difference between primary and secondary data? | 1 (2.3) | 17 (38.6) | 26 (59.1) | 20.5 | 54.6 | 13.24 | <0.001* |
| 11. Explain the difference between community-based participatory research and traditional research | 5 (11.4) | 14 (31.8) | 25 (56.8) | 27.3 | 65.9 | 12.57 | 0.001* |
| 12. What is epidemiology? | 6 (13.6) | 16 (36.4) | 22 (50.0) | 20.5 | 56.8 | 11.64 | 0.001* |
| 13. What is a bio-repository or biobank? | 2 (4.6) | 6 (13.6) | 36 (81.8) | 6.9 | 79.5 | 30.12 | <0.001* |
| 14. What is a clinical trial? | 4 (9.1) | 18 (40.9) | 22 (50.0) | 13.6 | 43.2 | 11.27 | 0.001* |
| 15. What is the mixed method approach? | 1 (2.3) | 19 (43.2) | 24 (54.6) | 20.5 | 68.2 | 21.00 | <0.001* |
| 16. Define the term ethnography | 2 (4.6) | 31 (70.5) | 11 (25.0) | 6.8 | 27.3 | 9.00 | 0.004* |
| 17. What is the purpose of focus groups? | 5 (11.4) | 19 (43.2) | 20 (45.5) | 29.6 | 63.6 | 13.24 | <0.001* |
| 18. What is the overarching goal of healthy people 2020? | 3 (6.8) | 16 (36.4) | 25 (56.8) | 22.7 | 72.7 | 18.62 | <0.001* |
| 19. What type of information should you expect to get from a community health assessment? | 7 (15.9) | 23 (52.3) | 14 (31.8) | 27.3 | 47.7 | 6.23 | 0.023* |
| 20. Describe the health promotion planning model that you believe is best to prevent and reduce substance abuse in an African-American community | 8 (18.2) | 24 (54.6) | 12 (27.3) | 11.4 | 22.7 | 2.27 | 0.227 |
| 21. What are the social determinants of health? | 11 (25.0) | 16 (36.4) | 17 (38.6) | 27.3 | 40.9 | 2.25 | 0.210 |
| 22. List three social determinants of health | 11 (25.0) | 19 (43.2) | 14 (31.8) | 54.6 | 61.4 | 0.47 | 0.648 |
| 23. What is research? | 10 (22.7) | 15 (34.1) | 19 (43.2) | 31.8 | 61.4 | 7.35 | 0.012* |
| 24. Define racial health disparities? | 4 (9.1) | 17 (38.6) | 23 (52.3) | 25.0 | 72.7 | 21.00 | <0.001* |
| 25. What are the components of a SMART goal? | 5 (11.4) | 21 (47.7) | 18 (40.9) | 13.6 | 40.9 | 10.29 | 0.002* |
| 26. What is an odds ratio? | 5 (11.4) | 25 (56.8) | 14 (31.8) | 2.3 | 27.3 | 9.31 | 0.003* |
| 27. What is a p-value? | 3 (6.8) | 26 (59.1) | 15 (34.1) | 4.6 | 31.8 | 10.29 | 0.002* |
| 28. List an effective method to advocate for a specific health issue in your community | 9 (20.5) | 20 (45.5) | 15 (34.1) | 43.2 | 56.8 | 2.00 | 0.238 |
| 29. Name two of the most common used data sets for health policy research | 6 (13.6) | 33 (75.0) | 5 (11.4) | 11.4 | 13.6 | 0.14 | 1.0000 |
*p < 0.05.