Why Is It Difficult to Measure the Effectiveness of Community

question 10

Multiple Choice

Why is it difficult to measure the effectiveness of community interventions?

• A) hard evidence such as frequency of participation in activities do not portray the real impact of the intervention
• B) interventions are diverse and therefore it is very difficult to quantify the results
• C) communities feel defensive when evaluation of interventions occur
• D) there are no objective measurement tools available for community work
• E) subjective data is not acceptable as a measure of effectiveness of community interventions

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