Personal Health and Finance Quiz: A Tool for Outreach, Research, and Evaluation

• Main Authors: Barbara O'Neill, Karen Ensle
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mississippi State University 2015-02-01
• Series: Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
• Online Access: http://media.wix.com/ugd/c8fe6e_25e2da24fc874dc58b88bd525acbb340.pdf

Rutgers Cooperative Extension developed an online self-assessment tool called the Personal Health and Finance Quiz available at http://njaes.rutgers.edu/money/health-finance-quiz/. Believed to be among the first public surveys to simultaneously query users about their health and personal finance practices, the quiz is part of Small Steps to Health and Wealth™ (SSHW), a Cooperative Extension program developed to motivate Americans to take action to improve both their health and personal finances (see http://njaes.rutgers.edu/sshw/). Respondents indicate one of four frequencies for performance of 20 daily activities and receive a Health, Finance, and Total score indicating their frequency of performing activities that health and financial experts recommend. In addition to providing users with personalized feedback, the quiz collects data for research about the health and financial practices of Americans to inform future Extension outreach and can be used as a pre-/post-test to evaluate the impact of SSHW programs. Initial research analyses are planned for 2015.