Deck 6: Communication and Health Promotion in Diverse Societies

Question 1

Effective health communication requires which of the following attributes?

A) Accuracy, avoidance, and timeliness
B) Cultural competence, repetition, and quick assessment
C) Accuracy, consistency, and reliability
D) All of these

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A popular form of Latino mass media.

A) Fotonovelas
B) Promotores
C) Greta
D) Champos

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Health literacy is believed to be absent in this percent of the United States population.

A) Approximately 20%
B) Approximately 30%
C) Approximately 40%
D) More than 50%

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In the Hispanic community, those who promote health in their own community are known as:

A) politicians
B) public health nurses
C) community organizers
D) promotores

Question 5

Promotores are also known as all of the following except:

A) Community health workers
B) Public health nurses
C) Health promotores
D) Outreach workers

Question 6

A psychological model that tries to predict health behaviors by analyzing individual beliefs and attitudes.

A) Planning model
B) Health Belief model
C) PRECEDE-PROCEED model
D) Planning model and PRECEDE-PROCEED model

Question 7

The Health Belief model includes the following areas except:

A) Perceived benefits
B) Technological supports
C) Self-efficacy
D) Cues to action

Question 8

The model developed by the U.S. Public Health Service to explain the lack of public participation in health screening and prevention programs.

A) Planning model
B) Prevention model
C) Health Belief model
D) PRECEDE-PROCEED model

Question 9

The five guiding principles for quality standards of practice for the evaluation profession, (1) systematic inquiry, (2) competence, (3) integrity/honesty, (4) respect for people, and (5) responsibilities for general and public welfare, have been developed by this agency.

A) Multicultural Evaluation Agency
B) National Evaluation Agency
C) American Evaluation Association
D) Diversity Standards Association

Question 10

Cultural ___ occurs when cultural and systemic power differences are ignored.

A) awareness
B) blindness
C) sensitivity
D) incompetence