Deck 1: Health Education, Health Promotion, Health Education Specialists, and Program Planning

Question 1

Health promotion was recognized for its potential to help control injury and disease and to promote health during the

A) first quarter of the 20^th century.
B) last quarter of the 20^th century.
C) early 1800s.
D) beginning of the 21^st century.

Answer 1

last quarter of the 20^th century.

Question 2

The publication considered to have been the document that gave great momentum to the health promotion and disease prevention movement in America was called

A) Healthy People 2000.
B) Healthy People 2010.
C) Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Healthy People, 1979).
D) Healthy Nation 1970.

Answer 2

Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Healthy People, 1979).

Question 3

Which major area is NOT one of the responsibilities outlined in the Hierarchical Model of Responsibilities and Competencies for Health Education Specialist?

A) Assess Needs, Assets and Capability for Health Education
B) Plan Health Education
C) Conduct Evaluation and Research Related to Health Education
D) Promote Healthy Behaviors Through Lifestyle Changes

Answer 3

Promote Healthy Behaviors Through Lifestyle Changes

Question 4

Those health education specialists who had an active CHES certification since 2005 and showed that they were practicing health education at an advanced level were granted the Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES), this process was known as

A) the Grandfather Law.
B) testing out.
C) the Experience Documentation Opportunity.
D) the only way one can get the Master Certified Health Education Specialist Exam.

Question 5

Both the CHES and MCHES examinations are given twice a year and consist of

A) 150 scored questions and 15 pilot questions on a weighted amount of the seven responsibilities.
B) 100 scored questions on a randomly selected responsibility.
C) 100 essay questions on the seven responsibilities.
D) 150 scored questions and 50 pilot questions on a randomly selected responsibility.

Question 6

Which modifiable risk factor is the leading cause of death in 2000?

A) Lack of physical activity
B) Poor nutrition
C) Tobacco use
D) Alcohol consumption

Question 7

Which is the most recent version of the Competency Based Framework for Health Education Specialists?

A) National Health Educator Job Analysis (HEJA-2010)
B) National Health Educator Joint Association
C) Health Education Specialist Practice Analysis (HESPA-2015)
D) National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)

Question 8

Self-breast examinations would be considered which level of prevention?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Treatment

Question 9

Chemotherapy for cancer treatment is considered which level of prevention?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Priority

Question 10

The three main uses of the Framework includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) provides a guide for colleges and universities to use when designing and revising their curricula.
B) to provide a unified health education program for all health settings.
C) to develop the core criteria for certifying individuals as health education specialists national certification exams.
D) used by program accrediting and approval bodies to review college and university academic programs.

Question 11

Pre-planning is intended toanswer questions related to all of the following EXCEPT

A) the purpose of the program.
B) identifying and engaging partners.
C) the success rate of the evaluation methods.
D) the leadership structure.

Question 12

Assumptions of health promotion include all of the following EXCEPT

A) appropriate prevention strategies can be developed to deal with the identified health problems.
B) behavior can be changed and those changes can influence health.
C) initiating and maintaining a behavior change is difficult.
D) individual responsibility can best be viewed through victim blaming.

Question 13

What are the sequential steps in the Generalized Model of program planning?

A) Assess, Goal Setting, Develop Intervention, Implementation, Evaluation
B) Goal Setting, Assess, Develop Intervention, Implementation, Evaluation
C) Evaluation, Assess, Goal Setting, Develop Intervention, Implementation
D) Develop Intervention, Goal Setting, Assess, Implementation, Evaluation

Question 14

According to your text, many health education specialists' responsibilities are involved in some way with

A) program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
B) program evaluation to create new models.
C) program measurement.
D) program failure rates.

Question 15

It has been recommended that the profession de-emphasize the term health educator and use the term health education specialist in its place.

Question 16

In its simplest terms, health promotion is the process of educating people about health.

Question 17

In order to qualify for the Advanced Level of Practice 2, a Health Education Specialist must have a doctorate and at least 10 years of experience.

Question 18

Decision makers are those who have the authority to approve a plan such as a governing board.

Question 19

Stakeholders are those individuals who have a monetary interest in the program only.

Question 20

The priority population refers to those whom the program is intended to serve.

Question 21

One of the basic assumptions of health promotion is that health status can be changed.

Question 22

Properly trained health education specialists are aware of the limitations of the discipline and understand the assumptions on which health promotion is based.

Question 23

Cardiac rehabilitation is an example of secondary prevention.

Question 24

The results of the National Health Educator Competencies Update Project (CUP) in 1998 found that the seven areas of responsibility for health education specialists were no longer valid.

Question 25

List the seven Areas of Responsibility identified through the Role Delineation Project.

Question 26

Describe how the new CUP model structure differs from the previous model for Areas of Responsibility, Competencies, and Sub-competencies for Health Educators.

Question 27

List five of the nine health assumptions that must be in place before the health promotion process begins.

Question 28

List out the steps in Generalized Model of program planning.

Question 29

List four of the six areas of concern for preplanning and what questions need to be

Question 30

List four work settings where you would likely find health education specialists.