Area 1: Assessment of needs and capacity

Which social determinant should the health education specialist consider when analyzing knowledge acquisition among youth participating in a risk reduction intervention?

circumstances

The health problems of a priority population are best identified through:

community assessment

Which would be the best technique to determine whether patients have the skills necessary to prepare a healthy, low calorie, low fat meal? Have the patients

create a meal through a simulation activity.

A health education specialist finds that there are more people requesting a smoking cessation program than can be accommodated. This is an example of which type of need?

expressed

A seminar on high blood pressure for those who already are affected with high blood pressure is being provided as a part of a worksite wellness program. Which scenario facilitates active learning of workshop participants?

have attendees practice taking blood pressure on one another

A health education specialist is planning to conduct a literature review specific to the resiliency of small rural communities affected by a natural disaster to cope and rebuild. Two important search strategies should include _________ and __________ for searches.

identification of key words; selected source/database(s)

A health education specialist is asked to measure actual use of a biking trail in a local community. Which of the following methods is best for measuring the actual use of the trail over a period of a week?

observation

Using an ecological approach, the health education specialist identifies an organizational-level local business to be a member of a preventive mental health coalition. That business was selected because hiring personnel employ military veterans, many of whom suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD). The role that local business plays on the coalition is that of a:

stakeholder

A health education specialist is assessing which valid resource to use to obtain chronic disease-related morbidity and mortality trends in a specific local community. What would be the best resource to use to access that information?

County and State health-related agencies data

A Bullying Prevention community-wide intervention is being planned, with parents, of the priority population, targeted. The planning team is seeking specific information from local parents with children in grades K-12 to understand their opinions on approaches to strengthen school climate through parent teacher associations, volunteering opportunities, and school improvement events. The health education specialist should use what type of data collection method?

Focus Group

A coalition determined there was a lack of collaboration among the numerous agencies, organizations, and individuals who provide health and emergency services in a community. The coalition decided to identify community members' issues and concerns with these services and determine level of usage of the existing agencies. The coalition aims to avoid duplication of services, while designing interventions to address concerns. Which of the following represents the best strategy to obtain data?

process evaluation

When developing an assessment data analysis plan, which task should be considered first?

identifies questions based on purpose of assessment

The health education specialist is reviewing the evidence-informed findings of the Guide to Community Preventive Services. The health education specialist is most likely assessing resources related to:

intervention approaches

A health education specialist needs to determine specific alcohol, tobacco, and drug use prevention needs and immediately prioritize those needs with a few experts from the priority population. Which primary data collection technique would be the best to use in this scenario?

nominal group process

Which of the following represents primary sources that a health education specialist could use for a community needs assessment?

observations, surveys, and interviews

Which type of literature review typically is used to identify current gaps in the literature after comprehensively reviewing the literature on a topic?

systematic review

Which of the following is an example of a method used during a social assessment?

Delphi technique

Findings from an assessment revealed that the priority population's access to available community health care services is lower than another community with comparable demographics. They have identified a/an:

actual need.

A health education specialist is considering using multiple models (e.g., assessment, behavioral change, and planning) during planning of the needs assessment process. Which of the following is the most likely reason for using this strategy? It will:

assist in identifying types of data needed for the assessment and the factors that may impact development of the intervention

Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of factors related to health

behavioral

Conducting a capacity assessment is focused on identifying:

community resources

A health education specialist plans to conduct a food access and food desert assessment to determine how many grocery stores exist in the low-income areas of the community compared to other income level areas. When planning for the collection of secondary data, all of the following tasks should be included except:

create or adapt an existing instrument to collect observational data.

In a priority population, the infant mortality rate and overall death rate for mothers with less than a high school education is almost twice as high as mothers with 13 or more years of education. These rates are an example of health:

disparities

To determine the validity of existing data, the health education specialist:

examines the references for commonly cited sources in multiple publications