Health Promotion Programs Chapter 1 Test

US HC Expenditure

$9,800/ year

Literature

includes the articles, books, government publications, and other documents that explain the past and current knowledge about a particular topic

Tertiary prevention

measures aimed at rehabilitation following significant disease, illness, or injury

Return on Investment

measures cost of program versus the financial return realized by that program

Primary prevention

measures that forestall the onset of disease, illness, and injury

Secondary prevention

measures that lead to early diagnosis and prompt treatment of a disease, illness, or injury to minimize progression of health problem

Return on investment

measures the cost of a program versus the financial return realized by that program

Resources

money that can be turned into staff, supplies, etc.

NCHS

national center for health statistics

NCCDPHP

national center of chronic disease prevention and health promotion

doers

people who will be willing to roll up their sleeves and do the physical work needed to see that the program is planned and implemented properly

support

policies, values, decision making

Behavior patterns

represent the single most prominent domain of influence over health prospects in the US

Health promotion (Green and Kreuter)

Any planned combination of educational, political, regulatory, or organizational supports for actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of individuals, groups and communities

Health education (green and Kreuter definition)

Any planned combination of learning experiences designed to predispose, enable, and reinforce voluntary behavior conducive to health individuals, groups and communities

DHEC

Department of Health and environmental control

501c3

Non-profit groups which are tax exempt and cannot participate in elections or campaigns.

ODPHP

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Healthy People

U.S. government publication that brought together much of what was known about the relationship of personal health behavior and health status

Program ownership

a feeling by those in the priority population that the program in part belongs to them

pre-planning

a process carried out prior to the formal planning process that allows a core group of people to gather answers to key planning questions

Framework

a shortened name for the "A competency based framework for health education specialists"

health education specialist

an individual who has met, at a minimum, baccalaureate-level required health education academic preparations qualifications, who serves in a variety of settings, and is able to use appropriate educational strategies and methods to facilitate the development of policies, procedures, interventions, and systems conductive to the health of individuals, groups, and communities

Health education

any combination of planned learning experiences using evidence based practices and/or sound theories that provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors

Stakeholders

any person, community, or organization with a vested interest in a program

Health promotion (joint commission definition)

any planned combination of educational, political, environmental, regulatory, or organizational mechanisms that support actions and conditions of living conductive to the health of individuals, groups, or communities

partnering

association of two or more entities working together on a project of common interest

Role Delineation Project

began to define the role of entry-level health educator

Cost Benefit analysis

benefit received from the dollars invested in the program

evidence

body of data that can be used to make decisions when planning a program (can come from need assessments, knowledge about the causes of health problem, research, and evaluations)

Authorship

immediately follows the title when writing a rationale

community

collective body of individuals identified by common characteristics such as geography, interests, experiences, concerns, or values

Healthy people

defines the nations health agenda and guides health policy

institutionalized

embedded in the organization so that it becomes sustained and durable

subjective evidence

evidence that can be verified only by the individual having the experience

Planning committee

group of individuals who are responsible for creating a program and then overseeing its implementation and evaluation

Collective Impact

have skilled and dedicated resources, range of expertise from a number of diverse organizations, organizations are working together to solve some of the worlds problems because one organization is not big enough to do it on their own

Objective evidence

science based evidence

Guide to Community Preventative Services (the community guide)

summarizes the findings from systematic reviews of public health interventions covering a variety of topics

planning parameters

the boundaries in which the planning committee must work when planning, implementing, and evaluating the program

organizational culture

the formal and informal policies of an organization that express the organization's values

The planning committee

the number of people involved depends on resources and circumstances of the particular situation

entry-level health educator

the practice level of a health education specialist with a minimum of a baccalaureate degree with professional preparation in the field of health education

Advanced Level 1 health education specialist

the practice level of a health education specialist with a minimum of a baccalaureate degree with professional preparation in the field of health education plus various combinations of degree and years of experience

Advanced Level 2

the practice level of health education specialist with a minimum of a doctoral degree in the field of health education, irrespective of years of experience

Social math

the practice of translating statistics and other data so they become interesting to the journalist, and meaningful to the audience

epidemiology

the study of the occurrence and distribution of health-related events, states and processes in specific populations, including the study of determinants influencing such processes and the application of this knowledge to control relevant health problems

Health Behavior

those behaviors that impact a person's health

priority population

those for whom the program is intended to serve

decision makers

those who have the authority to approve a plan

influencers

those who with a single phone call, email, or signature on a form will enlist other people to participate or will help provide the resources to facilitate the program

Health Education (joint commission definition)

using evidence-based practices and/or sound theories (or models) that provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors

Evidence-based practice

when program planners systematically find, appraise, and use evidence as the basis for decision making when planning a health promotion program

cost-benefit analysis

yields the dollar benefit received from the dollars invested in the program