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When choosing a policy or issue to advocate on with a legislator, which criteria should be considered first? a. How receptive the community or target population is to the proposed policy or advocacy effort b. If there have been any peer-reviewed articles published on this issue or policy c. If advocating on the policy or issue would violate the Code of Ethics for Health Education d. If there is potential funding for the proposed policy

a. How receptive the community or target population is to the proposed policy or advocacy effort

Data storage is an example of which type of technology need? a. Infrastructure b. Program delivery c. Collaboration technology d. knowledge

a. Infrastructure

A health education specialist is developing a new Web site as part of an intervention for people with visual disabilities. Which law should the health education specialist review and consider when developing the Web site? a. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act b. Plain Language Act c. Title IX Act d. Affordable Care Act

a. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act

Which section of an original research paper presents evidence tested against the stated hypotheses or research questions and presents the statistical findings? a. Methodology b. Results c. Discussion d. Conclusion

b. Results

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 are examples of: a. health equity b. health determinants c. health capacity d. health disparities

d. health disparities

When developing advocacy plans, which questions would be considered last? a. What tactics should be used to influence people? b. What are the goals of the advocacy effort? c. Who are our allies and opponents? d. What organizational issues might facilitate the effort?

a. What tactics should be used to influence people?

A local health department has decided to adopt an evidence-based program for obesity prevention with educational materials that are not completely compatible with the community it serves. In the process of adapting the materials to make them more suitable for the population, the health education specialist should be cautious not to: a. change the core elements that make the program effective b. modify materials to fit the population's culture, age, and context c. substitute statistics for other racial or ethnic populations d. tailor instructions, incentives, or activities to audience

a. change the core elements that make the program effective

While hiring new employees, the health education specialist should contact the candidates' professional references and validate the employee's degrees. In doing so, discrepancies may be: a. revealed prior to hiring b. concealed and are a waste of time c. able to reveal the exact quality of persons d. complicate the termination process

a. revealed prior to hiring

A health education specialist is considering how people might adopt a program in order to understand how best to tailor specific messages. If the health education specialist wants to get the first people to adopt the program using the Diffusion of Innovations, which strategy might be best? a. Show the audience how must people have been enjoying the program b. Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists c. wait for the opinion leaders to adopt d. focus on how the program adheres to social norms

b. Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists

Which of the following statements about informed consent is correct? a. It only has to be completed when a health education specialist is working with children or adolescents b. It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at any time c. it protects the health education specialist in cases of negligence from being sued by participants who were harmed d. It is necessary for medical research, but not behavior-focused health education programs

b. It explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at any time

The health education specialist is working with a local community to institute a smoke free environment in local businesses, agencies, and restaurants throughout the entire community. What type of health strategy would the health education specialist implement in the community? a. Position statement b. Ordinance c. Executive order d. Regulation

b. Ordinance

The health department administrator just returned from a meeting where someone used a focus group to gather data and now has a great idea. The administrator tasks the health education specialist with conducting a focus group of low income citizens from the south side of town to answer questions about which heart disease intervention the department should offer city wide. Knowing the limitations of this strategy, the health education specialist is rightfully concerned about: a. the reliability of the findings b. the generalizability of the findings c. the validity of the findings d. the accuracy of the findings.

b. the generalizability of the findings

Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of factors related to health? a. Attitudes b. Environmental c. Behavioral d. Genetic

c. Behavioral

According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging disease by assessing their perceived susceptibility against the severity of the disease? a. Diffusion of Innovations b. Social Cognitive Theory c. Health Belief Model d. Social Marketing

c. Health Belief Model

A health education specialist is identifying the types of activities to be included in a health education/promotion program. In a logic model, these activities would be included in: a. outcomes b. outputs c. inputs d. processes

c. Inputs

In the social ecological model, a school or worksite would fall under which factor or level? a. Community b. Individual c. Institutional d. Interpersonal

c. Institutional

With so many changes in health education and health-related policy on a daily basis, it is essential that health education specialists advocate for professional development for the field. Which of the following is a way to advocate for professional development in the field of health education? a. Develop a brochure on the diabetes management for patients b. Contact a legislator to support a no-smoking policy c. Publish articles in peer-reviewed journals on the importance of professional development d. write a grant that would fund a community-based injury prevention program

c. Publish articles in peer-reviewed journals on the importance of professional development

Smoking bans in restaurants are which type of strategy in a community-based smoking prevention program? a. health communication b. health engineering c. health policy d. health mobilization

c. health policy

The health education specialist has core substance abuse prevention coalition members in place and is currently broadening group representation. Some new members only contribute money to the coalition and are categorized as: a. occasional participants b. executive participants c. supporting participants d. active participants

c. supporting participants

A group of health education specialists run into a situation where they need to elicit specialized guidance and expert opinion on a specific health topic in order to aid in decision-making. Of the following, which type of group should be consulted? a. Committee-of-the-whole b. Task force c. Standing committee d. Advisory board

d. Advisory board

A health education specialist is asked to find school health resources for physical activity. The most appropriate bibliographic database to search is: a. MEDLINE b. EBMR c. CHID d. ERIC

d. ERIC

Which of the following is true about successful partnerships: a. Specific indicators related only to the program can be used to define success. b. Reports, memorandums, and newsletters are the best ways to establish and maintain communication within a partnership. c. Constituency relations through uni-directional communication are important to the viability of an organization that values cooperation d. Effective communications should include feedback loops through which intentions, ideas, and information can be exchanged.

d. Effective communications should include feedback loops through which intentions, ideas, and information can be exchanged.

Health departments and worksites are implementing a new health education/promotion program to increase influenza vaccine rates for adults in a five county area. What will the project lead focus on to assess the fidelity of implementation? a. Location of vaccinations for children b. Workers reading materials distributed to all worksites c. Amount of vaccine available to the public d. Program components being implemented in the correct order

d. Program components being implemented in the correct order

If selecting items from an existing instrument, which of the following is the correct procedure? a. One cannot select individual or groups of items on an instrument and maintain validity b. keep the instrument short, select one or two items from a scale or subscale, and compile into one instrument c. retain the original language of the question to maintain validity, even when using on a different population d. Retain scales to cover an entire domain, rather than select one question for a complex domain

d. Retain scales to cover an entire domain, rather than select one question for a complex domain

Newsletters, community meetings, public service announcements, and social networking sites are examples of: a. social norms b. communication campaigns c. social media d. communication channels

d. communication channels