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Certified Health Education Specialist
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Health Education
Ans: - ''Any planned combination of learning experiences
designed to predispose, enable, and reinforce voluntary
behavior conducive to health in individuals, groups, and
communities''
Health Promotion
Ans: - ''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'' (Green & Kreuter, 2005, p. G -4).
Health Educator
Ans: ...- ''A professionally prepared individual who serves in a
variety of roles and is specifically trained to use appropriate
educational strategies and methods to facilitate the
development of policies, procedures, interventions, and
systems conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and
communities'' (Joint Committee, 2001, p. 100).
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Health Education Specialist
Ans: ...• ''An individual who has met, at a minimum,
baccalaureate-level required health education academic
preparation 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 conducive to the health of
individuals, groups, and communities'' (Joint Committee, 2012) .
health disparities
Ans: preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury,
violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are
experienced by socially disadvantaged racial, ethnic and other
populations
Health equity
Ans: when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her
health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving
this potential because of social position or social determined
circumstances
(Life spans, quality of life, rates of disease, disability, severity
of disease)
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Social Determinants of Health SDOH
Ans: the conditions in the environments where people are
born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide
range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and
risks
Primary Prevention
Ans: Preventive measures that forestall the onset of illness or
injury during the prepathogenesis period.
Secondary Prevention
Ans: Preventive measures that lead to early diagnosis and
prompt treatment of disease, illness or injury
Tertiary Prevention
Ans: Preventive measures aimed at rehabilitation following
significant pathogenesis.
Primary Data
Ans: Data gathered by the Health Education Specialist directly
from or about the population of interest.
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Secondary Data
Ans: Data gathered by others that may or may not be directly
collected from the individual or population of being assessed.
Health Behavior
Ans: Behavior that impacts a person's health.
Needs Assessment
Ans: is a systematic, planned collection of information about
the health knowledge, perceptions, attitudes, motivation, and
practices of individuals or groups and the quality of their
environment.
Goals of a needs assessment
Ans: a.) identifying and prioritizing health problems
b.) prioritizing the strategies and methods that will be ideal for
identifying and addressing health problems through existing
and available resources
c.) identifying additional resources that will support addressing
the identified health problem
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
Certified Health Education Specialist
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
Health Education
Ans: - ''Any planned combination of learning experiences
designed to predispose, enable, and reinforce voluntary
behavior conducive to health in individuals, groups, and
communities''
Health Promotion
Ans: - ''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'' (Green & Kreuter, 2005, p. G -4).
Health Educator
Ans: ...- ''A professionally prepared individual who serves in a
variety of roles and is specifically trained to use appropriate
educational strategies and methods to facilitate the
development of policies, procedures, interventions, and
systems conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and
communities'' (Joint Committee, 2001, p. 100).
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Health Education Specialist
Ans: ...• ''An individual who has met, at a minimum,
baccalaureate-level required health education academic
preparation 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 conducive to the health of
individuals, groups, and communities'' (Joint Committee, 2012) .
health disparities
Ans: preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury,
violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are
experienced by socially disadvantaged racial, ethnic and other
populations
Health equity
Ans: when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her
health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving
this potential because of social position or social determined
circumstances
(Life spans, quality of life, rates of disease, disability, severity
of disease)
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Social Determinants of Health SDOH
Ans: the conditions in the environments where people are
born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide
range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and
risks
Primary Prevention
Ans: Preventive measures that forestall the onset of illness or
injury during the prepathogenesis period.
Secondary Prevention
Ans: Preventive measures that lead to early diagnosis and
prompt treatment of disease, illness or injury
Tertiary Prevention
Ans: Preventive measures aimed at rehabilitation following
significant pathogenesis.
Primary Data
Ans: Data gathered by the Health Education Specialist directly
from or about the population of interest.
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Secondary Data
Ans: Data gathered by others that may or may not be directly
collected from the individual or population of being assessed.
Health Behavior
Ans: Behavior that impacts a person's health.
Needs Assessment
Ans: is a systematic, planned collection of information about
the health knowledge, perceptions, attitudes, motivation, and
practices of individuals or groups and the quality of their
environment.
Goals of a needs assessment
Ans: a.) identifying and prioritizing health problems
b.) prioritizing the strategies and methods that will be ideal for
identifying and addressing health problems through existing
and available resources
c.) identifying additional resources that will support addressing
the identified health problem
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