HLTH 2301 3RD EXAM (FINAL) STUDY GUIDE EXAM ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Galway Consensus Conference was a first effort to identify core competencies of health education
specialists working on an international basis. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE.
While the Competencies Update Project (CUP) was overseen by a large advisory committee, three key
individuals were responsible for the majority of the work on this project. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE.
Health education is considered a single profession with common roles and responsibilities. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅TRUE.
The organization that currently oversees the certification process for health education specialists is the
National Task Force on the Preparation and Practice of Health Education. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅FALSE.
Helen Cleary was the person most responsible for initiating the role delineation process. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅FALSE.
A conference held in February 1978, to determine the function of health education specialists practicing
in different settings was the - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bethesda Conference on Commonalities and
Differences.
Which of the following is not a requirement for an individual to sit for the CHES exam? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Possess a minimum of three years of experience working as a health education specialist.
The process by which an agency or government (usually a state) grants permission to individuals to
practice a given profession by certifying that those individuals have attained specific standards of
competence is known as - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Licensure.
Graduate-level competencies were established in which decade? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1990s.
, Health education programs that are affiliated with a college of education and train students for
positions in school health would most likely be accredited through the - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅National
Commission for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
All college level health education programs must be accredited by the Council on Education for the
Public Health (CEPH). - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FALSE.
To maintain CHES certification, a health education specialist must obtain 150 continuing education
contact hours over a five year period of time. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FALSE.
Being a role model is one of the eight major responsibilities of a health education specialist. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅FALSE.
Health education specialists should strictly adhere to the Code of Ethics when implementing programs
due to the significant contact with the public. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE.
The authors advise health education students to become familiar with the HEJA II 2020 document
because it represents the core responsibilities of what health education specialists do. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅TRUE.
Based on the 2009 AAHE Directory of Institutions That Prepare Health Educators, about how many
programs at colleges and universities in the United States prepare health education specialists? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅275.
Undergraduate programs in school health may obtain approval through the - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅National Commission for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
What was the name of the study conducted in order to update the health education competencies that
had been revised in 2005 by the CUP project? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Health Education Job Analysis
2010.
A public health-oriented master's degree that would focus more on research would most likely be the -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅M.S.P.H.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Galway Consensus Conference was a first effort to identify core competencies of health education
specialists working on an international basis. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE.
While the Competencies Update Project (CUP) was overseen by a large advisory committee, three key
individuals were responsible for the majority of the work on this project. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE.
Health education is considered a single profession with common roles and responsibilities. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅TRUE.
The organization that currently oversees the certification process for health education specialists is the
National Task Force on the Preparation and Practice of Health Education. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅FALSE.
Helen Cleary was the person most responsible for initiating the role delineation process. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅FALSE.
A conference held in February 1978, to determine the function of health education specialists practicing
in different settings was the - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bethesda Conference on Commonalities and
Differences.
Which of the following is not a requirement for an individual to sit for the CHES exam? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Possess a minimum of three years of experience working as a health education specialist.
The process by which an agency or government (usually a state) grants permission to individuals to
practice a given profession by certifying that those individuals have attained specific standards of
competence is known as - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Licensure.
Graduate-level competencies were established in which decade? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1990s.
, Health education programs that are affiliated with a college of education and train students for
positions in school health would most likely be accredited through the - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅National
Commission for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
All college level health education programs must be accredited by the Council on Education for the
Public Health (CEPH). - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FALSE.
To maintain CHES certification, a health education specialist must obtain 150 continuing education
contact hours over a five year period of time. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FALSE.
Being a role model is one of the eight major responsibilities of a health education specialist. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅FALSE.
Health education specialists should strictly adhere to the Code of Ethics when implementing programs
due to the significant contact with the public. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE.
The authors advise health education students to become familiar with the HEJA II 2020 document
because it represents the core responsibilities of what health education specialists do. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅TRUE.
Based on the 2009 AAHE Directory of Institutions That Prepare Health Educators, about how many
programs at colleges and universities in the United States prepare health education specialists? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅275.
Undergraduate programs in school health may obtain approval through the - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅National Commission for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
What was the name of the study conducted in order to update the health education competencies that
had been revised in 2005 by the CUP project? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Health Education Job Analysis
2010.
A public health-oriented master's degree that would focus more on research would most likely be the -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅M.S.P.H.
