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The health education specialist has limited resources for program evaluation but wishes to place
different variables into the intervention to see change over time as well as to eliminate any program
activities that do not positively impact program objectives. The best evaluation design to use in this
case is:
a. pre- and post- single-group design.
b. interrupted time series design with a single group.
c. post-test only single group design
d. pre-test only single group design. ✔Correct Answer-b. interrupted time series design with a
single group.
A foodborne outbreak has caused the closing of three local restaurants so that epidemiologists and
food safety staff can identify the outbreak source. Health education specialists and communication
specialists plan to use earned media and social media to educate local community members about
the outbreak. What should the health education specialists and communication specialists do first?
a. Identify the audience.
b. Pick a theory or model to use.
c. Check for available funds.
d. Find partners to help. ✔Correct Answer-a. Identify the audience.
A health education specialist wants to be sure that participants in an 8-week healthy eating program
have acquired the fundamental cooking skills prior to the end of the sessions. Which one of the
following evaluations would the health education specialist implement to assess skills acquisition?
a. Impact
b. Outcome
c. Process
d. Formative ✔Correct Answer-a. Impact
A health education specialist from the local health department has been invited to participate in a
statewide cancer control consortium. The role that the health education specialist is likely to fulfil is
as the:
a. patient regulator.
b. primary care expert.
c. community developer.
d. subject matter expert. ✔Correct Answer-d. subject matter expert.
To design the health communication messages and select appropriate media for a health education
strategy, the health education specialist must understand the priorities and influences of the
audience. Therefore, the health education specialist first should conduct an audience:
, a. influence technique.
b. analysis.
c. ideation procedure.
d. synthesis. ✔Correct Answer-b. analysis.
The health education specialist called the state legislator to specifically ask about that legislator's
support for HR 66, a bill that permanently funds the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and
related programs that are used to support the development of child health quality measures and
outreach and enrollment efforts. Which of the following terms describe this activity?
a. Direct advocacy
b. Education advocacy
c. Lobbying
d. Indirect advocacy ✔Correct Answer-c. Lobbying
A large group of tourists traveled on a cruise ship and developed an acute, flu-like illness. The
suspected cause of the illness was associated with the trip on the cruise ship. Health authorities
need to know the number of all passengers who became ill as well as those who traveled on the
cruise ship. Which rate should the health education specialist calculate to provide information to
health authorities?
a. Prevalence rate
b. Fatality rate
c. Attack rate
d. Mortality rate ✔Correct Answer-c. Attack rate
A survey is conducted to assess community members' opinions on tobacco-free local parks. The
health education specialist selects a random sample of community members from each of the four
park districts. This sample plan is called:
a. simple random.
b. stratified random.
c. cluster.
d. snowball. ✔Correct Answer-b. stratified random.
If, in an evaluation question, a person is asked about an abstract concept, the concept seems hard to
measure, and little credible data have previously been found, which of the following methods would
be most helpful to use?
a. Qualitative
b. Quantitative
c. Mixed
d. Surveillance ✔Correct Answer-c. Mixed
An organization is undergoing restructuring because of budgetary cuts, which in turn impacts health
promotion efforts. Which approach to organizational change is occurring?
a. Revolutionary
b. Evolutionary
c. Regulatory
d. Reactionary ✔Correct Answer-a. Revolutionary
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The health education specialist has limited resources for program evaluation but wishes to place
different variables into the intervention to see change over time as well as to eliminate any program
activities that do not positively impact program objectives. The best evaluation design to use in this
case is:
a. pre- and post- single-group design.
b. interrupted time series design with a single group.
c. post-test only single group design
d. pre-test only single group design. ✔Correct Answer-b. interrupted time series design with a
single group.
A foodborne outbreak has caused the closing of three local restaurants so that epidemiologists and
food safety staff can identify the outbreak source. Health education specialists and communication
specialists plan to use earned media and social media to educate local community members about
the outbreak. What should the health education specialists and communication specialists do first?
a. Identify the audience.
b. Pick a theory or model to use.
c. Check for available funds.
d. Find partners to help. ✔Correct Answer-a. Identify the audience.
A health education specialist wants to be sure that participants in an 8-week healthy eating program
have acquired the fundamental cooking skills prior to the end of the sessions. Which one of the
following evaluations would the health education specialist implement to assess skills acquisition?
a. Impact
b. Outcome
c. Process
d. Formative ✔Correct Answer-a. Impact
A health education specialist from the local health department has been invited to participate in a
statewide cancer control consortium. The role that the health education specialist is likely to fulfil is
as the:
a. patient regulator.
b. primary care expert.
c. community developer.
d. subject matter expert. ✔Correct Answer-d. subject matter expert.
To design the health communication messages and select appropriate media for a health education
strategy, the health education specialist must understand the priorities and influences of the
audience. Therefore, the health education specialist first should conduct an audience:
, a. influence technique.
b. analysis.
c. ideation procedure.
d. synthesis. ✔Correct Answer-b. analysis.
The health education specialist called the state legislator to specifically ask about that legislator's
support for HR 66, a bill that permanently funds the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and
related programs that are used to support the development of child health quality measures and
outreach and enrollment efforts. Which of the following terms describe this activity?
a. Direct advocacy
b. Education advocacy
c. Lobbying
d. Indirect advocacy ✔Correct Answer-c. Lobbying
A large group of tourists traveled on a cruise ship and developed an acute, flu-like illness. The
suspected cause of the illness was associated with the trip on the cruise ship. Health authorities
need to know the number of all passengers who became ill as well as those who traveled on the
cruise ship. Which rate should the health education specialist calculate to provide information to
health authorities?
a. Prevalence rate
b. Fatality rate
c. Attack rate
d. Mortality rate ✔Correct Answer-c. Attack rate
A survey is conducted to assess community members' opinions on tobacco-free local parks. The
health education specialist selects a random sample of community members from each of the four
park districts. This sample plan is called:
a. simple random.
b. stratified random.
c. cluster.
d. snowball. ✔Correct Answer-b. stratified random.
If, in an evaluation question, a person is asked about an abstract concept, the concept seems hard to
measure, and little credible data have previously been found, which of the following methods would
be most helpful to use?
a. Qualitative
b. Quantitative
c. Mixed
d. Surveillance ✔Correct Answer-c. Mixed
An organization is undergoing restructuring because of budgetary cuts, which in turn impacts health
promotion efforts. Which approach to organizational change is occurring?
a. Revolutionary
b. Evolutionary
c. Regulatory
d. Reactionary ✔Correct Answer-a. Revolutionary
