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According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging diease 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 ✔Correct Answer-c. Health Belief Model
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 most 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 ✔Correct Answer-b. focus on how new and
different the program is from what exists
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 ✔Correct Answer-d. health disparities
Data storage is an example of which type of technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge ✔Correct Answer-a. infrastructure
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 ✔Correct Answer-d. communication channels
Smoking bans in a restaurant are which type of strategy in a community-based smoking prevention
program?
,a. health communication
b. health engineering
c. health policy
d. health mobilization ✔Correct Answer-c. Health policy
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 ✔Correct Answer-b. results
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
✔Correct Answer-b. it explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be
terminated at any time
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 relibility of the findings
b. the generalizations of the findings
c. the validity of the findings
d. the accuracy of the findings ✔Correct Answer-b. the generalization of the findings
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? ✔Correct Answer-a. what tactics should be
used to influence people.
A health education specialist is asked to find school health resources for physical activity. The most
appropriate bibliographic database search is:
a. MEDLINE
b. EBMR (evidence-based medicine reviews)
c. CHID (comparative history of ideas)
, d. ERIC (education resources information center) ✔Correct Answer-D. ERIC, education resource
information center
While hiring new employees, the health education specialist should contact the candidates'
professional references and validate the employees' 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. ✔Correct Answer-a. revealed prior to hiring
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 ✔Correct Answer-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 gruop should be consulted?
a. committee-of-the-whole
b. task-force
c. standing committee
d. advisory board ✔Correct Answer-d. advisory board
Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of factors related to
health?
a. attitudes
b. environmental
c. behavioral
d. genetic ✔Correct Answer-c. behavioral
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 ✔Correct Answer-d. program
components being implemented in the correct order
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
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According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging diease 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 ✔Correct Answer-c. Health Belief Model
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 most 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 ✔Correct Answer-b. focus on how new and
different the program is from what exists
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 ✔Correct Answer-d. health disparities
Data storage is an example of which type of technology need?
a. infrastructure
b. program delivery
c. colloboration technology
d. knowledge ✔Correct Answer-a. infrastructure
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 ✔Correct Answer-d. communication channels
Smoking bans in a restaurant are which type of strategy in a community-based smoking prevention
program?
,a. health communication
b. health engineering
c. health policy
d. health mobilization ✔Correct Answer-c. Health policy
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 ✔Correct Answer-b. results
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
✔Correct Answer-b. it explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be
terminated at any time
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 relibility of the findings
b. the generalizations of the findings
c. the validity of the findings
d. the accuracy of the findings ✔Correct Answer-b. the generalization of the findings
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? ✔Correct Answer-a. what tactics should be
used to influence people.
A health education specialist is asked to find school health resources for physical activity. The most
appropriate bibliographic database search is:
a. MEDLINE
b. EBMR (evidence-based medicine reviews)
c. CHID (comparative history of ideas)
, d. ERIC (education resources information center) ✔Correct Answer-D. ERIC, education resource
information center
While hiring new employees, the health education specialist should contact the candidates'
professional references and validate the employees' 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. ✔Correct Answer-a. revealed prior to hiring
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 ✔Correct Answer-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 gruop should be consulted?
a. committee-of-the-whole
b. task-force
c. standing committee
d. advisory board ✔Correct Answer-d. advisory board
Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of factors related to
health?
a. attitudes
b. environmental
c. behavioral
d. genetic ✔Correct Answer-c. behavioral
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 ✔Correct Answer-d. program
components being implemented in the correct order
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
