CHES - Certified Health Education Specialist Exam
8th Edition Study Guide Most Recent exam
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Delphi panel- group
a group process that generates consensus by using a series of
mailed or e-mailed questionnaires based of answers from each
previous questionnaire. involves individuals from three groups:
decision-makers, staff, and program participants
Community Asset Mapping
"map" local resources, abilities, and other building blocks for
community growth and change.
visual representation of the physical assets of a community that may
constitute important physical and social support structures for
achieving community goals
,PhotoVoice- community
specific photographic technique to enable people to record and
reflect on personal and community strengths and concerns.
promotes critical dialogue and knowledge about personal and
community issues through group discussion of photographs
Methods: Mail survey
Advantages: Eliminates interviewer bias, increases assurance of
anonymity, allows respondents to complete at their convenience,
increases accessibility to a wide geographic region, increases
accuracy because respondent can consult records, encourages
identical wording for all respondents, and promotes inter-rater
reliability
Disadvantages: Lack of flexibility, likelihood of unanswered
questions, low response rate, inability to record spontaneous
reactions or nonverbal responses, lack of control over the order of
responses, no guarantee of return by due date, inability to use
complex questionnaire format, strong possibility of duplicate
mailing, fear of loss of anonymity, and expense
,Methods -Telephone survey
Advantages: Cost savings compared with face-to-face survey,
faster than mailsurvey or personal interview, accessibility to a wide
geographic region, and increased monitoring and quality control
Disadvantages: Call may be seen as a hoax or disruption, loss of
visual component of reading the survey, interviewer has little
control and respondent can hang up at any time, and low response
rates due to unlisted numbers, caller ID, reduced use of land lines,
"do not call" lists
Methods- Interview survey
Advantages: Personalization of the survey to one participant,
flexibility for further probing, higher response rates, control over
question order, spontaneity, no possibility of help from others, and
ability to use more complex questionnaires
Disadvantages: Expensive, time-consuming, increased change of
interviewer bias, lack of anonymity, lack of standardization of
questions, and difficulty in summarizing the findings
, Methods- web survey
Advantages: Quick response, low cost to administer, automated
data gathering process, administered to a large number of
participants, and a forced-choice format
Disadvantages: Limited ability to monitor returned surveys, limited
time frame within which respondent can access survey, forced-
explicit choice responses, costly hardware and software
Methods- Interviews or focus group
Advantages: Help people learn more about group or community
opinions and needs have more depth, nuance and variety,
nonverbal communications and group interactions also can be
observed, and focus groups can, therefore, get closer to what
people are really thinking and feeling
Disadvantages: Responses may be harder to score on a scale
Methods- Observations
Advantages: A place or event, as well as situations or interactions,
can be directly viewed, allowing the observer to experience the life
of the community or a population
Disadvantages: Documenting observations may be harder to
analyze
8th Edition Study Guide Most Recent exam
COMPLETE (2026) EXAM Questions and Answers
(Verified Answers) (Latest Update 2026) UPDATE!
2026-2027 ACTUAL TEST BANK FINAL EXAM
Delphi panel- group
a group process that generates consensus by using a series of
mailed or e-mailed questionnaires based of answers from each
previous questionnaire. involves individuals from three groups:
decision-makers, staff, and program participants
Community Asset Mapping
"map" local resources, abilities, and other building blocks for
community growth and change.
visual representation of the physical assets of a community that may
constitute important physical and social support structures for
achieving community goals
,PhotoVoice- community
specific photographic technique to enable people to record and
reflect on personal and community strengths and concerns.
promotes critical dialogue and knowledge about personal and
community issues through group discussion of photographs
Methods: Mail survey
Advantages: Eliminates interviewer bias, increases assurance of
anonymity, allows respondents to complete at their convenience,
increases accessibility to a wide geographic region, increases
accuracy because respondent can consult records, encourages
identical wording for all respondents, and promotes inter-rater
reliability
Disadvantages: Lack of flexibility, likelihood of unanswered
questions, low response rate, inability to record spontaneous
reactions or nonverbal responses, lack of control over the order of
responses, no guarantee of return by due date, inability to use
complex questionnaire format, strong possibility of duplicate
mailing, fear of loss of anonymity, and expense
,Methods -Telephone survey
Advantages: Cost savings compared with face-to-face survey,
faster than mailsurvey or personal interview, accessibility to a wide
geographic region, and increased monitoring and quality control
Disadvantages: Call may be seen as a hoax or disruption, loss of
visual component of reading the survey, interviewer has little
control and respondent can hang up at any time, and low response
rates due to unlisted numbers, caller ID, reduced use of land lines,
"do not call" lists
Methods- Interview survey
Advantages: Personalization of the survey to one participant,
flexibility for further probing, higher response rates, control over
question order, spontaneity, no possibility of help from others, and
ability to use more complex questionnaires
Disadvantages: Expensive, time-consuming, increased change of
interviewer bias, lack of anonymity, lack of standardization of
questions, and difficulty in summarizing the findings
, Methods- web survey
Advantages: Quick response, low cost to administer, automated
data gathering process, administered to a large number of
participants, and a forced-choice format
Disadvantages: Limited ability to monitor returned surveys, limited
time frame within which respondent can access survey, forced-
explicit choice responses, costly hardware and software
Methods- Interviews or focus group
Advantages: Help people learn more about group or community
opinions and needs have more depth, nuance and variety,
nonverbal communications and group interactions also can be
observed, and focus groups can, therefore, get closer to what
people are really thinking and feeling
Disadvantages: Responses may be harder to score on a scale
Methods- Observations
Advantages: A place or event, as well as situations or interactions,
can be directly viewed, allowing the observer to experience the life
of the community or a population
Disadvantages: Documenting observations may be harder to
analyze
