CHES EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2024 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

CHES EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2024 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS The health education specialist is organizing a summative evulation. Which evaluation design offers the most control over confonding variables? - Answer- Experimental For people with less than 12 years of education the infant mortality rate and overall death rate is almost twice as high as people with 13 or more years of education. These examples of: - Answer- Health disparities A health education specialist is meeting with a college campus community to try to make the campus a smoke free. In order to gain support from key stakeholders in the first meeting, which of the following should be the focus of the health education specialist message? - Answer- The necessity for the change in policy An out break of dysentery occured in a community over the course of a week. The number of cases and time of onset of symptoms was determined. All who displayed symptoms ate sprouts at the same restaurant. For this outbreak, which type of epedice curve can be prepared for the descriptive study? - Answer- Secular The intervention program is doing so well it needs to be expanded; however the sponsoring agency has limted funding for expansion. The health educaiton specialist found another agency willing to provide a larger venue in exchange for access to the sponsors educational library. This method of financing the program is called? - Answer- Cooperative aggrement Measuring program reach and response is an element of which type of evulation? - Answer- Process The health education specialist advocacy efforts are starting to be successful. The city council has voted 4-1 to hold a town hall meeting to discuss a clean indoor air ordinance. Which type of advocacy bechmark is this? - Answer- Shift in critical mass. A health education specialist wishes to use the ecological model in a needs assessment. Which of the following is an example of a way to assess levels of this model? - Answer- Assessng attitude, behaviors, policies, and social norms in a community The agency administrator wants the big picture or summary of an interventions resources, activites, and results. The health education specialists creates which of the following to put in his/her report to the administrator. - Answer- Logic model When planning an adult audienece training, the health educaiton specialists should include adult learning theory principles. Which of the following is an example of an adult learning principle to use when planning the training? - Answer- Adults should be activley in plannning and evulation Working as a health coach to increase a clinets physical fitness level, the health education specialists uses an intervention based on the Transtheroretical Model. He/She emphasizes behavioral activites including counter conditioning and reinforcement using which construct? - Answer- Process of change A health education specialist is planning to train staff from partners and community members to help implement a healhty food access initiative with corner stores and convenience stores. A needs assessment is being planned to identify trainee knowledge on the subject. What should the assessment focus on? - Answer- Desired learning outcomes The healthy families network holds an annual confrence. In order to evulate the conference and gather information from the participants, what is the best way for the health education specialist to collect this information? - Answer- Surveys and feedback forms In the correct order what are the six steps of the CDC framework for Program Evaluation? - Answer- Engage stakeholders Describe program Focus on the evulation design gather credible evidence Justify conclusion Ensure use and share lessons learned From a fical perspective which funds represnt the portion of a project the applicant agency or organization is providing? - Answer- Matching funds A health education specialist is collaborating with the state health department on a training effort to implement effective physical activity programs. The training team has completed the first step which was to determine training needs. What is the next step to advance the training? - Answer- Set objectives The health education specialist overhears two employees in a verbal deabte about whichc department should recieve the budget surplus generated this fiscal year. What is the best first step in conflict resolution in this sistuation? - Answer- Analyze the conflict When identifying root causes of health issues, it is important to consider multiple factors. If a community would rather ignore a drug problem than address it, this is an example of which type of factor? - Answer- Environmental Performace appraisals of staff members and volunteers will normally - Answer- Focus on strength and areas for improvement A health education specialist visits elected officals to advocate for an evidence based nutrition program. The health education specialist prepares a packet that summarizes the position statement that will be given during the visit. This is an example of inflencing public policy in what way? - Answer- Reinforcing the message What would a health Education specialist need to know to calculate age specific death rates from cardiovascular disease - Answer- The breakdown of deaths by age group and the mid year population by age. A researcher is coding data to categorize individuals based on sex, race, and political party affiliation. What type of scale is the researcher using? - Answer- Nominal scale Providing access to fruit and milk in a school vending machine is an example of which of the following strategies? - Answer- Health engineering A health education specialist is searching for a valid information source specifically addressing a population health status health questionnai