Certified Health Education Specialist
Exam Study Guide Solutions
Area of Responsibility I: Assess Needs, Assets and Capacity for Health
Education - ANSWER✔✔-The Responsibility of the Needs Assessment
Health Education - ANSWER✔✔-- ''Any planned combination of learning
experiences designed to predispose, enable, and reinforce voluntary
behavior conducive to health in individuals, groups, and communities''
Health Promotion - ANSWER✔✔-- ''Any planned combination of
educational, political, regulatory, or organizational supports for actions
and conditions of living conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and
communities'' (Green & Kreuter, 2005, p. G-4).
Health Educator - ANSWER✔✔-...- ''A professionally prepared individual
who serves in a variety of roles and is specifically trained to use
appropriate educational strategies and methods to facilitate the
development of policies, procedures, interventions, and systems conducive
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,to the health of individuals, groups, and communities'' (Joint Committee,
2001, p. 100).
Health Education Specialist - ANSWER✔✔-...• ''An individual who has
met, at a minimum, baccalaureate-level required health education
academic preparation qualifications, who serves in a variety of settings,
and is able to use appropriate educational strategies and methods to
facilitate the development of policies, procedures, interventions, and
systems conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and communities''
(Joint Committee, 2012).
Primary Prevention - ANSWER✔✔-Preventive measures that forestall the
onset of illness or injury during the prepathogenesis period.
Secondary Prevention - ANSWER✔✔-Preventive measures that lead to
early diagnosis and prompt treatment of disease, illness or injury
Tertiary Prevention - ANSWER✔✔-... Preventive measures aimed at
rehabilitation following significant pathogenesis.
Primary Data - ANSWER✔✔-Data gathered by the Health Education
Specialist directly from or about the population of interest.
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,Secondary Data - ANSWER✔✔-Data gathered by others that may or may
not be directly collected from the individual or population of being
assessed.
Health Behavior - ANSWER✔✔-Behavior that impacts a person's health.
Needs Assessment - ANSWER✔✔-A process by which Health Education
Specialist gather information regarding health needs and desires of a data
population. Plan for the process , assess resources, locate existing data,
collect data , using research methods to guide data collection.
Steps of the Need Assessment - ANSWER✔✔-1. Determine the scope
2. Gather the Data
3. Analyze the data
4. Identify risk factors
5. Prioritize the need
6. Validate the need
Rapid Model - ANSWER✔✔-The framework for when money is limited.
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, Asset model - ANSWER✔✔-Strengths of community organization or
population; using existing resources to improve health.
Public Health Model - ANSWER✔✔-Quantify Epidemiological Data
Epidemiological Model - ANSWER✔✔-Epidemiological Data
Social Model - ANSWER✔✔-The influence of Social or political Issues on
health.
Stakeholders - ANSWER✔✔-These people may be involved in program
operations such as program manager, program staff, partners, funding
agencies, coalition members of those served or affected by the program /
project including patients , clients , advocacy groups and community
members.
Epidemiology - ANSWER✔✔-The study of the distribution and
determinants of health related states and the application of this study to
control health problems.
Institutional Review Board (IRB) - ANSWER✔✔-Group of individuals with
the authority to grant or deny permission to conduct evaluation or
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Exam Study Guide Solutions
Area of Responsibility I: Assess Needs, Assets and Capacity for Health
Education - ANSWER✔✔-The Responsibility of the Needs Assessment
Health Education - ANSWER✔✔-- ''Any planned combination of learning
experiences designed to predispose, enable, and reinforce voluntary
behavior conducive to health in individuals, groups, and communities''
Health Promotion - ANSWER✔✔-- ''Any planned combination of
educational, political, regulatory, or organizational supports for actions
and conditions of living conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and
communities'' (Green & Kreuter, 2005, p. G-4).
Health Educator - ANSWER✔✔-...- ''A professionally prepared individual
who serves in a variety of roles and is specifically trained to use
appropriate educational strategies and methods to facilitate the
development of policies, procedures, interventions, and systems conducive
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,to the health of individuals, groups, and communities'' (Joint Committee,
2001, p. 100).
Health Education Specialist - ANSWER✔✔-...• ''An individual who has
met, at a minimum, baccalaureate-level required health education
academic preparation qualifications, who serves in a variety of settings,
and is able to use appropriate educational strategies and methods to
facilitate the development of policies, procedures, interventions, and
systems conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and communities''
(Joint Committee, 2012).
Primary Prevention - ANSWER✔✔-Preventive measures that forestall the
onset of illness or injury during the prepathogenesis period.
Secondary Prevention - ANSWER✔✔-Preventive measures that lead to
early diagnosis and prompt treatment of disease, illness or injury
Tertiary Prevention - ANSWER✔✔-... Preventive measures aimed at
rehabilitation following significant pathogenesis.
Primary Data - ANSWER✔✔-Data gathered by the Health Education
Specialist directly from or about the population of interest.
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,Secondary Data - ANSWER✔✔-Data gathered by others that may or may
not be directly collected from the individual or population of being
assessed.
Health Behavior - ANSWER✔✔-Behavior that impacts a person's health.
Needs Assessment - ANSWER✔✔-A process by which Health Education
Specialist gather information regarding health needs and desires of a data
population. Plan for the process , assess resources, locate existing data,
collect data , using research methods to guide data collection.
Steps of the Need Assessment - ANSWER✔✔-1. Determine the scope
2. Gather the Data
3. Analyze the data
4. Identify risk factors
5. Prioritize the need
6. Validate the need
Rapid Model - ANSWER✔✔-The framework for when money is limited.
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, Asset model - ANSWER✔✔-Strengths of community organization or
population; using existing resources to improve health.
Public Health Model - ANSWER✔✔-Quantify Epidemiological Data
Epidemiological Model - ANSWER✔✔-Epidemiological Data
Social Model - ANSWER✔✔-The influence of Social or political Issues on
health.
Stakeholders - ANSWER✔✔-These people may be involved in program
operations such as program manager, program staff, partners, funding
agencies, coalition members of those served or affected by the program /
project including patients , clients , advocacy groups and community
members.
Epidemiology - ANSWER✔✔-The study of the distribution and
determinants of health related states and the application of this study to
control health problems.
Institutional Review Board (IRB) - ANSWER✔✔-Group of individuals with
the authority to grant or deny permission to conduct evaluation or
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