HOSA BIOMEDICAL EVALUATION EXAM TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Public health experts are encouraged to: - ✔✔Embrace social media with
personality and tailored messaging.
✔✔The overall conclusion of the passage suggests that public health should: - ✔✔Shift
social media from enemy to friend
✔✔What was the main aim of the systematic review? - ✔✔To synthesize evidence on
the impact of social media influencers on health outcomes.
✔✔Which type of studies were included in the review? - ✔✔Interventional study designs
(experimental or observational)
✔✔How many studies met the final inclusion criteria? - ✔✔12
✔✔How many main topic areas were identified? - ✔✔4
✔✔NOT one of the four topic areas - ✔✔Cardiovascular disease
✔✔Which databases were searched for the review? - ✔✔Six major databases, including
Medline and Embase
✔✔Why were studies measuring only "intention to buy" excluded? - ✔✔They did not
measure a quantified health outcome.
✔✔What quality appraisal tool was used? - ✔✔Joanna Briggs Institute checklist for
quasi-experimental studies
, ✔✔Influencer marketing of unhealthy snacks had what effect on children? - ✔✔No, they
did not prevent increased intake
✔✔What was the effect of influencer promotion of vegetables? - ✔✔No statistically
significant effect
✔✔When an unhealthy snack was promoted by a sedentary or overweight influencer,
children were more likely to: - ✔✔Choose the healthy snack
✔✔Exposure to idealized influencer imagery in women resulted in: - ✔✔Increased body
dissatisfaction and negative mood
✔✔Did influencer popularity (high vs low metrics) significantly change body
dissatisfaction outcomes? - ✔✔No, both had similar negative effects
✔✔Fitspiration (bare-chested) influencer images in men resulted in: - ✔✔Decreased
body satisfaction
✔✔How did clothed male influencer images affect body satisfaction compared to bare-
chested images? - ✔✔Caused less dissatisfaction
✔✔In the influenza campaign study, exposure to influencer posts was associated with: -
✔✔Increased self-reported vaccination uptake
✔✔In the COVID-19 study, influencer videos alone resulted in: - ✔✔No significant
change in handwashing
✔✔Combined exposure to influencer videos and newspaper infographics during
COVID-19 was associated with: - ✔✔Greater improvements in handwashing behavior
✔✔The study on idealized motherhood found that anxiety increased: - ✔✔Regardless of
whether posts were by influencers or everyday mothers
✔✔Most included studies had what major limitation? - ✔✔Significant methodological
weakness
✔✔Why was a meta-analysis not conducted? - ✔✔There was heterogeneity in topics,
designs, and outcomes.
✔✔Many studies relied on what type of sampling? - ✔✔Convenience samples of
students
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Public health experts are encouraged to: - ✔✔Embrace social media with
personality and tailored messaging.
✔✔The overall conclusion of the passage suggests that public health should: - ✔✔Shift
social media from enemy to friend
✔✔What was the main aim of the systematic review? - ✔✔To synthesize evidence on
the impact of social media influencers on health outcomes.
✔✔Which type of studies were included in the review? - ✔✔Interventional study designs
(experimental or observational)
✔✔How many studies met the final inclusion criteria? - ✔✔12
✔✔How many main topic areas were identified? - ✔✔4
✔✔NOT one of the four topic areas - ✔✔Cardiovascular disease
✔✔Which databases were searched for the review? - ✔✔Six major databases, including
Medline and Embase
✔✔Why were studies measuring only "intention to buy" excluded? - ✔✔They did not
measure a quantified health outcome.
✔✔What quality appraisal tool was used? - ✔✔Joanna Briggs Institute checklist for
quasi-experimental studies
, ✔✔Influencer marketing of unhealthy snacks had what effect on children? - ✔✔No, they
did not prevent increased intake
✔✔What was the effect of influencer promotion of vegetables? - ✔✔No statistically
significant effect
✔✔When an unhealthy snack was promoted by a sedentary or overweight influencer,
children were more likely to: - ✔✔Choose the healthy snack
✔✔Exposure to idealized influencer imagery in women resulted in: - ✔✔Increased body
dissatisfaction and negative mood
✔✔Did influencer popularity (high vs low metrics) significantly change body
dissatisfaction outcomes? - ✔✔No, both had similar negative effects
✔✔Fitspiration (bare-chested) influencer images in men resulted in: - ✔✔Decreased
body satisfaction
✔✔How did clothed male influencer images affect body satisfaction compared to bare-
chested images? - ✔✔Caused less dissatisfaction
✔✔In the influenza campaign study, exposure to influencer posts was associated with: -
✔✔Increased self-reported vaccination uptake
✔✔In the COVID-19 study, influencer videos alone resulted in: - ✔✔No significant
change in handwashing
✔✔Combined exposure to influencer videos and newspaper infographics during
COVID-19 was associated with: - ✔✔Greater improvements in handwashing behavior
✔✔The study on idealized motherhood found that anxiety increased: - ✔✔Regardless of
whether posts were by influencers or everyday mothers
✔✔Most included studies had what major limitation? - ✔✔Significant methodological
weakness
✔✔Why was a meta-analysis not conducted? - ✔✔There was heterogeneity in topics,
designs, and outcomes.
✔✔Many studies relied on what type of sampling? - ✔✔Convenience samples of
students
