QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. All of the following are described as core functions of public health in the Institute of Medicine's (1988)
Future of Public Health report, except:
Answer:
mental health
Question:
2. All of the following are themes in the national standards on culturally and linguistically appropriate
services (CLAS), except:
Answer:
political will for cultural competence
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3. CHES stands for:
Answer:
Certified Health Education Specialist
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4. Statement A: A person who works by voluntarily modifying health behaviors that are conducive to
helping a person be in harmony with his or her environment is a mental health promoter. Statement B: A
person who develops policies, regulations, and environments that are conducive to helping an individual be
in harmony with his or her environment is a mental health educator.
Answer:
statements A and B are both false
Question:
5. The extent to which the ethnic/cultural characteristics, experiences, norms, values, behavioral patterns,
and beliefs of a target population as well as relevant historical, environmental, and social forces are
incorporated in the design, delivery, and evaluation of targeted health promotion materials and programs is
known as:
Answer:
cultural sensitivity
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6. The guideline that promotes CLAS and health equity through policy, practices, and allocated resources
falls under this theme:
Answer:
governance, leadership, and workforce
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7. The possession of cultural knowledge and respect for different cultural perspectives and having skills
and being able to use those skills effectively in cross-cultural situations is known as:
, Answer:
acculturation
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8. The set of difficulties that an individual immigrant has to face in terms of dislocation from old friends
and the formation of new relationships falls under the category of:
Answer:
social difficulties
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9. The stage of acculturation in which an immigrant identifies solely with the new culture is known as:
Answer:
assimilation
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10. The stage of acculturation in which an immigrant is involved only in his or her native culture is known
as:
Answer:
separation
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11. True or False? A health educator who works in the area of mental health education by voluntarily
modifying health behaviors that are conducive to helping a person be in harmony with his or her
environment is a mental health promoter.
Answer:
false
Question:
12. Describe McCollum's mental health education model
Answer:
1) Population Selection: select the target population
2) Need Identification: identify the needs/interests of target pop
3) Goal Setting: short/long-term goals for changes in knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors
4) Selection of Resources
5) Selection of instructional techniques
6) Evaluation: know whether the intervention achieved what it intended
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13. Describe the difference between cultural sensitivity and cultural competency
Answer:
Cultural competency gives health practitioners the knowledge and education to make successful
adjustments for clients who need them while cultural sensitivity simply acknowledges the cultural
uniqueness of different clients
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14. All of the following are examples of problem-focused coping, except: