CHES EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Health Belief Model - ANSWER✔✔-Model which people assess the threat
of an emerging disease by assessing their perceived susceptibility against
the severity of the disease.
Programs - ANSWER✔✔-a set of planned activities over time designed to
achieve specific objectives
Program Planning - ANSWER✔✔-process of identifying needs,
establishing priorities, diagnosing causes of problems, assessing and
allocating resources and determining barriers to achieving objectives
Vision Statement - ANSWER✔✔-one-sentence or one-phrase statement that
describes the long term desired change stemming from the efforts of an
organization or program
Program Mission Statement - ANSWER✔✔-statement of the general focus
or purpose of the program. Can be one-sentence statement or short
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,narrative that broadly defines the program's purpose. Mission statements
identify the scope or focus of the organization or program and are
enduring over time
Goals - ANSWER✔✔-general, long-term statements or desired program
outcomes and provide the direction upon which all objectives are based
Objectives - ANSWER✔✔-statements that describe, in measureable terms,
the changes in behavior, attitude, knowledge, skills, or health status that
will occur in the intervention group as a result of the program. They are
small, specific steps that enable the goal to be met
Community-based organization (CBO) - ANSWER✔✔-public or private,
nonprofit organization of demonstrated effectiveness that is representative
of a community or significant segments of a community and provides
educational or related services to individuals in the community
Coalition - ANSWER✔✔-group of diverse organizations and constituencies
working together toward a common goal
Cultural competence/cy - ANSWER✔✔-an ability to understand,
communicate with and effectively interact with people across cultures.
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,Comprises these components: a) awareness of one's own cultural
worldview, b) attitude towards cultural differences, and c) knowledge of
one's orientation affects different professional practices and relationships
Stakeholders - ANSWER✔✔-groups of key people such as those involved
in the program operations, those served or affected by the program, and
the primary users of the program.
Expressed needs - ANSWER✔✔-observed through individuals' use of
services, such as an exercise class taken by older adults at a senior center.
Actual needs - ANSWER✔✔-may be inferred through the discrepancy of
services provided to one community group as compared to another, such
as bicycling and walking lanes.
Perceived needs - ANSWER✔✔-refer to what individuals in a community
state that they want, such as more healthy food choices in a school's
vending machine.
Normative needs - ANSWER✔✔-a discrepancy between an individual's or
group's current status and that of others, such as smoke free environment
in restaurants among different cities.
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, Well Planned Health Education Programs - ANSWER✔✔-A) Incorporate
collected data about the health issues addressed and/or about other similar
programs
B) Organize at the grassroots level to involve the populations that will be
affected
C) Will be most successful if the propriety population feels it has been
instrumental in program development
D) Important to provide a sense of ownership and empowerment among
those in the population of interest
The community organization process includes: - ANSWER✔✔-community
recognition of the issue, entrance of health education specialists into the
community to help organize the citizens, community assessment, priority
setting, selection and implementation of an intervention, and evaluation
and reassessment of the action plan.
Health education specialists should: - ANSWER✔✔-1. weigh the benefits
and shortcomings of conference calls, webinars, face-to-face meetings, and
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COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Health Belief Model - ANSWER✔✔-Model which people assess the threat
of an emerging disease by assessing their perceived susceptibility against
the severity of the disease.
Programs - ANSWER✔✔-a set of planned activities over time designed to
achieve specific objectives
Program Planning - ANSWER✔✔-process of identifying needs,
establishing priorities, diagnosing causes of problems, assessing and
allocating resources and determining barriers to achieving objectives
Vision Statement - ANSWER✔✔-one-sentence or one-phrase statement that
describes the long term desired change stemming from the efforts of an
organization or program
Program Mission Statement - ANSWER✔✔-statement of the general focus
or purpose of the program. Can be one-sentence statement or short
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,narrative that broadly defines the program's purpose. Mission statements
identify the scope or focus of the organization or program and are
enduring over time
Goals - ANSWER✔✔-general, long-term statements or desired program
outcomes and provide the direction upon which all objectives are based
Objectives - ANSWER✔✔-statements that describe, in measureable terms,
the changes in behavior, attitude, knowledge, skills, or health status that
will occur in the intervention group as a result of the program. They are
small, specific steps that enable the goal to be met
Community-based organization (CBO) - ANSWER✔✔-public or private,
nonprofit organization of demonstrated effectiveness that is representative
of a community or significant segments of a community and provides
educational or related services to individuals in the community
Coalition - ANSWER✔✔-group of diverse organizations and constituencies
working together toward a common goal
Cultural competence/cy - ANSWER✔✔-an ability to understand,
communicate with and effectively interact with people across cultures.
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,Comprises these components: a) awareness of one's own cultural
worldview, b) attitude towards cultural differences, and c) knowledge of
one's orientation affects different professional practices and relationships
Stakeholders - ANSWER✔✔-groups of key people such as those involved
in the program operations, those served or affected by the program, and
the primary users of the program.
Expressed needs - ANSWER✔✔-observed through individuals' use of
services, such as an exercise class taken by older adults at a senior center.
Actual needs - ANSWER✔✔-may be inferred through the discrepancy of
services provided to one community group as compared to another, such
as bicycling and walking lanes.
Perceived needs - ANSWER✔✔-refer to what individuals in a community
state that they want, such as more healthy food choices in a school's
vending machine.
Normative needs - ANSWER✔✔-a discrepancy between an individual's or
group's current status and that of others, such as smoke free environment
in restaurants among different cities.
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, Well Planned Health Education Programs - ANSWER✔✔-A) Incorporate
collected data about the health issues addressed and/or about other similar
programs
B) Organize at the grassroots level to involve the populations that will be
affected
C) Will be most successful if the propriety population feels it has been
instrumental in program development
D) Important to provide a sense of ownership and empowerment among
those in the population of interest
The community organization process includes: - ANSWER✔✔-community
recognition of the issue, entrance of health education specialists into the
community to help organize the citizens, community assessment, priority
setting, selection and implementation of an intervention, and evaluation
and reassessment of the action plan.
Health education specialists should: - ANSWER✔✔-1. weigh the benefits
and shortcomings of conference calls, webinars, face-to-face meetings, and
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