NCHEC CHES Exam – Practice Questions from 8th Edition Health Education Study Guide
Cultural Competence (A=7) To facilitate understanding and sensitivity for various cultures,
values, and traditions, cultural competence includes knowledge, awareness, and sensitivity.
Targeting a Messages (A=3) Focusing on a segment of the population. E.g., Sending cancer
prevention flyers to women 40 and older about breast cancer screening.
Process Evaluation (A=4) Determines whether a program is being implemented as intended.
E.g., Asking questions about whether the participants like the instructional materials and if the
instructors find them easy to use.
Process Evaluation (A=1) The best strategy to use when obtaining data and to avoid
duplication of services while designing an intervention to address concerns/issues of the
community.
Determines whether a program is being implemented as intended.
Health Literacy Universal Precaution (A=6) According to the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), The following are considered a health literacy universal precaution.
1. Use short sentences consisting of no more than 25 words.
2. Supplement text with relevant multimedia, including images and videos.
3. Highlight, bold, or create text-boxes to display important main points.
Gantt Chart (A=3) A Planning tool with a timeline showing when specific tasks are to be
accomplished before, during and after a program while tracking actual accomplishment of each
task.
Bar graph showing production managers what projects are being worked on and what stage
they are in at any given time.
,Critical Path Method (CPM) (A=3) A method used to estimate the minimum project duration
and determine the amount of scheduling flexibility on the logical network paths within the
schedule model.
Grassroots Lobbying (A=5) An advocacy initiative that relies on participation by group
members, such as a town hall meeting, protest, or a letter-writing campaign.
Training Titles and Modalities (A=8) Used to find adaptive leadership training to learn how
to more effectively communicate with diverse populations in the community.
E.g. "Listening with cultural humility before communicating your message" (hybrid: two 2-hour
in-person workshops plus 2 coaching calls)
Actual Needs (A=1) Needs reported by health professionals based on incidence and
prevalence data.
E.g. Access to available community health care services in one community is lower than another
community with comparable demographics.
Summative Evaluation (A=4) Used to measure the outcome of an intervention.
Messaging Techniques (A=6) Targeting-
Secondary Data (A=3) Facts and figures that have already been recorded prior to the project
at hand
Baseline data can be found on federal, state, city, and county open data portal.
Drawback of Pilot Testing (A=2) A main drawback is that the result may not be entirely
generalizable.
, Level of Retention (A=2) Done and said: yields the highest level of retention as people learn.
What is typically measured in Process Evaluation (A=3) Fidelity, completeness, and exposure
S.M.A.R.T Objectives (A=5) Specific
Measurable
Achievable/ Attainable
Relevant/ Realistic
Time-bound
E.g. "By the end of the program, 20% of respondents will report eating more fruits and
vegetables."
Characteristics defining Plain Language (A=7) Language is presented in a way that the
audience can understand it quickly.
Conducting a literature review (A=1) Two important search strategy should include
identifying key words, selected sources/database (s).
Behavioral Objectives (A=2) E.g., "Among programs participants, smoking rates will increase
by 35% in 12 months"
Element of Currency (A=6) Means how current or out-of-date the health information is for
their health topic.
Guide to Community Preventive Services (A=8) A free resource to help practitioners choose
programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease at the community level.
Cultural Competence (A=7) To facilitate understanding and sensitivity for various cultures,
values, and traditions, cultural competence includes knowledge, awareness, and sensitivity.
Targeting a Messages (A=3) Focusing on a segment of the population. E.g., Sending cancer
prevention flyers to women 40 and older about breast cancer screening.
Process Evaluation (A=4) Determines whether a program is being implemented as intended.
E.g., Asking questions about whether the participants like the instructional materials and if the
instructors find them easy to use.
Process Evaluation (A=1) The best strategy to use when obtaining data and to avoid
duplication of services while designing an intervention to address concerns/issues of the
community.
Determines whether a program is being implemented as intended.
Health Literacy Universal Precaution (A=6) According to the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), The following are considered a health literacy universal precaution.
1. Use short sentences consisting of no more than 25 words.
2. Supplement text with relevant multimedia, including images and videos.
3. Highlight, bold, or create text-boxes to display important main points.
Gantt Chart (A=3) A Planning tool with a timeline showing when specific tasks are to be
accomplished before, during and after a program while tracking actual accomplishment of each
task.
Bar graph showing production managers what projects are being worked on and what stage
they are in at any given time.
,Critical Path Method (CPM) (A=3) A method used to estimate the minimum project duration
and determine the amount of scheduling flexibility on the logical network paths within the
schedule model.
Grassroots Lobbying (A=5) An advocacy initiative that relies on participation by group
members, such as a town hall meeting, protest, or a letter-writing campaign.
Training Titles and Modalities (A=8) Used to find adaptive leadership training to learn how
to more effectively communicate with diverse populations in the community.
E.g. "Listening with cultural humility before communicating your message" (hybrid: two 2-hour
in-person workshops plus 2 coaching calls)
Actual Needs (A=1) Needs reported by health professionals based on incidence and
prevalence data.
E.g. Access to available community health care services in one community is lower than another
community with comparable demographics.
Summative Evaluation (A=4) Used to measure the outcome of an intervention.
Messaging Techniques (A=6) Targeting-
Secondary Data (A=3) Facts and figures that have already been recorded prior to the project
at hand
Baseline data can be found on federal, state, city, and county open data portal.
Drawback of Pilot Testing (A=2) A main drawback is that the result may not be entirely
generalizable.
, Level of Retention (A=2) Done and said: yields the highest level of retention as people learn.
What is typically measured in Process Evaluation (A=3) Fidelity, completeness, and exposure
S.M.A.R.T Objectives (A=5) Specific
Measurable
Achievable/ Attainable
Relevant/ Realistic
Time-bound
E.g. "By the end of the program, 20% of respondents will report eating more fruits and
vegetables."
Characteristics defining Plain Language (A=7) Language is presented in a way that the
audience can understand it quickly.
Conducting a literature review (A=1) Two important search strategy should include
identifying key words, selected sources/database (s).
Behavioral Objectives (A=2) E.g., "Among programs participants, smoking rates will increase
by 35% in 12 months"
Element of Currency (A=6) Means how current or out-of-date the health information is for
their health topic.
Guide to Community Preventive Services (A=8) A free resource to help practitioners choose
programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease at the community level.
