According to which theory or model do people assess the threat of an emerging disease by
assessing their perceived susceptibility against the severity of the disease? correct answers
Health Belief Model
A health education specialist is considering how people might adopt a program in order to
understand how best to tailor specific messages. If the health education specialist wants to get
the first people to adopt the program using the Diffusion of Innovations, which strategy might
be the best? correct answers Focus on how new and different the program is from what exists
In a priority population, in infant mortality rate and overall death rate for mothers with less
than a high school education is almost twice as high as mothers with 13 or more years of
education. These are examples of correct answers Health Disparities
Data storage is an example of which type of technology needed? correct answers
Infrastructure
Newsletters, community meetings, public service announcements, and social networking sites
are examples of: correct answers Communication Channels
Smoking bans in restaurants are which type of strategy in a community-based smoking
prevention program? correct answers Health Policy
Which section of an original research paper presents evidence tested against the stated
hypotheses or research questions and presents the statistical findings? correct answers Results
Which of the following statements about informed consent is correct? correct answers It
explains the benefits, risks, and participation is voluntary and may be terminated at any time.
The health department administrator just returned from a meeting where someone used focus
groups to gather data and now has a great idea. The administrator tasks the health education
specialist with conducting a focus group of low income citizens from the south side of town
to answer questions about which heart disease intervention the department should offer city
wide. Knowing the limitations of this strategy, the health education specialist is rightfully
concerned about: correct answers The generalizability of the findings
When developing advocacy plans, which questions would be considered last? correct answers
What tactics should be used to influence people?
A health education specialist is asked to find school health resources for physical activity.
The most appropriate bibliographic database to search is: correct answers ERIC
While hiring new employees, the health education specialist should contact the candidates
professional references and validate the employees degrees. In doing so, discrepancies may
be: correct answers revealed prior to hiring
The health education specialist has core substance abuse prevention coalition members in
place and is currently broadening group representation. Some new members only contribute
money to the coalition are categorized as: correct answers supporting participants