CHES CERTIFIED HEALTH EDUCATION
SPECIALIST LATEST TESTBANK ACTUAL
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ Research Answer: is an organized process using the scientific method
for investigating problems. Can be conducted with the intent to
generalize findings from a sample to a larger population. Does not
always aim for, or achieve, evaluative conclusions, and it is restricted to
empirical (rather than evaluative) data. Bases observed, measured, or
calculated conclusions on that data.
⫸ Reliability Answer: the consistency, dependability, and stability of
the measurement process.
⫸ Validity Answer: the degree to which a test or assessment measures
what it is intended to measure.
⫸ Variables Answer: operational forms of a construct. Designate how
the construct will be measured in designated scenarios.
⫸ Formative Evaluation Answer: looks at an ongoing process of
evaluation from planning through implementation. Identifying and
assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the way a health educator
implements a program. Allows for continual assessment; allows for
monitoring progress, troubleshooting, and corrective actions.
,⫸ Process Evaluation Answer: any combination of measures that occur
as a program is implemented to assure or improve the quality of
performance or delivery
⫸ Summative Evaluation Answer: often associated with measures of
judgments that enable the investigator to draw conclusions. It is also
commonly associated with impact and outcome evaluations. Focuses on
the outcomes or products
⫸ Impact Evaluations Answer: focuses on immediate and observable
effects of a program leading to the desired outcomes.
⫸ Outcome Evaluation Answer: focused on the ultimate goal, product
or policy. Often measured in terms of morbidity and mortality.
⫸ Purpose Statement Answer: identifies in detail what the health
education specialist wants to learn over the course of an evaluation or
research project. Usually a sentence or two written with specificity and
detail. Helps to focus and guide efforts involved with data collection and
analysis.
⫸ Evaluation Questions Answer: specifically developed questions. Help
to establish boundaries for the evaluation by stating what aspects of the
program will be addressed. Creating encourages stakeholders to reveal
what they believe the evaluation should answer. Use to monitor and
measure processes, activities, outputs and expected outcomes.
,⫸ Search Strategies Answer: typically require health education
specialists to:
identify key search terms
identify a period of time to conduct the search
characteristics of the target population
health conditions of interest.
⫸ Systematic Reviews Answer: a published qualitative review of a
comprehensive synthesis of publications on particular topics.
⫸ Meta-analyses Answer: a systematic method of evaluating statistical
data based on results of several independent studies of the same
problem.
⫸ Pooled analyses Answer: a method for collecting all the individual
data from a group of studies, combining them into one large set of data,
and then analyzing the data as it came from one big study.
⫸ Quantitative Methodology Answer: focuses on quantifying, or
measuring, things related to health education programs through the use
of numerical data to help describe, explain, or predict phenomena.
⫸ Qualitative Methodology Answer: descriptive in nature and attempts
to discover meaning or interpret why phenomena are occurring.
, ⫸ Mixed Methods Approach Answer: data collection to "tell the story"
and describe classifications, as well as to indicate why a phenomenon is
occurring within a population
⫸ Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) database Answer: help
health education specialists identify useful existing data collection
instruments. Database collects rating scales, questionnaires, checklists,
tests, interview schedules, and coding schemes/manuals for health and
social sciences. Health and psychosocial instruments in this database are
used and/or published in literature and often recognize reliability and
validity concerns. Used for assessment and/or evaluation purposes.
⫸ Logic Model Answer: used in evaluation to assist in describing key
aspects of programs in terms of a simple flow chart.
⫸ Inputs Answer: resources, contributions, and other investments that
go into a program. Human, fiscal, physical, and intellectual resources
needed to address the objectives of a program.
⫸ Outputs Answer: the activities, services, and products that will reach
the participants of a program. Activities, products and services that will
influence short-term outcomes.
⫸ Outcomes Answer: are often depicted as short-term, intermediate, or
long-term.
SPECIALIST LATEST TESTBANK ACTUAL
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ Research Answer: is an organized process using the scientific method
for investigating problems. Can be conducted with the intent to
generalize findings from a sample to a larger population. Does not
always aim for, or achieve, evaluative conclusions, and it is restricted to
empirical (rather than evaluative) data. Bases observed, measured, or
calculated conclusions on that data.
⫸ Reliability Answer: the consistency, dependability, and stability of
the measurement process.
⫸ Validity Answer: the degree to which a test or assessment measures
what it is intended to measure.
⫸ Variables Answer: operational forms of a construct. Designate how
the construct will be measured in designated scenarios.
⫸ Formative Evaluation Answer: looks at an ongoing process of
evaluation from planning through implementation. Identifying and
assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the way a health educator
implements a program. Allows for continual assessment; allows for
monitoring progress, troubleshooting, and corrective actions.
,⫸ Process Evaluation Answer: any combination of measures that occur
as a program is implemented to assure or improve the quality of
performance or delivery
⫸ Summative Evaluation Answer: often associated with measures of
judgments that enable the investigator to draw conclusions. It is also
commonly associated with impact and outcome evaluations. Focuses on
the outcomes or products
⫸ Impact Evaluations Answer: focuses on immediate and observable
effects of a program leading to the desired outcomes.
⫸ Outcome Evaluation Answer: focused on the ultimate goal, product
or policy. Often measured in terms of morbidity and mortality.
⫸ Purpose Statement Answer: identifies in detail what the health
education specialist wants to learn over the course of an evaluation or
research project. Usually a sentence or two written with specificity and
detail. Helps to focus and guide efforts involved with data collection and
analysis.
⫸ Evaluation Questions Answer: specifically developed questions. Help
to establish boundaries for the evaluation by stating what aspects of the
program will be addressed. Creating encourages stakeholders to reveal
what they believe the evaluation should answer. Use to monitor and
measure processes, activities, outputs and expected outcomes.
,⫸ Search Strategies Answer: typically require health education
specialists to:
identify key search terms
identify a period of time to conduct the search
characteristics of the target population
health conditions of interest.
⫸ Systematic Reviews Answer: a published qualitative review of a
comprehensive synthesis of publications on particular topics.
⫸ Meta-analyses Answer: a systematic method of evaluating statistical
data based on results of several independent studies of the same
problem.
⫸ Pooled analyses Answer: a method for collecting all the individual
data from a group of studies, combining them into one large set of data,
and then analyzing the data as it came from one big study.
⫸ Quantitative Methodology Answer: focuses on quantifying, or
measuring, things related to health education programs through the use
of numerical data to help describe, explain, or predict phenomena.
⫸ Qualitative Methodology Answer: descriptive in nature and attempts
to discover meaning or interpret why phenomena are occurring.
, ⫸ Mixed Methods Approach Answer: data collection to "tell the story"
and describe classifications, as well as to indicate why a phenomenon is
occurring within a population
⫸ Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) database Answer: help
health education specialists identify useful existing data collection
instruments. Database collects rating scales, questionnaires, checklists,
tests, interview schedules, and coding schemes/manuals for health and
social sciences. Health and psychosocial instruments in this database are
used and/or published in literature and often recognize reliability and
validity concerns. Used for assessment and/or evaluation purposes.
⫸ Logic Model Answer: used in evaluation to assist in describing key
aspects of programs in terms of a simple flow chart.
⫸ Inputs Answer: resources, contributions, and other investments that
go into a program. Human, fiscal, physical, and intellectual resources
needed to address the objectives of a program.
⫸ Outputs Answer: the activities, services, and products that will reach
the participants of a program. Activities, products and services that will
influence short-term outcomes.
⫸ Outcomes Answer: are often depicted as short-term, intermediate, or
long-term.
