CHES Exam – Questions With Complete Solutions
In a priority population, the infant mortality rate and overall death rate for
mothers with less than a high school education is almost twice as high with 13
or more years of education. These are examples of health... Right Ans -
disparities.
The health department administrator just returned from a meeting where
someone used a focus group 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 limitation of this strategy, the health education specialist is
rightfully concerned about: Right Ans - the generalization of the findings.
Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which
type of factors related to health? Right Ans - Behavioral
The health education specialist is working with a local community to institute
a smoke free environment in local businesses, agencies, and restaurants
throughout the entire community. What type of health strategy would the
health education specialist implement in the community? Right Ans -
Ordinance
A hospital is expanding outreach services and facilities with a new unit
focused on prevention and the treatment of chronic disease. The health
education specialist is tasked with gathering local data on these conditions.
Which is the most useful rate to use? Right Ans - Prevalence Rate
A health education specialist has been asked to collect qualitative data from
participants. Given a short time period to collect data, which method takes the
least amount of time? Right Ans - Focus groups
A health education specialist is concerned about HIV infection in the
community. The health education specialist might use the data on the graph
above. Right Ans - To compare to primary data in the community to
understand community need.
, A health education specialist is asked to measure actual use of a walking trail
in a local community. Which of the following methods is best to measure
actual use over a period of weeks? Right Ans - Observation
The health education specialist must analyze the meaning of the data collected
during the assessment and determine health education/promotion needs. If
the health education specialist aggregates the data, which the cognitive
process of qualitative research is s/he focusing on? Right Ans -
Synthesizing
Conducting a capacity assessment focuses on identifying community: Right
Ans - Resources
Which methods represents a secondary source for a needs assessment?
Right Ans - Published data from a CDC article
Using a written questionnaire, a cross-sectional survey about personal
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use behaviors was administered to a priority
population. The priority population for the the survey did not respond. The
health education specialist would then need to find other evidence that
behaviors occurred or did not using... Right Ans - Proxy measures
Print material was selected as the appropriate way to provide a take-home
message to reinforce concepts presented during a behavior change
intervention. The first step in planning the specific materials to be developed
is to: Right Ans - Define the audience for the material.
Which represents primary sources that could be used for a community needs
assessment? Right Ans - Informal interviews, observations, and surveys.
In a community, twice as many people did over the course of one year in
house fires than in car crashes. Community members demand the health
education specialist immediately to create a fire prevention intervention.
Before planning the fire prevention intervention, the health education
specialist should first determine the Right Ans - Population at risk
A large group of tourists traveled on an ocean liner to a tropical island and
developed and acute, flu-like illness. The suspected cause of illness is
associated with cruising on the ocean liner. Health authorities need to know
In a priority population, the infant mortality rate and overall death rate for
mothers with less than a high school education is almost twice as high with 13
or more years of education. These are examples of health... Right Ans -
disparities.
The health department administrator just returned from a meeting where
someone used a focus group 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 limitation of this strategy, the health education specialist is
rightfully concerned about: Right Ans - the generalization of the findings.
Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which
type of factors related to health? Right Ans - Behavioral
The health education specialist is working with a local community to institute
a smoke free environment in local businesses, agencies, and restaurants
throughout the entire community. What type of health strategy would the
health education specialist implement in the community? Right Ans -
Ordinance
A hospital is expanding outreach services and facilities with a new unit
focused on prevention and the treatment of chronic disease. The health
education specialist is tasked with gathering local data on these conditions.
Which is the most useful rate to use? Right Ans - Prevalence Rate
A health education specialist has been asked to collect qualitative data from
participants. Given a short time period to collect data, which method takes the
least amount of time? Right Ans - Focus groups
A health education specialist is concerned about HIV infection in the
community. The health education specialist might use the data on the graph
above. Right Ans - To compare to primary data in the community to
understand community need.
, A health education specialist is asked to measure actual use of a walking trail
in a local community. Which of the following methods is best to measure
actual use over a period of weeks? Right Ans - Observation
The health education specialist must analyze the meaning of the data collected
during the assessment and determine health education/promotion needs. If
the health education specialist aggregates the data, which the cognitive
process of qualitative research is s/he focusing on? Right Ans -
Synthesizing
Conducting a capacity assessment focuses on identifying community: Right
Ans - Resources
Which methods represents a secondary source for a needs assessment?
Right Ans - Published data from a CDC article
Using a written questionnaire, a cross-sectional survey about personal
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use behaviors was administered to a priority
population. The priority population for the the survey did not respond. The
health education specialist would then need to find other evidence that
behaviors occurred or did not using... Right Ans - Proxy measures
Print material was selected as the appropriate way to provide a take-home
message to reinforce concepts presented during a behavior change
intervention. The first step in planning the specific materials to be developed
is to: Right Ans - Define the audience for the material.
Which represents primary sources that could be used for a community needs
assessment? Right Ans - Informal interviews, observations, and surveys.
In a community, twice as many people did over the course of one year in
house fires than in car crashes. Community members demand the health
education specialist immediately to create a fire prevention intervention.
Before planning the fire prevention intervention, the health education
specialist should first determine the Right Ans - Population at risk
A large group of tourists traveled on an ocean liner to a tropical island and
developed and acute, flu-like illness. The suspected cause of illness is
associated with cruising on the ocean liner. Health authorities need to know
