NCHEC – Area II: Plan Health Education/Promotion – Practice Questions and Answers
Which of the following is an example of a behavioral factor that must be considered to assess
the root causes of racial and ethnic disparities?
a. Exposure to toxins
b. Limited access to quality health care
c. Lack of seat belt use
d. Poverty c. Lack of seat belt use (key word: behavioral)
The healthy hearts coalition emails all PTA/PTO members and asks them to contact their district
school board members to vote for healthy snacks in school policy. This appeal is considered:
a. media advocacy
b. direct lobbying
c. legislative advocacy
d. grassroots lobbying d. grassroots lobbying
In the process of selecting the most appropriate educational method to use in a health
education program, which of the following guidelines should be used?
a. Use favorite methods of the person delivering the program
b. consider the nature of the audience and the purpose of the program.
c. Find a program delivered to a different audience and deliver it to your audience.
d. In order to be useful, a program must inculde all of the intervention strategies. b.
consider the nature of the audience and the purpose of the program.
When planning a cardiovascular disease prevention program following the PRECEDE-PROCEED
Model, data on high fatty acid intake would fall into which assessment phase?
a. Educational and Ecological Assessment
b. Social assessment and situational analysis
Which of the following is an example of a behavioral factor that must be considered to assess
the root causes of racial and ethnic disparities?
a. Exposure to toxins
b. Limited access to quality health care
c. Lack of seat belt use
d. Poverty c. Lack of seat belt use (key word: behavioral)
The healthy hearts coalition emails all PTA/PTO members and asks them to contact their district
school board members to vote for healthy snacks in school policy. This appeal is considered:
a. media advocacy
b. direct lobbying
c. legislative advocacy
d. grassroots lobbying d. grassroots lobbying
In the process of selecting the most appropriate educational method to use in a health
education program, which of the following guidelines should be used?
a. Use favorite methods of the person delivering the program
b. consider the nature of the audience and the purpose of the program.
c. Find a program delivered to a different audience and deliver it to your audience.
d. In order to be useful, a program must inculde all of the intervention strategies. b.
consider the nature of the audience and the purpose of the program.
When planning a cardiovascular disease prevention program following the PRECEDE-PROCEED
Model, data on high fatty acid intake would fall into which assessment phase?
a. Educational and Ecological Assessment
b. Social assessment and situational analysis
