HS 380 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

HS 380 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 awareness - Answers least intensive education - Answers middle intervention/program - Answers most intensive reasons to justify your program - Answers securing a budget gain management support ways to justify your program - Answers -Link program to overall mission or objectives of the organization -Balance tangible outcomes with more subjective ones (morale, image) -Build program into overall heath cost containment efforts of the company -Encourage management to invest savings from program back into more initiatives calculating preventable claims - Answers 1. determine average claims (divide total health claims from your company by the number of employees) 2. determine % of employees with risk factors 3. calculate costs per risk factor (more costs for those with more risk factors) 4. calculate excess medical claims (potential preventable claims equals any excess costs - costs above that of persons with 0 risk factors) 5. compare to a healthy benchmarks company (4 years) Lifestyle related factors are associated with medical costs. - Answers true Which of the following health risks is associated with the highest health care costs? - Answers depression ___________ - response is the term used to describe the change in effect on an organism caused by different levels of exposure to a stressor after a certain exposure time. - Answers dose An ROI of $2.33 is better than an ROI of $1.50 because it means the program is successfully saving the company money. - Answers true According to the data provided from the Wellsource Inc example, the largest majority of the study sample typically has how many high health risks? - Answers 2-3 High risks The preventable claims calculator is a tool that helps estimate potential savings from medical claims that companies could accrue by running a worksite health promotion program for their employees to improve their health related behaviors. - Answers true A company that has high risk status employees will have low potential and realistic preventable claims values. - Answers false fixed costs - Answers expenses that dont change based on number of participants -speakers, reference books/posters, room/equipment rental, or items purchase in anticipation of max participation variable costs - Answers costs that must be estimated because number of participants is unknown -HRA, educational materials, incentives and rewards, food and beverage awareness budget - Answers 100% participation 20-50% allocation of resources low intensity/complexity reaches large number of people little effort of participants low cost per person not likely to cause change in behavior awareness doesn't mean interest -brochures -posters -newsletters -banners education budget - Answers 20-80% participation 20-40% allocation of resources reach a large number of interested small effort may need outside expertise or resources moderate per person costs more likely to cause behavior change -speaker fees -videos -challenges/contests -biometric screenings -HRA -incentives program/intervention budget - Answers 5-50% participation 20-30% allocation of resources small number of interested/motivated people (usually high risk) considerable effort (time, energy, money) intensive instruction, indiv. monitoring and feedback, and support -speakers -membership fees -counseling -tracking device fees/softwares planning a budget - Answers organize expenses by phases show unit and total costs estimate participation rates indicate F/V costs cost share as need Fixed programming expenses vary depending on the number of employees anticipated to participate in a specific component of the program, such as lunches provided at a seminar. - Answers false Which programming phase generally reaches the largest number of employees with the least effort from the worksite professional? - Answers awareness A cholesterol screening costs $5.00 per person. A program wants to screen as many employees as possible at the beginning of the program, and again at the end of the program to examine whether the program was effective at lowering cholesterol levels. The professionals anticipate 200 employees participating in the first screening, and 150 to participate at the second screening. How much money should be allocated within the budget to cover the costs of this programs cholesterol screenings? - Answers 1750 why should programs be evaluated? - Answers know if your program is beneficial know what you need to change/improve to create a successful program -to obtain feedback so that you can improve your programming efforts -to demonstrate the value of your program -to measure change -to secure continued funding -to establish accountability (and sustainability) -to compare the efficacy of different interventions (see similar results) why do health promotion programs fail? - Answers not addressing clients needs (needs to interest and benefit employees) setting inappropriate objectives (improve aspects of behavior that only pertain to a few employees) using a bad program not implementing the program effectively (promoting awareness and variety) not evaluating program correctly or at all what should be evaluated in a program - Answers -participation -participant satisfaction -changes in behavior and health practices -biometric measures -productivity -medical claims how should you evaluate - Answers -program registration sheets -participant satisfaction surveys (mid/post evaluation) -self-reported behavior surveys -outcome results (HRA results, biometric testing, screening testing) -productivity questionnaire (surveys/in-person) what does it mean for the results of a program to generalize from one company to another? - Answers the data collected can be used at a different place because the participants are similar to those that were studied and will more than likely show similar results what are the characteristics of different research designs used in health promotion? - Answers non-experimental quasi-experimental experimental what are the limitations of the different designs - Answers what types of bias can influence the results - Answers hawthorne effect evaluation - Answers last step in professional model basis to making improvements loops back to objectives most savings - Answers level 3-4 cloud cover - Answers caused by -failure to evaluate -failure to track outcomes -inadequate use of data avoid by properly evaluating programs ongoing evaluation - Answers process evaluation most beneficial continuously evaluating program throughout the year (quarterly, bi-annually, annually) time burder to fill out surveys/do screenings ongoing evaluation of satisfaction and participation is most important Evaluation that is ongoing or conducted multiple times throughout a program. - Answers process evaluation How and When you evaluate your program should be in direct alignment with the proposed objectives for the program. - Answers true validity - Answers an assesment or study is measuring what it needs to be measuring and that it accurately corresponds to the real world