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Which of the following organizations is responsible for the credentialing of health education
specialists? - Ans The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
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Conducting health education in a variety of settings is important as it allows health education
specialists to reach the greatest number of people in the most convenient, efficient, and
effective ways possible. - Ans True
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With increased emphasis on cost-cutting measures in the health care system and movement
toward more managed care, it is likely that prevention, and thus health education, will take a
higher profile in the future. - Ans True
The process whereby an individual or a professional preparation program meets specific
standards is known as - Ans Credentialing
The process by which a recognized professional body evaluates an entire college or university
professional preparation program is known as - Ans Accreditation
A process by which a professional organization grants recognition to an individual who, upon
completion of a competency-based curriculum, can demonstrate a predetermined standard of
performance is known as - Ans Certification
Health education specialists typically receive what type of credential upon completion of a
national exam? - Ans Certification
, Which of the following is not a benefit of national certification? - Ans Guaranteeing the quality
of work a certified individual will provide
Health education specialists are often called upon to serve as - Ans Resource persons
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Licensure is the process by which an agency or government (usually a state) grants permission
to individuals to practice a given profession. - Ans True
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One benefit to being a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) is that it assists employers in
identifying qualified health education practitioners. - Ans True
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Assessing individual and community needs is one of the seven major responsibilities of a health
education specialist. - Ans True
To help determine whether it is right or wrong to end a person's life, one would apply which
one of the following areas of philosophy? - Ans Ethics
The first step of the ethical decision-making model presented in the text is - Ans Defining the
nature of the problem
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Ethics is the study of morality. - Ans True