MPH Comprehensive Exam – Study Cards 2026 – Key Concepts
and Practice
What is health promotion? - correct answer ✔✔ Is a field of study that examines how
knowledge, attitude, and beliefs of both individuals and the communities in which they reside
contribute to health behavior
Dimension of Health: Physical - correct answer ✔✔ absence of disease and disability;
functioning adequately; physical condition of the body.
Dimension of Health: Emotional - correct answer ✔✔ ability to feel and express full range of
human emotions; express/control appropriately
Dimension of Health: Social - correct answer ✔✔ ability to interact/communicate effectively;
connect with others; demonstrate respect/tolerance; sense of belonging.
Dimension of Health: Mental/Intellectual - correct answer ✔✔ ability to make sound decisions
and think critically; striving for continued personal growth/learn new info
Dimension of Health: Spiritual - correct answer ✔✔ unifying force within individuals; meaning
in life; common bond between individuals; individual perceptions of faith
Dimension of Health: Environmental - correct answer ✔✔ awareness of the environment's
importance to health, as well as human influence on environment
PER Factors: Predisposing - correct answer ✔✔ before the behavior; includes knowledge,
attitudes, beliefs, etc.
, PER Factors: Enabling - correct answer ✔✔ before the behavior; availability, accessibility, and
affordability
PER Factors: Reinforcing - correct answer ✔✔ after the behavior; social and personal benefits,
social support
Intervention Mapping Step 1: Logic Model of the Problem - correct answer ✔✔ establish work
and planning group, conduct needs assessment, describe context of the intervention, state
program goals
Intervention Mapping Step 2: Program Outcomes and Objectives (Logic Model of Change) -
correct answer ✔✔ state expected outcomes, specify performance objectives, select objectives
for behavior and environmental outcomes, select determinants for behavioral and
environmental outcomes, construct matrices of change, create logic model of change
Intervention Mapping Step 3: Program Design - correct answer ✔✔ generate program themes,
components, scope and sequence; choose theory and evidence based change methods, select
or design practical applications to deliver change methods
Intervention Mapping Step 4: Program Production - correct answer ✔✔ refine program
structure and organization; prepare program materials; pretest and refine materials
Intervention Mapping Step 5: Program Implementation Plan - correct answer ✔✔ identify users;
state outcomes and performance objectives for program use; construct matrices of change
objectives; design implementation interventions
Intervention Mapping Step 6: Evaluation Plan - correct answer ✔✔ Evaluation occurs during the
entire process*; write effect and process evaluation questions; develop indicators and measures
for assessment; specify the evaluation design; complete the evaluation plan
and Practice
What is health promotion? - correct answer ✔✔ Is a field of study that examines how
knowledge, attitude, and beliefs of both individuals and the communities in which they reside
contribute to health behavior
Dimension of Health: Physical - correct answer ✔✔ absence of disease and disability;
functioning adequately; physical condition of the body.
Dimension of Health: Emotional - correct answer ✔✔ ability to feel and express full range of
human emotions; express/control appropriately
Dimension of Health: Social - correct answer ✔✔ ability to interact/communicate effectively;
connect with others; demonstrate respect/tolerance; sense of belonging.
Dimension of Health: Mental/Intellectual - correct answer ✔✔ ability to make sound decisions
and think critically; striving for continued personal growth/learn new info
Dimension of Health: Spiritual - correct answer ✔✔ unifying force within individuals; meaning
in life; common bond between individuals; individual perceptions of faith
Dimension of Health: Environmental - correct answer ✔✔ awareness of the environment's
importance to health, as well as human influence on environment
PER Factors: Predisposing - correct answer ✔✔ before the behavior; includes knowledge,
attitudes, beliefs, etc.
, PER Factors: Enabling - correct answer ✔✔ before the behavior; availability, accessibility, and
affordability
PER Factors: Reinforcing - correct answer ✔✔ after the behavior; social and personal benefits,
social support
Intervention Mapping Step 1: Logic Model of the Problem - correct answer ✔✔ establish work
and planning group, conduct needs assessment, describe context of the intervention, state
program goals
Intervention Mapping Step 2: Program Outcomes and Objectives (Logic Model of Change) -
correct answer ✔✔ state expected outcomes, specify performance objectives, select objectives
for behavior and environmental outcomes, select determinants for behavioral and
environmental outcomes, construct matrices of change, create logic model of change
Intervention Mapping Step 3: Program Design - correct answer ✔✔ generate program themes,
components, scope and sequence; choose theory and evidence based change methods, select
or design practical applications to deliver change methods
Intervention Mapping Step 4: Program Production - correct answer ✔✔ refine program
structure and organization; prepare program materials; pretest and refine materials
Intervention Mapping Step 5: Program Implementation Plan - correct answer ✔✔ identify users;
state outcomes and performance objectives for program use; construct matrices of change
objectives; design implementation interventions
Intervention Mapping Step 6: Evaluation Plan - correct answer ✔✔ Evaluation occurs during the
entire process*; write effect and process evaluation questions; develop indicators and measures
for assessment; specify the evaluation design; complete the evaluation plan
