CHES EXAM PREP KIT 2026 BUNDLED
PRACTICE SOLUTION GUIDE
● COMMUNITY SETTING. Answer: Once a health education program
has been created for a priority population, health education specialists
must work to identify and obtain the resources to implement the
program. Personnel are a primary resource in implementing any such
program. Health education specialists will need to train staff members
and volunteers or obtain assistance from a community coalition to
implement the program. After launching the program, health education
specialists continue to monitor progress and consider various strategies
for sustaining the program over time.
● SCHOOL (K-12 ) SETTING. Answer: In a school setting, health
education specialists work to increase students' knowledge and to
promote positive attitudes and behaviors regarding health. The school
administration typically provides a curriculum to school-based health
education specialists. From the curriculum, health education specialists
infer objectives appropriate to students' learning potential and abilities,
as well as decide on appropriate teaching techniques. Health education
specialists' awareness of the students' learning needs, health behaviors,
and related factors inform lesson plans. Health education specialists
assess and monitor student learning to facilitate revisions in curricula
and instructional methods, and also work with parent groups, and
community groups to encourage school policies that support healthy
behaviors.
,● HEALTH CARE SETTING. Answer: Health education specialists
employed in health care often serve as liaisons between patients and
providers to enhance patient education. In addition, they can serve as
outreach coordinators and provide patient education programs in the
health care facility. Thus, health education specialists in this setting
might conduct a program to support patients' weight-loss efforts. They
may offer classes, supported by presentations from the health care
providers, and make use of educational materials consistent with the
patients' needs. Health education specialists arrange opportunities to
apply information learned through cooking classes or a grocery store
tour to improve ability to read food labels. They may monitor participant
outcomes and providers' reactions and the process of delivering such
activities to make change to the program and objective as warranted.
● BUSINESS/INDUSTRY SETTING. Answer: In the workplace, health
education specialists work with employers to offer educational programs
that respond to employees' health and lifestyle needs in a manner
conducive to employee participation. Health education specialists must
understand the needs and interests of employees, the workplace culture,
and the ways of doing business that might affect healthy behaviors.
Health education specialists may offer healthful food choices in the
company cafeteria, exercise classes, stress reduction counseling, and
smoking cessation therapy, all supplemented by educational materials.
● COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SETTING. Answer: Once a professional
preparation program is created, health education specialists working in a
higher education setting use their knowledge and skills to implement
academic programs and prepare future health education specialists.
Specifically, they use a variety of teaching methods, including lectures,
,discussions, simulations, practical experiences, and focused
assignments. These methods and curricula help their students develops
the essential health education implementation Competencies regardless
of their future practice setting.
● COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES SETTING. Answer:
In this setting, health education specialists work with others on campus
to implement programs that address established needs utilizing best
practices, appropriate theories, and a variety of strategies. Health
education specialists may coordinate special events, develop health
initiatives, arrange for screenings by other agencies, or develop
programs for priority populations within the campus community.
Program settings vary, and can include academic classrooms, residence
halls, and fraternity/sorority meetings. For example, with the support of
appropriate campus personnel, health education specialists may work
with residence hall officials to offer educational sessions on several
topics, including safer sex, alcohol and other drugs, relationship
violence, stress and time management, smoking cessation, nutrition, and
physical activity. Program availability must match students needs and be
supported by media and activities intended to appeal to the college
student. Health education specialists monitor program implementation,
participant interest, and attendance, as well as request feedback to
improve and direct future programming.
● KEY TERM: CULTURE Answer: Culture involves ideas, beliefs,
values, customs, and norms that are learned from family and community,
and are passed down from generation to generation (Doyle et al., 2010).
, ● KEY TERM: IMPLEMENTATION Answer: Implementation is a
specified set of activities designed to put into practice and activity or
program. In implementation, one seeks to accomplish the setting up,
management, and execution of the project, service, or program (National
Implementation Research Network, 2014).
● KEY TERM: INTERVENTION Answer: An intervention, or
program, is a set of learning activities, delivery plan, and evaluation
activities designed to achieve the desired outcomes of the program.
Interventions or programs may use single or multiple strategies to
accomplish objectives. An intervention is a specific component of a
more comprehensive program (Green & Kreuter, 2005)
● KEY TERM: INTERVENTION STRATEGY Answer: An
intervention strategy is a specific technique or approach used in an
intervention to get the desired outcome (Bartholomew et al., 2011)
● KEY TERM: LEARNING ACTIVITIES Answer: Learning activities
are the means used to carry out the program. These are the instructional
sessions that will address the learning objectives (Simons-Morton et al.,
1995). In this chapter, the phrase learning activities is used
interchangeably with program activities.
● KEY TERM: PLAIN LANGUAGE Answer: Plain language is a
strategy for making written and oral information easier to understand. It
is one important tool for improving health literacy (Plain Language
Action and Information Network, 2014).
PRACTICE SOLUTION GUIDE
● COMMUNITY SETTING. Answer: Once a health education program
has been created for a priority population, health education specialists
must work to identify and obtain the resources to implement the
program. Personnel are a primary resource in implementing any such
program. Health education specialists will need to train staff members
and volunteers or obtain assistance from a community coalition to
implement the program. After launching the program, health education
specialists continue to monitor progress and consider various strategies
for sustaining the program over time.
● SCHOOL (K-12 ) SETTING. Answer: In a school setting, health
education specialists work to increase students' knowledge and to
promote positive attitudes and behaviors regarding health. The school
administration typically provides a curriculum to school-based health
education specialists. From the curriculum, health education specialists
infer objectives appropriate to students' learning potential and abilities,
as well as decide on appropriate teaching techniques. Health education
specialists' awareness of the students' learning needs, health behaviors,
and related factors inform lesson plans. Health education specialists
assess and monitor student learning to facilitate revisions in curricula
and instructional methods, and also work with parent groups, and
community groups to encourage school policies that support healthy
behaviors.
,● HEALTH CARE SETTING. Answer: Health education specialists
employed in health care often serve as liaisons between patients and
providers to enhance patient education. In addition, they can serve as
outreach coordinators and provide patient education programs in the
health care facility. Thus, health education specialists in this setting
might conduct a program to support patients' weight-loss efforts. They
may offer classes, supported by presentations from the health care
providers, and make use of educational materials consistent with the
patients' needs. Health education specialists arrange opportunities to
apply information learned through cooking classes or a grocery store
tour to improve ability to read food labels. They may monitor participant
outcomes and providers' reactions and the process of delivering such
activities to make change to the program and objective as warranted.
● BUSINESS/INDUSTRY SETTING. Answer: In the workplace, health
education specialists work with employers to offer educational programs
that respond to employees' health and lifestyle needs in a manner
conducive to employee participation. Health education specialists must
understand the needs and interests of employees, the workplace culture,
and the ways of doing business that might affect healthy behaviors.
Health education specialists may offer healthful food choices in the
company cafeteria, exercise classes, stress reduction counseling, and
smoking cessation therapy, all supplemented by educational materials.
● COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SETTING. Answer: Once a professional
preparation program is created, health education specialists working in a
higher education setting use their knowledge and skills to implement
academic programs and prepare future health education specialists.
Specifically, they use a variety of teaching methods, including lectures,
,discussions, simulations, practical experiences, and focused
assignments. These methods and curricula help their students develops
the essential health education implementation Competencies regardless
of their future practice setting.
● COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES SETTING. Answer:
In this setting, health education specialists work with others on campus
to implement programs that address established needs utilizing best
practices, appropriate theories, and a variety of strategies. Health
education specialists may coordinate special events, develop health
initiatives, arrange for screenings by other agencies, or develop
programs for priority populations within the campus community.
Program settings vary, and can include academic classrooms, residence
halls, and fraternity/sorority meetings. For example, with the support of
appropriate campus personnel, health education specialists may work
with residence hall officials to offer educational sessions on several
topics, including safer sex, alcohol and other drugs, relationship
violence, stress and time management, smoking cessation, nutrition, and
physical activity. Program availability must match students needs and be
supported by media and activities intended to appeal to the college
student. Health education specialists monitor program implementation,
participant interest, and attendance, as well as request feedback to
improve and direct future programming.
● KEY TERM: CULTURE Answer: Culture involves ideas, beliefs,
values, customs, and norms that are learned from family and community,
and are passed down from generation to generation (Doyle et al., 2010).
, ● KEY TERM: IMPLEMENTATION Answer: Implementation is a
specified set of activities designed to put into practice and activity or
program. In implementation, one seeks to accomplish the setting up,
management, and execution of the project, service, or program (National
Implementation Research Network, 2014).
● KEY TERM: INTERVENTION Answer: An intervention, or
program, is a set of learning activities, delivery plan, and evaluation
activities designed to achieve the desired outcomes of the program.
Interventions or programs may use single or multiple strategies to
accomplish objectives. An intervention is a specific component of a
more comprehensive program (Green & Kreuter, 2005)
● KEY TERM: INTERVENTION STRATEGY Answer: An
intervention strategy is a specific technique or approach used in an
intervention to get the desired outcome (Bartholomew et al., 2011)
● KEY TERM: LEARNING ACTIVITIES Answer: Learning activities
are the means used to carry out the program. These are the instructional
sessions that will address the learning objectives (Simons-Morton et al.,
1995). In this chapter, the phrase learning activities is used
interchangeably with program activities.
● KEY TERM: PLAIN LANGUAGE Answer: Plain language is a
strategy for making written and oral information easier to understand. It
is one important tool for improving health literacy (Plain Language
Action and Information Network, 2014).
