CHES Exam 8th Edition Study Guide
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Advisory Committee
✓ usually consists of individuals who are in a position to periodically
report on their actual experiences related to some common issue. In
doing so, members of this committee may offer their advice to a key
individual who is bringing them together or to another group of people
who will be making programmatic decisions
Capacity assessment
✓ a measure of actual and potential individual, group, and community
resources that can be inherent, and/or brought, to bear for health
maintenance and enhancement. The process of mapping community
assets is included in the capacity assessment
Coalition
✓ a group of diverse organizations and constituencies working together
toward a common goal
Needs assessment
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✓ the process of identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing the needs of a
priority population
Qualitative data
✓ data in narrative form, which is collected to better understand
motivation, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Quantitative data
✓ data collected in numerical form (e.g., mortality rates or number of
cigarettes smoked) or easily translated to numerical form (e.g., patient
satisfaction using a 5 point scale from dissatisfied to satisfied)
Planning Committee
✓ advisory committee members, experts, and agency staff. The lifespan
of this committee may be episodic (with limited duration) or continuing
(on-going)
Primary data
✓ data that a health education specialist collects directly (via a survey,
a focus group, in-depth interview, etc.), which are used to answer
unique questions related to the specific needs assessment
Secondary data
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✓ data that already have been collected by others that may or may not
be directly gathered from the individual or population being assessed.
Examples include existing research published in peer-reviewed journals
and/or datasets, such as the United States Census, Vital Records, and
Disease Registries
Stakeholders
✓ individuals or agencies with a vested interest in the health education
program
Social determinants of health
✓ conditions in which people are born, live, work, play, as well as age,
that affect their health risks, health, daily functioning, and quality of life
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2018a)
needs assessment
✓ the process of identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing the needs of a
priority population
capacity (asset-based) assessment
✓ actual and potential influential resources in the community (e.g.,
stakeholders) and the support (e.g., individual protective factors,
significant others, settings) at an individual level to address needs
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Area of Responsibility 1
✓ Assessment of Needs and Capacity
Competency 1.1 Plan Assessment
✓ Sub-competencies:
✓ 1.1.1 Define the purpose and scope of the assessment.
✓ 1.1.2 Identify priority population(s).
✓ 1.1.3 Identify existing and available resources, policies, programs,
practices, and interventions.
✓ 1.1.4 Examine the factors and determinants that influence the
assessment process.
✓ 1.1.5 Recruit and/or engage priority population(s), partners, and
stakeholders to participate throughout all steps in the assessment,
planning, implementation, and evaluation processes.
1.1.1 Planning committee should ask and address at this stage of the
assessment process
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