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(B) Perceived severity
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(C) Perceived self-efficacy
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(D) Perceived response efficacy - ANSWER C
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The construct of normative beliefs is from which model/theory?
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(A) Transtheoretical model
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(B) Theory of reasoned action/planned behavior
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(C) Social cognitive theory
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(D) Social ecological model - ANSWER B
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common?
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operate outside the individual.
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valued outcomes.
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behaviors. - ANSWER A
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cancer. Researchers at a local university implement a breast cancer screening
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intervention. This intervention is an example of:
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(A) Tertiary prevention
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All intervention messages (printed, computer-delivered, or Internet-based) must:
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health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement programs to improve
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progress toward reaching the national health objectives. Communities receiving such
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status and national health objectives and with putting programs in place to narrow such
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progress toward reaching the national health objectives. Communities receiving such
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funds are charged with identifying the most significant gaps between the current health
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status and national health objectives and with putting programs in place to narrow such
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gaps.
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Using the PRECEDE framework, the county health department has conducted a social
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and health diagnosis. Some of the most severe quality-of-life problems were related to
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limb amputation and kidney failure. Prevalent health problems included diabetes,
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hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Which of the following behavioral factors are
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Grove?
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(A) Unprotected sex, early sexual initiation, use of drugs
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(B) Sedentary lifestyle, high caloric consumption, low fiber intake
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Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in the
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Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was selected as a
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health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement programs to improve
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progress toward reaching the national health objectives. Communities receiving such
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funds are charged with identifying the most significant gaps between the current health
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status and national health objectives and with putting programs in place to narrow such
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gaps.
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Given the factors presumed to be responsible for the major health problems in this
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scenario, what would be the best source for community planners to use to find data on
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how widespread each behavioral factor is at the state or local level?
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(B) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
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(D) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - ANSWER B
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health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement programs to improve
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progress toward reaching the national health objectives. Communities receiving such
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funds are charged with identifying the most significant gaps between the current health
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status and national health objectives and with putting programs in place to narrow such
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The Franklin County health program planners intend to keep close track of the number
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of programs and activities offered, the number of adults and children who participate in
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each program or activity, and all feedback given by community members about the
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programs and activities. These actions would most appropriately fit into which of the
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Which term refers to a collective body of individuals identified by geography, common
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interests, concerns, characteristics, or values?
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(A) Community
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(D) Group - ANSWER A
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Which of the following is defined as a community's ability to define and solve its own
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problems?
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(A) Social capital
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(B) Community development
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(C) Community organization
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(D) Community capacity - ANSWER D
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Biological, environmental, behavioral, organizational, political, and social factors that
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contribute to the health status of individuals, groups and communities are commonly
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(A) Health behavior causal factors
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(B) Social ecology factors
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(D) Determinants of health - ANSWER D
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An individual's capacity to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information and
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services and the individual's competence to use such information and services in ways
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that advance health are called:
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(A) Medical informatics
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(B) Health literacy
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(C) Health education
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(D) Patient education - ANSWER B
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Which of the following terms refers to a consumer-driven application of sales and
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encourage positive health behaviors within intended audiences?
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(A) Health communication
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(B) Health promotion
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(C) Focus group testing
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(D) Social marketing - ANSWER D
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Which of the following terms from the social cognitive theory refers to the dynamic
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interaction among the person, environment, and behavior?
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(A) Behavioral norms
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(B) Reciprocal determinism
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(D) Bidirectional dependence - ANSWER B
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A community has high rates of HIV infection among injection drug users (IDUs). The
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community council decides to legalize needle exchange programs in an effort to provide
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clean syringes to prevent the sharing of contaminated needles in drug-using networks.
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This type of program is an example of:
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(A) Harm reductions
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(B) Policy advocacy
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(D) Behavior change - ANSWER A
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Theory is defined as:
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(A) A branch of philosophy that deals with morality
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(B) A tested set of hypotheses listed in order of importance
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explain the nature of behavior of a specified set of phenomena
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(D) A verified fact that the majority does not believe to be true - ANSWER C
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Which of the following is not a construct from the Health Belief Model?
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(A) Susceptibility
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(B) Cues to action
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(C) Decisional balance
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(D) Barriers - ANSWER C
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Which of the following processes from the Transtheoretical Model refers to substituting
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healthy behaviors for unhealthy ones?
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(A) Stimulus control
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(B) Consciousness raising
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(D) Counter-conditioning - ANSWER D
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CPH- Certified in Public Health- (Actual)
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Exam Graded A+
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Many people do not attempt to decrease unhealthy behaviors such as overeating or
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smoking because they lack the confidence that they can successfully change. This is an
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example of:
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(A) Perceived susceptibility
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(B) Perceived severity
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(C) Perceived self-efficacy
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(D) Perceived response efficacy - ANSWER C
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The construct of normative beliefs is from which model/theory?
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(A) Transtheoretical model
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(B) Theory of reasoned action/planned behavior
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(C) Social cognitive theory
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(D) Social ecological model - ANSWER B
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Which of the following do social cognitive theory and the social ecological model have in
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common?
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(A) Both take into consideration factors that are within the individual and factors that
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operate outside the individual.
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(B) Both focus primarily on environmental determinants of behavior that must be
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addressed at the policy level.
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(C) Both come out of the value expectancy paradigm that associates behaviors with
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valued outcomes.
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(D) Both originally were developed exclusively to explain unhealthy versus healthy
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behaviors. - ANSWER A
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A population of rural women experiences a high rate of mortality related to breast
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cancer. Researchers at a local university implement a breast cancer screening
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Sp
intervention. This intervention is an example of:
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(A) Tertiary prevention
(B) Advocacy
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(C) Secondary prevention
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(D) Primary prevention - ANSWER C
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All intervention messages (printed, computer-delivered, or Internet-based) must:
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(A) Start with the most important information first
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(B) Include graphics, pictures, and the like to attract people's attention
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(C) Be written at a reading level suitable to the target population
(D) Be no longer than four sentences so that the reader does not become bored -
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ANSWER C
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Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in the
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Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was selected as a
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health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement programs to improve
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progress toward reaching the national health objectives. Communities receiving such
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funds are charged with identifying the most significant gaps between the current health
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Sp
status and national health objectives and with putting programs in place to narrow such
gaps.
ne
la
What is the first step to take to address the goals of the funding?
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(A) Consult Healthy People 2010 to identify relevant objectives
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Sp
(B) Convene a group of community leaders to decide how to spend the funds
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(C) Convene a group of community citizens to decide how to spend the funds
(D) Consult an expert in community health to draw up a program plan - ANSWER A
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Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in the
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Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was selected as a
health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement programs to improve
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progress toward reaching the national health objectives. Communities receiving such
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sh
funds are charged with identifying the most significant gaps between the current health
Sp
status and national health objectives and with putting programs in place to narrow such
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gaps.
la
Using the PRECEDE framework, the county health department has conducted a social
tz
sh
and health diagnosis. Some of the most severe quality-of-life problems were related to
Sp
limb amputation and kidney failure. Prevalent health problems included diabetes,
ne
hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Which of the following behavioral factors are
la
most likely responsible for the above health and quality-of-life issues in Franklin 's
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Grove?
Sp
(A) Unprotected sex, early sexual initiation, use of drugs
ne
(B) Sedentary lifestyle, high caloric consumption, low fiber intake
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(C) Advanced age, low levels of education, history of racism
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(D) Frequent tobacco, drug, and alcohol us - ANSWER B
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Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in the
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Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was selected as a
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health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement programs to improve
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Sp
progress toward reaching the national health objectives. Communities receiving such
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funds are charged with identifying the most significant gaps between the current health
la
status and national health objectives and with putting programs in place to narrow such
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gaps.
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Sp
Given the factors presumed to be responsible for the major health problems in this
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scenario, what would be the best source for community planners to use to find data on
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how widespread each behavioral factor is at the state or local level?
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(A) Healthy People 2010 midcourse review
sh
Sp
(B) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
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(C) Community Guide to Preventive Services
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(D) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - ANSWER B
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Franklin's Grove is the county seat of Franklin County, a small rural county in the
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Southeast. On the basis of its demographic and economic profile, it was selected as a
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health improvement zone to receive Federal funds to implement programs to improve
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progress toward reaching the national health objectives. Communities receiving such
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funds are charged with identifying the most significant gaps between the current health
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Sp
status and national health objectives and with putting programs in place to narrow such
gaps.
ne
la
The Franklin County health program planners intend to keep close track of the number
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of programs and activities offered, the number of adults and children who participate in
sh
Sp
each program or activity, and all feedback given by community members about the
ne
programs and activities. These actions would most appropriately fit into which of the
following evaluation categories?
la
tz
(A) Cost-effectiveness
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(B) Impact
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(C) Outcome
(D) Process - ANSWER D
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Which term refers to a collective body of individuals identified by geography, common
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interests, concerns, characteristics, or values?
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(A) Community
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(B) Population
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(C) Sample
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(D) Group - ANSWER A
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Which of the following is defined as a community's ability to define and solve its own
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problems?
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(A) Social capital
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(B) Community development
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(C) Community organization
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(D) Community capacity - ANSWER D
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Biological, environmental, behavioral, organizational, political, and social factors that
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contribute to the health status of individuals, groups and communities are commonly
referred to as:
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Sp
(A) Health behavior causal factors
ne
(B) Social ecology factors
la
(C) Needs assessment factors
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(D) Determinants of health - ANSWER D
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An individual's capacity to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information and
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services and the individual's competence to use such information and services in ways
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that advance health are called:
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Sp
(A) Medical informatics
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(B) Health literacy
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(C) Health education
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(D) Patient education - ANSWER B
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Which of the following terms refers to a consumer-driven application of sales and
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promotional techniques to the analysis (including the review of background information
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and formative work), planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs designed to
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Sp
encourage positive health behaviors within intended audiences?
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(A) Health communication
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(B) Health promotion
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(C) Focus group testing
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Sp
(D) Social marketing - ANSWER D
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Which of the following terms from the social cognitive theory refers to the dynamic
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interaction among the person, environment, and behavior?
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(A) Behavioral norms
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(B) Reciprocal determinism
(C) Decisional balance
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(D) Bidirectional dependence - ANSWER B
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A community has high rates of HIV infection among injection drug users (IDUs). The
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community council decides to legalize needle exchange programs in an effort to provide
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clean syringes to prevent the sharing of contaminated needles in drug-using networks.
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sh
This type of program is an example of:
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(A) Harm reductions
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(B) Policy advocacy
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(C) Community organization
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(D) Behavior change - ANSWER A
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Theory is defined as:
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(A) A branch of philosophy that deals with morality
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(B) A tested set of hypotheses listed in order of importance
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(C) A systematic relationship of constructs devised to analyze, predict, and otherwise
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explain the nature of behavior of a specified set of phenomena
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(D) A verified fact that the majority does not believe to be true - ANSWER C
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Which of the following is not a construct from the Health Belief Model?
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(A) Susceptibility
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(B) Cues to action
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(C) Decisional balance
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(D) Barriers - ANSWER C
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Which of the following processes from the Transtheoretical Model refers to substituting
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healthy behaviors for unhealthy ones?
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Sp
(A) Stimulus control
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(B) Consciousness raising
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(C) Reinforcement management
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(D) Counter-conditioning - ANSWER D
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