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The health department administrator just returned from a meeting where
someone used a focus group to gather data and now has a great idea. The
administrator tasks the health education specialist with conducting a focus group
of low income citizens from the south side of town to answer questions about
which heart disease intervention the department should offer city wide. Knowing
the limitations of this strategy, the health education specialist is rightfully
concerned about:
a. the relibility of the findings
b. the generalizations of the findings
c. the validity of the findings
d. the accuracy of the findings - Correct Answer-b. the generalization of the
findings
When developing advocacy plans, which questions would be considered last?
a. what tactics should be used to influence people?
b. what are the goals of the advocacy effort?
c. who are our allies and opponents?
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d. what organizational issues might facilitate the effort? - Correct Answer-a. what
tactics should be used to influence people.
A health education specialist is asked to find school health resources for physical
activity. The most appropriate bibliographic database search is:
a. MEDLINE
b. EBMR (evidence-based medicine reviews)
c. CHID (comparative history of ideas)
d. ERIC (education resources information center) - Correct Answer-D. ERIC,
education resource information center
While hiring new employees, the health education specialist should contact the
candidates' professional references and validate the employees' degrees. In doing
so, discrepancies may be:
a. revealed prior to hiring
b. concealed and are a waste of time
c. able to reveal the exact quality of persons
d. complicate the termination process. - Correct Answer-a. revealed prior to hiring
The health education specialist has core substance abuse prevention coalition
members in place and is currently broadening group representation. Some new
members only contribute money to the coalition and are categorized as:
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a. occasional participants
b. executive participants
c. supporting participants
d. active participants - Correct Answer-c. supporting participants
A group of health education specialists run into a situation where they need to
elicit specialized guidance and expert opinion on a specific health topic in order to
aid in decision-making. Of the following, which type of gruop should be
consulted?
a. committee-of-the-whole
b. task-force
c. standing committee
d. advisory board - Correct Answer-d. advisory board
Consumption, medication compliance, and self-care are considered which type of
factors related to health?
a. attitudes
b. environmental
c. behavioral
d. genetic - Correct Answer-c. behavioral
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Health departments and worksites are implementing a new health
education/promotion program to increase influenza vaccine rates for adults in a
five county area. What will the project lead focus on to assess the fidelity of
implementation?
a. location of vaccinations for children
b. workers reading materials distributed to all worksites
c. amount of vaccine available to the public
d. Program components being implemented in the correct order - Correct Answer-
d. program components being implemented in the correct order
When choosing a policy or issue to advocate on with a legislator, which criteria
should be considered first?
a. how receptive the community or target population is to the proposed policy or
advocacy
b. if there have been any peer-reviewed articles published on this issue or policy
c. if advocating on the policy or issue would violate the code of ethics for health
education
d. if there is potential funding for the proposed policy - Correct Answer-a. how
receptive the community or target population is to the proposed policy of
advocacy
The health education specialist is working with a local community to institute a
smoke free environment and local businesses, agencies, and restaurants
throughout the entire community. What type of health strategy would the health
education specialist implement in the community?
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