CHES PRACTICE ASSESSMENT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS SOLUTION BLUEPRINT
● Competency 1.1: Plan Assessment Process for Health
Education/Promotion. Answer: Sub competencies:
1.1.1- Define the priority population to be assessed
1.1.2- Identify existing and necessary resources to conduct assessments
1.1.3- Engage priority populations, partners, and stakeholders to
participate in the assessment process
1.1.5 Apply ethical principles to the assessment process
● Competency 1.2: Access existing information and data related to
health. Answer: Sub competencies:
1.2.1- Identify sources of secondary data related to health
1.2.3- Review related literature
1.2.4- Identify gaps in the secondary data
1.2.5- Extract data from existing databases
1.2.6- Determine the validity of the existing data
● Competency 1.3: Collect primary data to determine needs. Answer:
1.3.1 identify data collection instruments
1.3.2 Select data collection methods for use in an assessment
1.3.3 Develop data collection procedures
,1.3.4 Train personnel assisting data collection
1.3.5 Implement quantatitive and/or qualitative data collection
● Competency 1.4 Analyze relationships among behavioral,
environmental, and other factors that influence health. Answer: 1.4.1
identify and analyze factors that influence health behaviors
1.4.2 Identify and analyze factors that impact health
1.4.3 Identify the impact of emerging social, economic and other trends
on health
● Competency 1.5: Examine factors that influence the process by which
people learn. Answer: 1.5.1 Identify and analyze factors that foster or
hinder the learning process
1.5.2 Identify and analyze factors that foster or hinder knowledge
acquisition
1.5.3 Identify and analyze factors that influence attitudes and beliefs
1.5.4 Identify and analyze factors that foster or hinder acquisition of
skills
● Competency 1.6: Examine factors that enhance or impede the process
of health education/promotion. Answer: 1.6.1 Determine the extent of
available health education/promotion programs and interventions
1.6.2 Identify policies related to health education/ promotion
1.6.3 Assess the effectiveness of existing health education/promotion
, 1.6.4 Assess social, environmental, political, and other factors that may
impact health education/promotion
1.6.5 Analyze the capacity for providing necessary health
education/promotion
● Competency 1.7: Determine needs for health education/promotion
based on assessment findings. Answer: 1.7.2 Identify current news,
resources, and capacity
1.7.3 Prioritize health education/promotion needs
1.7.4 Develop recommendations for health education/promotion based
on assessment findings
1.7.5 Report assessment findings
● Role of needs, resources and capacity assessments. Answer: to gather
data and information to determine what interventions would be
appropriate in a given setting
● In order to conduct a successful needs assessment, a health education
specialist must.... Answer: 1- determine the purpose and scope of the
assessment
2-collect appropriate data (e.g. primary and secondary)
3-analyze the data
4- prioritize the needs
5-identify the program focus
QUESTIONS SOLUTION BLUEPRINT
● Competency 1.1: Plan Assessment Process for Health
Education/Promotion. Answer: Sub competencies:
1.1.1- Define the priority population to be assessed
1.1.2- Identify existing and necessary resources to conduct assessments
1.1.3- Engage priority populations, partners, and stakeholders to
participate in the assessment process
1.1.5 Apply ethical principles to the assessment process
● Competency 1.2: Access existing information and data related to
health. Answer: Sub competencies:
1.2.1- Identify sources of secondary data related to health
1.2.3- Review related literature
1.2.4- Identify gaps in the secondary data
1.2.5- Extract data from existing databases
1.2.6- Determine the validity of the existing data
● Competency 1.3: Collect primary data to determine needs. Answer:
1.3.1 identify data collection instruments
1.3.2 Select data collection methods for use in an assessment
1.3.3 Develop data collection procedures
,1.3.4 Train personnel assisting data collection
1.3.5 Implement quantatitive and/or qualitative data collection
● Competency 1.4 Analyze relationships among behavioral,
environmental, and other factors that influence health. Answer: 1.4.1
identify and analyze factors that influence health behaviors
1.4.2 Identify and analyze factors that impact health
1.4.3 Identify the impact of emerging social, economic and other trends
on health
● Competency 1.5: Examine factors that influence the process by which
people learn. Answer: 1.5.1 Identify and analyze factors that foster or
hinder the learning process
1.5.2 Identify and analyze factors that foster or hinder knowledge
acquisition
1.5.3 Identify and analyze factors that influence attitudes and beliefs
1.5.4 Identify and analyze factors that foster or hinder acquisition of
skills
● Competency 1.6: Examine factors that enhance or impede the process
of health education/promotion. Answer: 1.6.1 Determine the extent of
available health education/promotion programs and interventions
1.6.2 Identify policies related to health education/ promotion
1.6.3 Assess the effectiveness of existing health education/promotion
, 1.6.4 Assess social, environmental, political, and other factors that may
impact health education/promotion
1.6.5 Analyze the capacity for providing necessary health
education/promotion
● Competency 1.7: Determine needs for health education/promotion
based on assessment findings. Answer: 1.7.2 Identify current news,
resources, and capacity
1.7.3 Prioritize health education/promotion needs
1.7.4 Develop recommendations for health education/promotion based
on assessment findings
1.7.5 Report assessment findings
● Role of needs, resources and capacity assessments. Answer: to gather
data and information to determine what interventions would be
appropriate in a given setting
● In order to conduct a successful needs assessment, a health education
specialist must.... Answer: 1- determine the purpose and scope of the
assessment
2-collect appropriate data (e.g. primary and secondary)
3-analyze the data
4- prioritize the needs
5-identify the program focus
