A health education specialist is working with a local community organization to segment the population for implementing a new health communication campaign to address rising rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the community. What characteristics will the project lead focus on to effe...
A health education specialist is working with a local community organization to segment the population
for implementing a new health communication campaign to address rising rates of sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) in the community. What characteristics will the project lead focus on to effectively
segment the population?
a. Location of health care resources (e.g., fiscal, human, and technical)
b. Program components needed to effectively implement the campaign
c. Behavioral, demographic, and cultural characteristics of the population
d. Duration/timeframe for implementing communication activities correct answersc. Behavioral,
demographic, and cultural characteristics of the population
A health education specialist collects data in which the answers were either "yes" or "no." These data
are what type?
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio correct answersa. Nominal
When engaging priority populations in program planning, participants are defined as:
a) individuals who will be funding the program.
b) print and broadcast media who will be publicizing the program.
c) community members who will receive the program intervention.
d) researchers who will be evaluating the success of the program. correct answersc) community
members who will receive the program intervention.
A Bullying Prevention community-wide intervention is being planned, with parents, of the priority
population, targeted. The planning team is seeking specific information from local parents with children
in grades K-12 to understand their opinions on approaches to strengthen school climate through parent
,teacher associations, volunteering opportunities, and school improvement events. The health education
specialist should refer these local parents to what type of data collection method?
a. Literature review
b. Focus group
c. Survey
d. Nominal Group process correct answersb. Focus group
A health education specialist is assessing which valid resource to use to obtain chronic disease-related
morbidity and mortality trends in a specific local community. What would be the best resource to use to
access that information?
a. US Bureau of Census data
b. County and State health-related agencies data
c. Literature review
d. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data correct answersb. County and State health-
related agencies data
A heath education specialist is conducting research. Which of the following is not focused on ethical
principles for conducting data collection?
a. Beneficence
b. Justice
c. Respect for persons
d. Validity correct answersd. Validity
Which of the following is not an adult learning principle?
a. Actively involve adults in helping to set the curriculum, choosing training methods, or identifying
training goals.
b. Ask about adults' past experience and knowledge, and use their experiences or knowledge to avoid
providing redundant content during trainings.
c. Use a prescribed set of methods, perspectives, and content to standardize instruction and avoid
confusion.
,d. Conduct assessments to identify ways to engage adults and learn about their goals or objectives for
the training. correct answersc. Use a prescribed set of methods, perspectives, and content to standardize
instruction and avoid confusion.
The health education specialist is three-quarters of the way through an agency's annual funding. It is
realized there will not be sufficient funding to last through the rest of the year. This realization is an issue
of program:
a. sustainability.
b. longevity.
c. evaluation.
d. planning. correct answersa. sustainability.
The coalition is having a difficult time persuading a decision-maker to support an issue. The decision-
maker, however, can be swayed by level of public support for the issue. The most important data
collection method to use next, therefore, would be:
a. political capital charting.
b. communications capacity analysis.
c. community leader surveys.
d. voting record examination. correct answersc. community leader surveys.
What is an effective way to identify stakeholders?
a. Contact people in the target community to gather categories and names.
b. Use people whom are known and have worked on other projects.
c. Gather people in professional organizations who have worked in the general region.
d. Work primarily with political organizations that work with segments of the community. correct
answersa. Contact people in the target community to gather categories and names.
When researchers and evaluators use a combination of different methods and strategies to examine
evaluation or research questions from multiple different perspectives and vantage points it is called:
a. multi-variate analysis.
b. comprehensive assessment.
c. professional diligence.
, d. mixed methods methodology. correct answersd. mixed methods methodology.
Using an ecological approach, the health education specialist identifies an organizational-level local
business to be a member of a preventive mental health coalition. That business was selected because
hiring personnel employ military veterans, many of whom suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD). The role that local business plays on the coalition is that of a:
a. partner.
c. influencer.
b. priority population.
d. stakeholder. correct answersd. stakeholder.
A health education specialist is working on a new community planning initiative. The specialist wants to
address community support and social network factors. Which determinant of health, therefore, will be
addressed?
a. Economic stability
b. Social and community context
c. Education
d. Health and health care correct answersb. Social and community context
In the informational training related to an adolescent health literacy pilot program, the attendees, all of
whom are classroom teachers, state that instead of having a single facilitator come into their classroom
to deliver the curriculum, they prefer to deliver it themselves. They make their case to the trainer, stating
they are classroom teachers and, as such, know how to deliver curriculum. Which of the following
concepts does the trainer use to explain why this health education curriculum is being implemented with
a single facilitator?
a. Fidelity
b. Validity
c. Reliability
d. Evaluation correct answersa. Fidelity
In media advocacy, decision-makers, as an audience for the communications strategy, are what level of
priority?
a. Secondary
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