MCHES - Master Certified Health Education Specialist
MCHES - Master Certified Health Education Specialist
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d. experimental - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. The health education specialist is organizing a
summative evaluation. Which evaluation design offers the most control over confounding
variables?
a. time series
b. quasi-experimental
c. non-experiment...
d. experimental - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. The health education specialist is organizing a
summative evaluation. Which evaluation design offers the most control over confounding
variables?
a. time series
b. quasi-experimental
c. non-experimental
d. experimental
b. health disparities - CORRECT ANSWER- 2. For people which less than 12 years of
education, the infant mortality rate and overall death rate is almost twice as high as people
with 13 or more years of education. These are examples of:
a. health inequities
b. health disparities
c. social determinants of health
d. health equity
a. the necessity for the change in policy - CORRECT ANSWER- 3. A health education
specialist is meeting with a college campus community to try to make the campus smoke free.
In order to gain support from key stakeholders in the first meeting, which of the following
should be the focus of the health education specialist's message?
a. The necessity for the change in policy
b. The specific enforcement plan
c. The health communication strategy to be used
d. The incentive program could be used.
,c. secular - CORRECT ANSWER- 4. An outbreak of dysentery occurred in a community
over the course of a week. The number of cases and time of onset of symptoms was
determined. All who displayed symptoms ate sprouts at the same restaurant. For this
outbreak, which type of epidemic curve can be prepare for the descriptive study?
a. single
b. seasonal
c. secular
d. propagated
d. cooperative agreements - CORRECT ANSWER- 5. The intervention program is doing so
well it needs to be expanded; however, the sponsoring agency has limited funding for
expansion. The health education specialist found another agency willing to provide a larger
venue in exchange for access to the sponsor's educational library. This method of financing
the program is called:
a. organizational sponsorship
b. cost-sharing
c. third-party support
d. cooperative agreements
c. Process - CORRECT ANSWER- 6. Measuring program reach and response is an element
of which type of evaluation?
a. outcome
b. impact
c. process
d. summative
a. shift in critical mass - CORRECT ANSWER- 7. The health education specialist's advocacy
efforts are starting to be succesful. The city council has voted 4-1 to hold a town hall meeting
to discuss a clean indoor air ordinance. Which type of advocacy benchmark is this?
a. shift in critical mass
,b. community or individual behavior
c. changing definitions/reframing
d. institutional policy
d. assessing attitudes, behaviors, policies and social norms in a community - CORRECT
ANSWER- 8. A health education specialist wishes to use the ecological model in a needs
assessment. Which of the following is an example of a way to assess levels of this model?
a. assessing use of interpersonal behavior change construct in the community
b. assessing health and quality of life of community members and evaluating current
programs
c. assessing community norms and behaviors related to health issues.
d. assessing attitudes, behaviors, policies, and social norms in a community.
b. logic model - CORRECT ANSWER- 9. The agency administrator wants the big picture or
summary of an intervention's resources, activities, and results. The health education specialist
creates which of the following to put in his/her report to the administrator?
a. marketing mix
b. logic model
c. instructional design framework
d. unit of study
c. adults should be actively involved in planning and evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER- 10.
When planning an adult audience training, the health education specialist should include
adult learning theory principles. Which of following is an example of an adult learning
principle to use when planning the training?
a. adults should only be involved in pilot testing activities
b. adults should not be involved in planning and evaluation
c. Adults should be actively involved in planning and evaluation
d. adults should only be involved in planning activities
, a. process of change - CORRECT ANSWER- 11. Working as a health educator in to increase
a client's fitness level, the health education specialist uses an intervention based on the
transtheorectical model. He/she emphasizes behavioral activities including counter-
conditioning and reinforecment using which core construct?
a. process of change
b. stages of change
c. decisional balance
d. self-efficacy
c. desired learning outcome(s) - CORRECT ANSWER- 13. A health education specialist is
planning to train staff from partners and community members to help implement a healthy
food access initiative with corner stores and convenience stores. A needs assessment is being
planned to identify trainee knowledge on the subject. What should the assessment focus on?
a. availability to attend training(s)
b. training methods preferred
c. desired learning outcome(s)
d. previous knowledge or experience
b. surveys or feedback forms - CORRECT ANSWER- 14. The healthy families network
holds an annual conference. In order to evaluate the conference and gather information from
the participants, what is the best way for the health education specialist to collect this
information?
a. archival review of documents
b. surveys or feedback forms
c. observations of participants
d. pre and post test
c. engage stakeholders; describe program; focus on the evaluation design; gather credible
evidence; justify conclusions; ensure use and share lessons learned - CORRECT ANSWER-
15. In the correct order, what are the "six steps" of the CDC framework for Program
Evaluation?
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