PUBH 320 EXAM 2
Cultural Competency - correct answer ✔✔the ability to understand, appreciate, and interact with
persons from cultures different from our own
Healthy People 2020 goals - correct answer ✔✔1. Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable
disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
2. Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
3. Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
Healthypeople.gov - correct answer ✔✔New for this decade, the HealthyPeople.gov website now
integrates all of the HP2020 objectives and database into a single site. The HealthyPeople.gov website
was redesigned with a user-centered focus and provides reliable data, information, and tools for action.
The website includes regularly updated data for HP2020 objectives, including data details, data sources,
and methods. Additionally, the website includes a searchable online database, interactive tools for
tabulating and graphing data, including state-level data tabulation and mapping capability, and a tool to
assess health disparities.
CHES - correct answer ✔✔Certified Health Education Specialist
Health educators need at least bachelor's degree. Many employers require the Certified Health
Education Specialist (CHES) credential.
Health educators - correct answer ✔✔collect and analyze data to identify community needs prior to
planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles,
policies, and environments. They may serve as resource to assist individuals, other health professionals,
or the community.
Careers in Health Education - correct answer ✔✔-schools
-government
-worksite
-hospital
, -non-profit
Social Ecological Model - correct answer ✔✔individual (intrapersonal) , interpersonal, institutional,
community, public policy
Registered Dietician - correct answer ✔✔a nationally recognized profession with certification. They are
certified by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).
Nutritionist - correct answer ✔✔not nationally recognized, but individual states sometimes require
nutritionists to be licensed.
Careers in Nutrition - correct answer ✔✔Clinical Dietetics (Hospitals, long-term care, and outpatient
settings; RDN required)
Food and Nutrition Management(Hospitals, long-term care, businesses, schools)
Public Health Nutrition(Women, Infants & Children (WIC), Public Health Department with state and
county agencies,Congregate Meals program)
Education and Research(College, university, health professional school, and culinary school
Teach K-12 (requires further course work)
Worksite wellness--teach nutrition, exercise, fitness and other health promotion to employees)
Consultant/Private Practice(Private practice consultation to hospitals and long-term care facilities on
hourly or "job" basis, Client counseling for weight management, eating disorders, sports nutrition,
diabetes management, etc. from either physician referrals and/or advertisements)
Business and Industry(sales, marketing, public relations, research and development (labeling, recipes,
and product information) and production quality control)
Media(Radio, TV, newspapers, and magazines are a major source of nutrition education for the public)
International Food Organizations
Public Policy/Government(Staff resource to legislator, Government agency--USDA, FDA, NIH, etc., Health
care reform, Supplement labels, Regulatory, Lobbyist in state or federal government)
How to become an RDN or RD - correct answer ✔✔-Earn a bachelor's degree in clinical nutrition, food
service systems management, dietetics, foods and nutrition, or a related field
-Complete a Dietetic Internship Program