MCHES - Master Certified Health Education Specialist
MCHES - Master Certified Health Education Specialist
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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 - CORRECT ANSWER...
MCHES PASSED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -d. Experimental
For people with 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -b. health disparities
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 HES 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -a. The necessity for the
change in policy
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
prepared for the descriptive study?
a. Single
b. Seasonal
,c. Secular
d. Propagated - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -c. Secular
The intervention program is doing so well it needs to be expanded; however, the sponsoring
agency has limited funding for expansion. The HES 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -d. cooperative agreements
Measuring program reach and response is an element of which type of evaluation?
a. Outcome
b. Impact
c. Process
d. Summative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -c. Process
The HES advocacy efforts are starting to be successful. 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -a. Shift in critical mass
A HES 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 intrapersonal behavior change constructs 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ -d. Assessing attitudes, behaviors, policies, and social norms in a community
The agency administrator wants the big picture of summary of an intervention's resources,
activities, and results. The HES 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -b. Logic model
When planning an adult audience training, the HES should include adult learning theory
principles. Which of the 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -c.
Adults should be actively involved in planning and evaluation
Working as a health coach to increase a client's physical fitness level, the HES uses an
intervention based on the Transtheoretical Model. He/she emphasizes behavioral activities
including counter-conditioning and reinforcement using which core construct?
a. Process of change
b. Stages of change
c. Decisional balance
d. Self-efficacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -a. Process of change
A HES 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 trainings
b. Training methods preferred
, c. Desired learning outcomes
d. Previous knowledge or experience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -c. Desired learning
outcomes
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 HES to
collect this information?
a. Archival review of documents
b. Surveys or feedback forms
c. Observations of participants
d. Pre and post test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -b. Surveys or feedback forms
In the correct order, what are the "six steps" of the CDC's framework for Program
Evaluation?
a. Describe program; engage stakeholders; gather credible evidence; focus on the evaluation
design; justify conclusions; ensure use and share lessons learned
b. Describe the program; gather credible evidence; focus on the evaluation design; justify
conclusions; ensure use and share lessons learned; engage stakeholders
c. Engage stakeholders; describe program; focus on the evaluation design; gather credible
evidence; justify conclusions; ensure use and share lessons learned
d. Gather credible evidence; engage stakeholders; describe program; justify conclusions;
focus on the evaluation design; ensure use and share lessons learned - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ -c. Engage stakeholders; describe program; focus on the evaluation design;
gather credible evidence; justify conclusions; ensure use and share lessons learned
From a fiscal perspective, which funds represent the portion of a project the applicant's
agency or organization is providing?
a. Petty funds
b. Compliance assurances
c. Cash contributions
d. Matching funds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -d. Matching funds
A HES is collaborating with the state health department on a training effort to implement
effective physical activity programs. The training team has completed the first step, which
was to determine training needs. What is the next step to advance the training?
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