Certified Health Education Specialist
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Area of Responsibility I: Assess Needs, Assets and Capacity for Health Education -
CORRECT ANSWER- The Responsibility of the Needs Assessment
Health Education - CORRECT ANSWER- - ''Any planned combination of learning
experiences designed to predispose, enable, and reinforce voluntary behavior conducive to
health in individuals, groups, and communities''
Health Promotion - CORRECT ANSWER- - ''Any planned combination of educational,
political, regulatory, or organizational supports for actions and conditions of living conducive
to the health of individuals, groups, and communities'' (Green & Kreuter, 2005, p. G-4).
Health Educator - CORRECT ANSWER- ...- ''A professionally prepared individual who
serves in a variety of roles and is specifically trained to use appropriate educational strategies
and methods to facilitate the development of policies, procedures, interventions, and systems
conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and communities'' (Joint Committee, 2001, p.
100).
Health Education Specialist - CORRECT ANSWER- ...• ''An individual who has met, at a
minimum, baccalaureate-level required health education academic preparation qualifications,
who serves in a variety of settings, and is able to use appropriate educational strategies and
methods to facilitate the development of policies, procedures, interventions, and systems
conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and communities'' (Joint Committee, 2012).
Primary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER- Preventive measures that forestall the onset of
illness or injury during the prepathogenesis period.
Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER- Preventive measures that lead to early
diagnosis and prompt treatment of disease, illness or injury
Tertiary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER- ... Preventive measures aimed at rehabilitation
following significant pathogenesis.
,Primary Data - CORRECT ANSWER- Data gathered by the Health Education Specialist
directly from or about the population of interest.
Secondary Data - CORRECT ANSWER- Data gathered by others that may or may not be
directly collected from the individual or population of being assessed.
Health Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER- Behavior that impacts a person's health.
Needs Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER- A process by which Health Education Specialist
gather information regarding health needs and desires of a data population. Plan for the
process , assess resources, locate existing data, collect data , using research methods to guide
data collection.
Steps of the Need Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Determine the scope
2. Gather the Data
3. Analyze the data
4. Identify risk factors
5. Prioritize the need
6. Validate the need
Rapid Model - CORRECT ANSWER- The framework for when money is limited.
Asset model - CORRECT ANSWER- Strengths of community organization or population;
using existing resources to improve health.
Public Health Model - CORRECT ANSWER- Quantify Epidemiological Data
Epidemiological Model - CORRECT ANSWER- Epidemiological Data
Social Model - CORRECT ANSWER- The influence of Social or political Issues on health.
, Stakeholders - CORRECT ANSWER- These people may be involved in program operations
such as program manager, program staff, partners, funding agencies, coalition members of
those served or affected by the program / project including patients , clients , advocacy
groups and community members.
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER- The study of the distribution and determinants of
health related states and the application of this study to control health problems.
Institutional Review Board (IRB) - CORRECT ANSWER- Group of individuals with the
authority to grant or deny permission to conduct evaluation or research. It serves to safeguard
the rights, privacy , health and well being of those involved in research
Behavior (lifestyle) factors - CORRECT ANSWER- Behaviors or actions of individuals,
groups, or communities. Indicators may include compliance , consumption and utilization
patterns, coping , preventive actions
Environmental factors - CORRECT ANSWER- Determinants outside the individual that can
be modified to support behavior , health , quality of life . Economic factors , physical factors ,
public services , access to, affordability of, equity in health services.
Individual factors - CORRECT ANSWER- Educational , social and cultural characteristics of
the individuals. Person's knowledge , attitudes, beliefs and perceptions, related to health
culture, religious and spiritual beliefs and skill set.
Informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER- Disclosure of information to prospective subjects
about the research (program) their comprehension of the information and their voluntary
agreement , free of coercion and undue influence to research.
Predisposing Factors - CORRECT ANSWER- Any characteristic of a person or population
that motivates a behavior prior to occurrence of behavior [ Individual knowledge and
affective traits].
Enabling Factors - CORRECT ANSWER- Any characteristics of the environment that
facilitates action and skill of resource required to attain a specific behavior [ Factors that
make possible a change in behavior]
