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  1. A health educator is designing a program to reduce hypertension in a rural community. Which step of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model involves identifying health determinants such as predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors?

    Answer: Phase 3: Educational and Ecological Assessment

    Phase 3 of PRECEDE-PROCEED focuses on educational and ecological assessment, identifying predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors that influence behavior.

  2. When applying diffusion of innovation theory to a new wellness program, which adopter category is characterized by being deliberate, having many informal social contacts, and serving as opinion leaders?

    Answer: Early Adopters

    Early Adopters are respected opinion leaders who are deliberate in adoption and serve as role models for others in the social system.

  3. A health educator wants to measure the reliability of a newly developed health literacy assessment tool. Which statistical method would BEST evaluate internal consistency?

    Answer: Cronbach's alpha

    Cronbach's alpha measures internal consistency reliability, indicating how closely related a set of items are as a group.

  4. Under the ethical principle of justice in health education, a health educator should ensure that:

    Answer: Benefits and burdens of health programs are distributed fairly across populations

    Justice requires equitable distribution of health program benefits and burdens, particularly ensuring underserved populations are not excluded.

  5. A community health educator is conducting a focus group to assess barriers to cancer screening. Which technique involves probing participants' underlying values by repeatedly asking 'why' a characteristic is important?

    Answer: Laddering

    Laddering is a qualitative technique that uncovers underlying motivations and values by repeatedly probing why a characteristic matters to participants.

  6. Which federal legislation established the framework for protecting the privacy of individuals' health information and applies to covered entities including health plans and healthcare clearinghouses?

    Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

    HIPAA's Privacy Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals' medical records and other personal health information held by covered entities.

  7. In grant writing, a logic model's 'outputs' section typically refers to:

    Answer: The direct products of program activities such as workshops held and materials distributed

    Outputs are the direct, tangible products of program activities, such as the number of sessions conducted, materials distributed, or people served.