Ultimate Flashcards

A CHES professional is required to complete continuing education to maintain certification. How many continuing education contact hours must a CHES earn every five years to maintain their credential?

Answer: 75 CECH

CHES credential holders must complete 75 Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) every five-year renewal period to maintain their certification.

During formative evaluation of a health campaign, a health educator tests the clarity and appeal of draft materials with a small sample of the target audience. This activity is an example of:

Answer: Pretesting

Pretesting involves exposing draft materials to a sample of the intended audience before full implementation to identify comprehension issues and improve quality.

A health educator working in a school setting notices that several students have limited English proficiency. According to the Code of Ethics for the Health Education Profession, the educator's FIRST responsibility is to:

Answer: Ensure that health education programs are accessible and responsive to all students regardless of language

The Code of Ethics directs health educators to prioritize the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities, which includes ensuring equitable access regardless of language.

Which epidemiological measure describes the probability that a person without a disease will develop that disease over a specific time period?

Answer: Incidence rate

Incidence rate measures the number of new cases of a disease occurring in a population at risk during a defined time period, reflecting disease risk.

A health educator is building a coalition to address food insecurity in an urban neighborhood. Which stage of coalition development involves establishing trust, developing shared goals, and clarifying roles among members?

Answer: Formation

During the formation stage, coalition members build relationships, establish trust, develop a shared mission and goals, and define roles and responsibilities.

Social cognitive theory emphasizes that behavior change is influenced by the interaction of personal, behavioral, and environmental factors. This three-way interaction is called:

Answer: Reciprocal determinism

Reciprocal determinism is Bandura's concept that behavior, personal factors (cognition, emotion), and the environment continuously influence one another.

When a health educator submits a manuscript for peer-reviewed publication and lists a colleague as a co-author solely because of that colleague's administrative position—not their intellectual contribution—this violates which ethical principle?

Answer: Veracity/honesty

Listing someone as an author without genuine intellectual contribution violates the principle of veracity (honesty and integrity) in scholarly publishing.