CHES Health Equity and Disparities 5

Question 1

A health educator wants to ensure a diabetes program is appropriate for a Southeast Asian refugee community. The BEST first step is:

Accepted Answer

Conduct a community needs and assets assessment with community members

Answer

Community needs and assets assessment with community members ensures the program is grounded in the specific cultural, linguistic, and contextual realities of that community.

Question 2

Which of the following represents a PRIMARY prevention strategy targeting health equity at the policy level?

Accepted Answer

Legislation requiring paid sick leave for all workers

Answer

Paid sick leave policy addresses a social determinant of health (economic stability) before illness occurs, representing upstream primary prevention.

Question 3

Which data source would BEST help a health educator identify census-tract level health disparities?

Accepted Answer

CDC PLACES (formerly 500 Cities)

Answer

CDC PLACES provides model-based estimates of health measures at census tract, county, and city levels, enabling local health disparity analysis.

Question 4

Intersectionality as a framework in health disparities recognizes that:

Accepted Answer

Multiple social identities interact to create unique health experiences

Answer

Intersectionality, coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, recognizes that race, gender, class, and other identities overlap to create compounded, unique experiences of oppression and health disadvantage.

Question 5

A health educator discovers that a community program has great reach among English-speakers but misses monolingual Spanish-speakers. This gap is BEST described as:

Accepted Answer

A disparity in program access by language

Answer

Differential program access by language represents a health disparity where a group is systematically excluded from program benefits.

CHES - Certified Health Education Specialist Practice Test

CHES - Certified Health Education Specialist Practice Test

CHES Health Equity and Disparities 5