CHES Ultimate 3

Question 1

A health educator is implementing a smoking cessation program using motivational interviewing. Which of the following represents the spirit of motivational interviewing MOST accurately?

Accepted Answer

Collaboration, evocation, and autonomy support

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Providing expert advice and confronting resistance directly

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Educating clients about health risks until they change behavior

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Using rewards and punishments to reinforce desired behaviors

Question 2

When prioritizing health problems for intervention, the PATCH (Planned Approach to Community Health) model recommends considering which two primary factors?

Accepted Answer

Importance and changeability

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Cost and feasibility

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Prevalence and incidence

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Mortality and morbidity

Question 3

A worksite health promotion coordinator notices that employee participation in wellness programs drops significantly after mandatory enrollment ends. This BEST illustrates which concept from self-determination theory?

Accepted Answer

Autonomous versus controlled motivation

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Self-efficacy

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Health belief model's perceived benefits

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Reciprocal determinism

Question 4

A health educator conducting a needs assessment uses a method where community members rank health priorities independently, then discuss and re-vote. This is an example of which technique?

Accepted Answer

Nominal group technique

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Focus group discussion

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Delphi method

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Community forum

Question 5

Which type of validity evidence is gathered when a health knowledge test is reviewed by subject matter experts to confirm it covers all relevant content areas?

Accepted Answer

Content validity

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Criterion validity

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Construct validity

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Concurrent validity

Question 6

According to the Transtheoretical Model, a person in the 'preparation' stage is BEST described as someone who:

Accepted Answer

Is intending to take action in the immediate future and has a plan

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Has no intention to change behavior in the next 6 months

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Has maintained the behavior change for more than 6 months

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Has recently begun the new behavior within the last 6 months

Question 7

A health educator is evaluating a diabetes prevention program by comparing pre- and post-test scores of participants without a control group. This evaluation design is BEST described as a:

Accepted Answer

Quasi-experimental pre-post design

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Randomized controlled trial

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Cross-sectional study

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Case-control study