Health Education & Promotion Flashcards

A school nurse teaching an inhaler technique asks the student to demonstrate it back and explain when to use it. Which strategy is this?

Answer: Teach-back

Teach-back confirms understanding by having the learner restate or demonstrate the information in their own words or actions.

Under the Health Belief Model, a teen who believes vaping could really damage their lungs is expressing which construct?

Answer: Perceived severity

Perceived severity is the belief about how serious the consequences of a health problem would be.

A student says, 'I know I should eat breakfast, and I plan to start next month.' Which Transtheoretical Model stage fits best?

Answer: Contemplation

Contemplation is when a person intends to change within roughly the next six months but has not yet prepared or acted.

When developing written health materials for families, the school nurse should target what reading level for general audiences?

Answer: 6th grade or lower

Health literacy guidance recommends patient materials be written at or below about a 6th-grade reading level.

Which framework from the CDC and ASCD places the student at the center and aligns health and education through ten components?

Answer: Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC)

The WSCC model has 10 components surrounding the child and emphasizes collaboration between health and education sectors.

Providing fluoride varnish and dental sealants to second graders who have no cavities is an example of which level of prevention?

Answer: Primary prevention

Primary prevention stops disease before it occurs, such as sealants preventing caries in healthy teeth.

A school nurse wants to know whether students' knowledge of handwashing improved after a lesson series. Which evaluation type measures this short-term change?

Answer: Impact evaluation

Impact evaluation assesses immediate or short-term changes in knowledge, attitudes, or behaviors resulting from a program.