HEP 348 Module 1 Quiz

Question 1

2.5 / 2.5 pts

In their review of the literature, Peters, Kok, Dam, Buijs, & Paulussen (2009) found five effective elements of…health promotion in achieving behavioral change. In bullet point format, list those five elements.

Your Answer:

• Use of theory

• Addressing social influences, especially social norms

• Addressing cognitive-behavioral skills

• Training of facilitators

• Instruction with multiple components

Question 2

3 / 3 pts

Health educators do 3 main things in developing prevention and health promotion programs. In bullet point format, list those 3 main things.

Your Answer:

• Plan

• Implement

• Evaluate

Question 3

2 / 2 pts

What is the purpose of a planning model in developing prevention and health promotion programs? Be succinct in your response (to the point!)?

Your Answer:

Models provide planners with direction and a framework from which direction and a framework from which to build interventions that an improve the health of individuals and communities.

Question 4

2.5 / 2.5 pts

What are the 5 components included in the Generalized Planning Model? In bullet point format, list the 5 components.

Your Answer:

• Assessing needs: collecting and analyzing data to determine the health needs of a population; setting priorities and selecting a priority population

• Setting goals and objectives: what will be accomplished

• Developing an Interventions: how goals and objectives will be achieved

• Implementing the Intervention: putting interventions into action

• Evaluating the results: improving quality of interventions and determine their effectiveness

Question 5

1 / 1 pts

What is the benefit of understanding the Generalized Model for Program Planning? Briefly and succinctly explain how it can help you.

Your Answer:

Understanding the generalized model for program planning serves as a foundation for understanding all program, planning models.

Models serve as a framework for planning, implementing and evaluating a health promotion or prevention program, from start to finish. They provide structure and organization for each of the processes. They increase the likelihood of a health promotion program being successful.

Question 6

1 / 1 pts

What’s an intervention? Be succinct in your response.

Your Answer:

An intervention is an activity or a set of activities that help to achieve the outcomes of a program’s goal and objectives (an intervention includes all learning and skills-based training.)

Question 7

0.5 / 0.5 pts

What are the two types of health educators we discussed in class? List them in bullet point format.

Your Answer:

• Community Health Educators

• School Health Educators

Question 8

1 / 1 pts

What is a risk factor? Your definition should be exact or nearly exact to the definition you were provided during the instructor lecture.

Your Answer:

Risk factors are Individual or environmental markers that are related to the increased likelihood that a negative outcome will occur.

Question 9

1 / 1 pts

What is a protective factor? Your definition should be exact or nearly exact to the definition you were provided during the instructor lecture.

Your Answer:

Protective factors are individual or environmental safeguards that enhance a person’s ability to resist stressful life events, risks or hazards and promote adaptation and competence.

Question 10

2.5 / 2.5 pts

What are the five levels of the CDC’s Ecological Model? List them in bullet point format.

Your Answer:

• Society

• community

• Organizational

• Interpersonal

• Individual

Question 11

2 / 2 pts

How do health educators know what to focus on in prevention programming? Be succinct in your response.

Your Answer:

School health Educators utilize The National Health Education Standards book, written expectations for what students should know and be able to do by grades 2/5/8/ and 12 to promote personal family and community health.

Community Health education uses Healthy People 2020, CDC Data and Statics, The CDC Surveillance, Local Health Department Data Bases and Community Assessments.

Question 12

0.5 / 0.5 pts

How do school health educators know what to teach? In class, we discussed two main sources for direction. Be succinct in your response.

Your Answer:

National Health Education Standards

Many individual school districts have their own content standards with benchmarks and performance standards, written expectations from the PED for what students should know and be able to do (grades k-12) in all content areas including health. PED aligns with National Standards

Question 13

8.5 / 8.5 pts

What nine health behaviors does the CDC’s YRBSS track? These adolescent and young adult health behaviors contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among adults and youth in the United States.

List them in bullet point format.

Your Answer:

• Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries

• Behaviors that contribute to violence

• Sexual behaviors related to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV

• Alcohol and other drug use

• Tobacco Use

• Dietary behaviors

• Physical Activity

• Obesity, overweight, and weight control

• Other health related topics such as the amount of time adolescents are playing video games

Question 14

1 / 1 pts

The CDC tracks 9 health-related behaviors in adolescents utilizing a certain survey. What is the survey called? You must give the full name of the survey (not the acronym).

Your Answer:

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

Question 15

1 / 1 pts

Who does the survey (see question #14) go out to (who does the CDC invite to participate in the survey)? Be specific.

Your Answer:

it is given to adolescents in selected middle schools and high schools

Quiz Score: 30 out of 30