There are two accrediting bodies for undergraduate programs in school and public/community health.
  • Alan Henderson.
  • T
  • Altering the vending options in your work setting to assist employees in making healthy choices
  • F
Health education specialists are often called upon to serve as
  • Alan Henderson.
  • reverify the initial competencies and sub-competencies of a health education specialist.
  • resource persons.
  • T
The M.P.H. degree can only be awarded in health education.
  • 1970s
  • F
  • T
  • Health Education Job Analysis.
Undergraduate programs in school or community health may obtain approval through the
  • Possess a minimum of three years of experience working as a health education specialist.
  • T
  • Bethesda Conference on Commonalities and Differences.
  • Society of Public Health Education and the Association for the Advancement of Health Education (SOPHE/AAHE).
The most recent update of health education roles, responsibilities, competencies, and sub-competencies is the
  • credentialing
  • Competencies Update Project (CUP).
  • responsibilities, competencies, and sub-competencies.
  • Health Education Job Analysis.
The Council on Education for Public Health accredits schools of public health and school health programs.
  • T
  • Certification
  • F
  • capacity.
Planning effective health education strategies, interventions, and programs is one of the seven major responsibilities of a health education specialist.
  • T
  • F
  • Health Education Job Analysis.
  • CHES
The hierarchy of skills from broad to specific in the competency-based framework is
  • a focus on policies, rules, regulations, and laws to modify behaviors.
  • responsibilities, competencies, and sub-competencies.
  • Altering the vending options in your work setting to assist employees in making healthy choices
  • Helen Cleary.
During which decade did the role delineation project begin?
  • Guaranteeing the quality of work a certified individual will provide
  • M.Ed.
  • 1970s
  • capacity.
The process whereby an individual or a professional preparation program meets specific established standards is known as
  • credentialing
  • accreditation
  • Helen Cleary.
  • Health Education Job Analysis.
For a school health education specialist with no teaching experience, a master's degree is considered a major asset.
  • F
  • Health Education Job Analysis.
  • Professional Examination Service
  • T
The SOPHE/AAHE National Task Force on Accreditation in Health Education recommended that all health education programs be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.
  • accreditation
  • licensure
  • T
  • F
While the Competencies Update Project (CUP) was overseen by a large advisory committee, three key individuals were responsible for the majority of the work on this project.
  • NCHEC is responsible for assuring quality in professional preparation and practice.
  • F
  • Altering the vending options in your work setting to assist employees in making healthy choices
  • T
Assessing individual and community needs is one of the seven major responsibilities of a health education specialist.
  • 1990s
  • 15
  • F
  • T
Health education programs that are affiliated with a college of education and train students for positions in school health would most likely be accredited through the
  • Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).
  • F
  • responsibilities, competencies, and sub-competencies.
  • National Commission for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
Schools of public health, public health programs in non-schools of public health, and master's degree programs in community health education may be accredited by the
  • Health Education Job Analysis 2010
  • Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).
  • NCHEC is responsible for assuring quality in professional preparation and practice.
  • Competencies Update Project (CUP).
Which of the following groups was hired to develop the initial health education certification exam?
  • Altering the vending options in your work setting to assist employees in making healthy choices
  • Professional Examination Service
  • Health Education Job Analysis 2010
  • a curriculum framework.
Students awarded a graduate teaching assistantship or fellowship would most likely be assigned to assist with data collection, enter data into the computer, or a host of other research related activities.
  • T
  • a curriculum framework.
  • Competencies Update Project (CUP).
  • F
Health education specialists should strictly adhere to the Code of Ethics when implementing programs due to the significant amount of contact with the public.
  • F
  • T
  • M.Ed.
  • Certification
Serving as a resource person is one of the seven major responsibilities of a health education specialist.
  • T
  • Rule of Sufficiency.
  • MCHES
  • National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
Graduate assistantships and fellowships not only provide an excellent alternative for funding graduate education, they also provide valuable health education work experience for the student.
  • Health Education Job Analysis 2010
  • National Commission for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
  • F
  • T
The charter certification period to become a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) expired in the year 2000.
  • National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
  • T
  • Rule of Sufficiency.
  • F
In conducting a needs assessment, data that is already available such as that obtained from a literature review is called
  • capacity.
  • credentialing
  • secondary data.
  • certification
The vast majority of undergraduate community health professional preparation programs are accredited by SABPAC
  • F
  • credentialing
  • National Task Force on the Preparation and Practice of Health Educators.
  • T
To make the initial curriculum guide based on the verified role of a health education specialist less rigid, it was transformed into
  • Alan Henderson.
  • a curriculum framework.
  • capacity.
  • F
Communicating and advocating for health and health education is one of the seven major responsibilities of a health education specialist.
  • T
  • F
  • secondary data.
  • primary data.
A major source of contention throughout the role delineation process was whether the emphasis should be on content or process.
  • T
  • credentialing
  • Competencies Update Project (CUP).
  • F
Accreditation is the process by which a professional organization grants recognition to an individual who, upon completion of a competency-based curriculum, can demonstrate a predetermined standard of performance.
  • F
  • T
  • primary data.
  • Certification
The health education specialist most responsible for initiating the Role Delineation Project was
  • resource persons.
  • Alan Henderson.
  • Certification
  • Helen Cleary.
Health education is considered a single profession with common roles and responsibilities.
  • T
  • M.S.P.H.
  • National Commission for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
  • F
The reputation of the college or university as well as the reputation of the health education program should be considered when deciding upon a graduate program.
  • M.Ed.
  • Health Education Job Analysis 2010
  • T
  • F
Health education specialists who receive advanced certification may use which initials after their name and academic degree?
  • T
  • 1990s
  • F
  • MCHES
To maintain CHES certification, a health education specialist must obtain 150 continuing education contact hours over a five year period of time.
  • F
  • T
  • CHES
  • credentialing
At some point in time, bachelor's degree level health education specialists should consider going on for a master's degree.
  • Competencies Update Project (CUP).
  • secondary data.
  • T
  • F
The process by which a recognized professional body evaluates an entire college or university professional preparation program is known as
  • Developing computer programs
  • Health Education Job Analysis.
  • certification
  • accreditation
An important aspect of planning effective health education programs is to examine the
  • Rule of Sufficiency.
  • MCHES
  • F
  • T
The authors advise health education students to become familiar with the HEJA 2010 document because it represents the core responsibilities of what health education specialists do.
  • T
  • licensure
  • M.Ed.
  • F
Health education specialists typically receive what type of credential upon completion of a national exam?
  • resource persons.
  • T
  • accreditation
  • Certification
Licensure is the primary quality assurance mechanism in higher education.
  • responsibilities, competencies, and sub-competencies.
  • T
  • F
  • credentialing
Helen Cleary was the person most responsible for initiating the role delineation process.
  • 1990s
  • T
  • MCHES
  • Rule of Sufficiency.
A project conducted to reverify the competencies and sub-competencies of a health education specialist is known as the
  • accreditation
  • Competencies Update Project (CUP).
  • Health Education Job Analysis 2010
  • capacity.
A process by which a professional organization grants recognition to an individual who, upon completion of a competency-based curriculum, can demonstrate a predetermined standard of performance is known as
  • accreditation
  • Health Education Job Analysis 2010
  • primary data.
  • certification
Once a health education specialist is certified, which set of initials may be used after one's name and academic degree?
  • T
  • CHES
  • F
  • Helen Cleary.
Which of the following is not considered a component of advocating for health education?
  • Professional Examination Service
  • responsibilities, competencies, and sub-competencies.
  • Altering the vending options in your work setting to assist employees in making healthy choices
  • Health Education Job Analysis 2010
Fewer than 25 undergraduate programs in school health or public/community health are accredited by SABPAC.
  • F
  • CHES
  • credentialing
  • T
The first conference related to role delineation, from which the National Task Force on the Preparation and Practice of Health Educators was born, was the Birmingham Conference in 1981.
  • T
  • National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
  • F
  • Society of Public Health Education and the Association for the Advancement of Health Education (SOPHE/AAHE).
The most recent review of the responsibilities of health education specialists have demonstrated that the responsibilities have changed significantly since the original role delineation project.
  • Health Education Job Analysis.
  • T
  • accreditation
  • F
Health education specialists in school settings have limited opportunities to administer health education programs.
  • Certification
  • responsibilities, competencies, and sub-competencies.
  • T
  • F
The ability to coordinate and complete several health education projects at the same time is known as multitasking.
  • T
  • Competencies Update Project (CUP).
  • responsibilities, competencies, and sub-competencies.
  • F
One need not start considering a master's degree until the fall term of the senior year of undergraduate school.
  • T
  • F
  • Competencies Update Project (CUP).
  • Helen Cleary.
The first official group that oversaw the Role Delineation Project and eventually a credentialing system for health education specialists was the
  • T
  • F
  • National Task Force on the Preparation and Practice of Health Educators.
  • Bethesda Conference on Commonalities and Differences.
Licensure is the process by which an agency or government (usually a state) grants permission to individuals to practice a given profession.
  • F
  • T
  • certification
  • capacity.
Population-based approaches to create health-improvement changes include
  • Professional Examination Service
  • a focus on policies, rules, regulations, and laws to modify behaviors.
  • Altering the vending options in your work setting to assist employees in making healthy choices
  • F
The Galway Consensus Conference was a first effort to identify core competencies of health education specialists working on an international basis.
  • National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
  • a curriculum framework.
  • T
  • F
Individual and collective resources that can be brought to bear for health enhancement are referred to as
  • primary data.
  • capacity.
  • Competencies Update Project (CUP).
  • Helen Cleary.
The Third National Congress on Institutions Preparing Health Educators occurred in 2006 in order to collectively discuss accreditation issues
  • F
  • T
  • 15
  • National Task Force on the Preparation and Practice of Health Educators.
The individual hired as project director for the Role Delineation Project was
  • Alan Henderson.
  • capacity.
  • social networking.
  • secondary data.
Connecting people with similar health interests using technology is referred to as
  • accreditation
  • social networking.
  • capacity.
  • Health Education Job Analysis.
The admission requirements for entry into a graduate level program in health education are the same from one institution to the next.
  • F
  • credentialing
  • CHES
  • T
Graduate-level competencies were established in which decade?
  • Second Bethesda Conference
  • T
  • Rule of Sufficiency.
  • 1990s
All college level health education programs must be accredited by the Council on Education for the Public Health (CEPH).
  • a curriculum framework.
  • secondary data.
  • F
  • T
How many continuing education contact hours are required each year, on average, to maintain certification as a health education specialist?
  • F
  • 15
  • T
  • CHES
Which of the following was established to continue the work of the National Task Force and create a more permanent structure to coordinate and oversee the certification process?
  • Rule of Sufficiency.
  • Society of Public Health Education and the Association for the Advancement of Health Education (SOPHE/AAHE).
  • National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
  • T
The ability to read research, synthesize research results, and utilize research results to improve practice is an advanced level competency.
  • a curriculum framework.
  • credentialing
  • F
  • T
Entry-level health education specialists are expected to have entry-level computer skills by the time they accept their first position.
  • M.Ed.
  • F
  • primary data.
  • T
The majority of the institutions that prepare health education specialists at the master's degree level are accredited schools of public health or accredited programs in public health.
  • F
  • T
  • a curriculum framework.
  • M.Ed.
Which of the following is not a guiding principle from the final report of the SOPHE/AAHE National Task Force on Accreditation in Health Education?
  • NCHEC is responsible for assuring quality in professional preparation and practice.
  • Possess a minimum of three years of experience working as a health education specialist.
  • National Commission for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
  • reverify the initial competencies and sub-competencies of a health education specialist.
The responsibilities of health education specialists have remained fairly consistent since the original role delineation project.
  • secondary data.
  • F
  • Health Education Job Analysis.
  • T
Utilizing computer technology in developing health education programs is one of the seven major responsibilities of a health education specialist.
  • Competencies Update Project (CUP).
  • F
  • T
  • Developing computer programs
Credentialing is the way in which the health education profession seeks to demonstrate quality assurance.
  • T
  • capacity.
  • F
  • secondary data.
What was the name of the study conducted in order to update the health education competencies that had been most recently revised in 2005 by the CUP project?
  • NCHEC is responsible for assuring quality in professional preparation and practice.
  • accreditation
  • Health Education Job Analysis 2010
  • Developing computer programs
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