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Question 1

explain relationship among good health behavior, health education, and health promotion

Answer 1

there’s a need for health educators and promotors to provide the public info to have good health and change their health behavior

Question 2

explain the difference btwn health education and health promotion

Answer 2

health ed: info intended to increase the adoption and maintain healthy behaviors

health promotion: structural aspects of the enviro that impact human behavior

Question 3

write your definition of health education

Answer 3

Health education is the process of helping individuals, groups, and communities uphold healthy behaviors through the use of planned learning experiences.

Question 4

explain the role of the health educator as defined by the Role Delineation Project

Answer 4

RDP created the Framework, which explains 7 responsibilities of health educators

Question 5

explain how a person becomes a Certified Health Ed Specialist or a Master Certified Health Ed Specialist

Answer 5

first group of CHES = charter: received credential btwn oct ‘88- dec ‘89; qualified individ were certified based on academic training, work experience and references w/o taking the exam

1990: criterion-referenced exam based on teh framework

2011: exam to certify advanced-level healht ed specialists
- prior to exam, CHES had to show they’ve had CHES status since 2005 and were practicing health ed at an advanced level (experience documentation opportunity EDO)

Question 6

explain what the competencies update project (CUP), health educators job analysis (HEJA-2010), and health ed specialists practice analysis (HESPA-2015) have in common

Answer 6

they revise the Framework

CUP: 1998 reverify entry-level health ed responsibilities, competencies, and subcompetenceis and to verify the advanced-level competencies and subcompentencies

• wording of responsibilities was changed slightly, some competencies and subcompetencies were dropped, and a few new ones were added
• included development of 3-tired (entry, advanced level-1, and advanced level-2) hierarchical model reflecting the role of the health educator

HEJA: comptency-based framework for health ed speicalist-2010; kept role of health ed specialist contemporary and met best practice guidelines

HESPSA: most recent edition of a competency-based framework for health ed specialist

Question 7

explain how the competency-based framework for health ed specialist is used by colleges, national commission for health ed credentialing (NCHEC), council for the accreditation of educator preparation (CAEP) and the council on education for public health (CEPH)

Answer 7

the Framework has provided a guide for all colleges to use when designing/revising their curricula in health ed to prepare future health ed specialists

used by NCHEC to dev core criteria for certifying indivd as health ed specialists

CAEP (accredits teacher ed programs) and CEPH (accredits public health programs) uses components of the Framework when accrediting programs that have a focus on health ed

Question 8

identify the assumptions upon which health ed is based

Answer 8

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the goal of having program participants voluntarily adopt actions conducive to health; to achieve this, the assumptions must be in place

Question 9

define pre-planning

Answer 9

allows a core group of people (steering committee) to gather answers to key question that are critical to the planning process before the actual planning process begins
-helps to clarify and give direction to planning, and helps stakeholders avoid confusion as the planning progresses

Question 10

advanced level 1- health ed specialist

Answer 10

practice level of a healht ed specialist w/ a minimum of a baccalaureate degree w/ professional prep in the field of healht ed plus various combo of degree (baccalaureate or master’s) and years of experience

Question 11

advanced level 2- health ed specialist

Answer 11

practice level of a health ed specialist w/ a min of a doctoral degree in the field of health ed, irrespective of years of experience

Question 12

community

Answer 12

collective body of individ identified by common characteristics such as geography, interests, experiences, concerns or values

Question 13

decision makers

Answer 13

those who have authority to approve a plan (eg administrator of an org, governing board, CEO)

Question 14

entry-level health ed specialist

Answer 14

practice level of health ed specialist w/ a min of a baccalaureate degree w/ professional prep in the filed of health ed

Question 15

framework

Answer 15

shortened name for the A Competency-Based Framework for Health Ed Specialists-2015

comporised of 7 major areas of resposbility, which defined the scope of practice and sev different competnecies and subcompetencies, which furhter delineated the responsibliites

Question 16

health behavior

Answer 16

beahviors that impact perosn’s health

Question 17

health education

Answer 17

any combo of planned learning experiences using evidence-based practices and/or sound theories that provide the opp to acquire knoweldge, attitudes, and skills needed to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors

Question 18

health ed specialist

Answer 18

individ who has met, at a min, baccalaureate-level required health ed academic preparation qualifications, who serves in a variety of settings, and is able to use appropriate educational strategies and methods to facilitate the dev of policies, proceudres, interveniotns, and systems conducive to the health of individ, groups, and communities

Question 19

health promotion

Answer 19

any planned combo of educational, political, environmental, regulatory, or organizational mechanisms that support actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of indivdi, groups, and communities

Question 20

healthy people

Answer 20

U.S. gov publication that brought together much of waht was known about hte relationship of personal health behavior and health status

Question 21

primary prevention

Answer 21

measures that forestall the onset of illness or injury during the prepathogenesis period

Question 22

priority population

Answer 22

ppl for whom the program is intended

Question 23

role delineation project

Answer 23

comprehensive process that led to the creation of the responsibilities and competencies of the entry-level health educator

Question 24

secondary prevention

Answer 24

measures that lead to early diagnosis and prompt treatment of a disease, illness, or injury to limi disability, impairment, or dependency and prevent more severe pathogenesis

Question 25

stakeholders

Answer 25

any person, community, or organization w/ a vested interest in a healht program, usually decsion makers, progrram partners, or clients

Question 26

tertiary prevention

Answer 26

measure aimed at rehabilitaiton folowing significant pathogenesis