It's best to use the results of evidence based practices when stating why the program will be successful.
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true
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"Any combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals, groups, and communities the opportunity to acquire information and the skills needed to make quality healthy decisions" accurately defines?
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health education
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Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention?
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summarized the available research regarding health inhibiting behaviors up to the time it was published
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Pre-planning allows a core group of people to answer key questions.
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true
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Which of the following planning models was used to develop Healthy People 2020?
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MAP-IT
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In 1979, the Role Delineation Project published generic roles for entry-level and advanced-level health educators.
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true
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The conceptual format for creating a rationale presented in your textbook is in the form of an inverted triangle, where you start broad and then become more focused at the bottom.
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true
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Health promotion program planning is a multi-step process.
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true
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Without the support of the decision-makers, it is difficult or impossible for health educators to plan and implement programs.
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true
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Health educators who are starting the program planning process use?
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tasks associated with areas I, II, V, VI, and VII of the Responsibilities and Competencies for Health Educators
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HEJA 2010 validated the contemporary practice of health education specialists.
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true
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Which of the following is NOT a value or benefit statement for programming that is focused at the worksite level?
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opportunity to generate revenue
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Which of the following phases of the SMART model includes identification of appropriate communication messages?
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channel analysis
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In writing a rationale, Health Educators need to identify appropriate background information. The best place to start is with?
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a literature search
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It is beneficial to ask whether or not decision-makers are willing to change the organizational culture to promote health at a worksite.
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true
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When a woman has a pap smear done, she is actually involved with?
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secondary prevention
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A program planning model that begins with the outcome and is comprised of eight specific phases or steps is called?
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PRECEDE-PROCEED
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The advanced-level health education responsibilities were endorsed by the American Medical Association and the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing.
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false
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In order to understand the various program planning models, effectively adapt to any planning situation, and understand processes related to program planning, health educators should
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develop a working knowledge of the Generalized Model for program planning
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Responsibility II for Health Educators does NOT include which of the following competencies?
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report anticipated obstacles early in the planning process
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The greater the number of individuals who are represented by planning committee members, the more likely there will be a feeling of program ownership.
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true
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Which of the following is NOT a typical setting and function for a health educator?
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hospitals, for disease management
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A common way to report a cost-benefit analysis is through?
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return on investment (ROI)
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A rationale for a health promotion program should?
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state why the program will be successful
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To prepare an effective rationale, it is best to state a proposed solution to problems identified in the rationale.
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true
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A joint committee of the Society for Public Health Education and the American Association for Health Education uses the framework to review and approve undergraduate health education programs.
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true
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All EXCEPT which of the following are ways that Health Educators can determine the values and benefits that should be emphasized in a rationale?
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remove all mention of previous problems or failures
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The Generalized Model is?
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a way to gain understanding on all that is involved in creating a program
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Social math is the practice of translating statistics and data to make it interesting.
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true
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Since 1900, Americans have experienced?
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an increased emphasis on preventative behaviors
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All EXCEPT which of the following are key elements that best characterize the practice of social marketing?
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facilitator-centered program development
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Over the years the competencies from the areas of responsibilities have been fairly consistent over the past 20 years.
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true
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According to the CUP Model Hierarchical approach, there are entirely different areas of responsibility for advanced-level health educators than there are at the entry level.
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false
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Which of the following is NOT part of the Pre-Planning process?
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conducting an evaluation
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Value or benefits statements for programming that is focused at the individual level?
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include increased knowledge about the relationship between lifestyle and health
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All EXCEPT which of the following questions, were addressed by the Competency Update Project (CUP)?
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What are the differences among areas of responsibility, competencies, and sub-competencies form one setting to another?
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There is no ideal size of a planning committee.
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true
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Epidemiological data result from the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specific populations.
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true
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According to our text, the turning point that marked the beginning of health promotion as a significant component of national health policy occurred in 1974.
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true
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Successful planning committees should?
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regularly re-evaluate membership
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Properly trained health educators?
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are aware of the limitations of the discipline
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According to your textbook, all EXCEPT which of the following are important to a solid committee.
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political leaders
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All EXCEPT which of the following are assumptions of Health Promotion?
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disease occurrence theories and principles are difficult to understand and use
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When program planners systematically find, appraise, and use evidence as the basis for decision-making while planning a health promotion program, it is called appraisal-based practice.
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false
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The MAPP program planning model?
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uses a process called visioning, involving 50-100 participants
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Value or benefits statements for programming that is focused at the community level?
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provide a model for other organizations
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One source of information for a rationale is to compare the health needs of the priority population with those of other citizens of the state or nation.
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true
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Which of the following areas of responsibility is not included in the recent updates?
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create individual and community needs for health education
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Health promotion is based on the premise that human behavior not only governed by personal factors, but also the structure of the environment.
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true
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When describing values or benefits associated with health promotion programming, health educators?
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should back up statements with supporting data
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Section 2
(50 cards)
The different types of feedback or rewards the priority populations receives are referred to as?
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reinforcing factors
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Health communication is the use of strategies to inform and influence individual and community decisions to enhance health.
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true
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Using indirect measures to learn about behaviors within a population is called?
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proxy measure
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Community themes, local public health system, community health status, and forces of change assessments are all components of the MAPP model.
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true
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SWOT analysis is common among planners who want to minimize planning time and move quickly to action steps.
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true
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Validating a prioritized need means confirming that the need that was identified is the need that should be addressed.
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true
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According to the BPR Model 2.0, urgency is defined as?
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the degree to which a health problem is increasing, stabilizing, or decreasing and that 5-year mortality data be used to score it
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BPR Model 2.0 was created to address the impact of chronic diseases.
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true
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If a health educator asks a colleague to review a survey about on-the-job stress, the health educator is checking face validity.
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true
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Key informants are not always in positions of formal authority.
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true
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The Basic Priority Rating (BPR) process is for planners to rate four different components and place them in a formula to determine a priority rating between 0 to 100.
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true
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The concept that steps in the planning process are sequential is referred to as fluidity.
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true
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As it relates to assessing needs, the term "mapping" refers to ?
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a visual representation of data by geography or location
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A small number of people having a conversation about feelings, opinions, perceptions, and attitudes concerning an idea or issue is called?
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a focus group
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The four values of an HIA are?
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democracy, equity, sustainable development, and ethical use of evidence
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The Healthy Plan-It Model?
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was designed for use in developing countries
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The three F's of program planning are?
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fluidity, flexibility, and functionality
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One environmental risk factor for heart disease could be the lack of exercise facilities.
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true
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For sampling, the universe is?
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all individuals unspecified by time or place
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Secondary data are data that have been collected and published by someone else.
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false
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Which level of measure uses an absolute zero?
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ratio
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Photovoice is a form of participatory data collection.
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true
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In selecting a planning model, health educators are most successful when they choose one model and use all of its phases or steps without using other components or models.
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false
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The central focus of the SMART model is consumers.
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true
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Quantitative measures produce numerical data such as counts.
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true
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Sensitivity means?
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the ability of a test to identify correctly those with a disease or condition
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Which of the following provides the quickest answer to analyzing sample size from a statistical standpoint?
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central limit theorem
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HIPAA refers to the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act, dealing with issues of data collection.
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true
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Attitudes, beliefs, motivation, and personality traits are all examples of data that measure which of the following?
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psychosocial variables
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The Health Communication Model was produced by the American Heart Association and has four phases.
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false
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When prioritizing needs, planners can benefit from exploring any existing health promotion programs to avoid duplicating efforts.
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true
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The type of reliability measure that generates evidence of stability over a period of time is called?
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test-retest reliability
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Health educators who are going to administer a data collection instrument should?
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inform participants about how the process will work
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Self-report data are appealing to those who collect data because they?
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are quick to administer
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Which of the following would NOT be helpful to a health educator trying to determine whether to use an existing measurement instrument?
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file a petition to cover liability issues
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A health educator who has access to data about employee sick days, health screenings, and safety records could use this information in the Educational and Ecological Assessment step of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model.
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false
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When assessing community capacity one would have to look at the places and organizations in various sectors of the community.
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true
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All EXCEPT which of the following are competencies that can be found under Area of Responsibility I for Health Educators?
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initiate a plan of action
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The highest level in the measurement hierarchy is nominal.
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true
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Which of the following factors is NOT characteristic of action or participatory research?
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acquisition of knowledge through group study
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A health educator who wants to be sure the variable of ethnicity is represented in a sample should use which of the following methods to choose that sample?
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stratified random sample
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Which of the following is NOT a reason why a needs assessment should be completed before the other steps of the program planning process?
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it is the most expensive and should be completed while funds are available
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes the United States Census data in the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
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false
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The data collection method that is apt to have the lowest response rate is the?
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written questionnaire
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One advantage of face-to-face interviews is?
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flexibility
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As a data collection method, direct observation?
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can be obtrusive or unobtrusive
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At a community forum, participants may also be asked to respond in writing to some questions.
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true
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Qualitative measures?
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interpret information
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The criteria used to establish a prioritization matrix for planning include "more or less changeable" and "more or less important."
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true
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There are some instances in program planning when a needs assessment is not necessary or recommended.
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true
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Section 3
(50 cards)
The Community Readiness Model is a stage theory for communities.
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true
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Of the 281 Healthy People 2010 objectives whose progress could be evaluated at mid-course review, over half had moved toward, met, or exceeded their target.
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true
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An intervention is the?
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activity that occurs between two things, events, or points in time
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A survey item that provides answers on a continuum from strongly disagree to strongly agree is one example of a Likert scale.
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true
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A future event toward which a committed endeavor is directed is called a(n)?
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goal
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A weight loss program that uses weekly dues is an example of?
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negative reinforcement
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The Theory of Planned Behavior includes attitude toward a behavior, a subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control.
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true
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Associate, conceptualize, enumerate, recall, and summarize are all words that can be used to create measurable goal statements.
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false
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The Health Belief Model?
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considers individual perceptions as a factor in behavior
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Several different criterion-setting techniques were used in the writing of Healthy People 2020 Objectives and Healthy People 2020 Midcourse Review.
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true
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The outcome component of an objective?
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describes the final result of the program
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The two overarching goals for Healthy People 2020 are to promote quality of life across all life stages and achieve health equity.
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true
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Perceived behavioral control refers to people's perceptions of their ability to perform a given behavior.
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true
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The operational form of a construct is a(n)?
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variable
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Mission statements, goals, and objectives are applicable to Areas II and IV of the Responsibilities and Competencies for Health Educators.
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true
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According to the Stimulus-Response Theory, the two broad categories of environmental consequences include reinforcement and punishment.
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true
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Statements that represent progress toward a goal by specifying intermediate accomplishments are called strategies.
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false
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Structured, or closed questions provide the least freedom for respondents to answer the questions.
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true
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Which of the following is NOT a question planners should consider when writing objectives?
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can the objectives be accessed by the priority populations?
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Vicarious reinforcement is observational learning or social modeling.
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true
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Area II of the Responsibilities and Competencies for Health Educators is the only area that relates to using Health Promotion theories and models.
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false
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Which theory is based on the concept that there are beneficial health rewards to a supportive network?
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social network theory
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A pilot test should be administered to a representative sample of the priority population.
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true
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Evaluation measures for program objectives include?
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morbidity and mortality data
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"By 2015, increase to at least 60% the proportion of men in Sioux City who have had a PSA level drawn" is an example of a(n)?
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behavioral objective
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Reciprocal determinism and locus of control?
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grew out of the social learning theory
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Theories are generally more specific than models because they attempt to explain underlying processes of learning.
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true
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Threat appraisal and coping appraisal are components of which of the following theories?
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protection motivation theory
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Healthy People 2020 includes almost 600 science-based objectives spread over 42 topic areas.
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true
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The approach of a continuum theory is to identify variables that influence action and combine them in a prediction equation.
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true
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The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion was designed to help explain how persuasion messages aimed at changing attitudes were received and processed by people.
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true
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The fishbowl method of sampling is not as precise as simple random sampling.
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true
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_____ more recent theory that is used to explain how a person comes to a decision to take action and then how that decision translates into action.
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the precaution adoption process model
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"By January 1, program volunteers will have weight loss materials in the hands of 1,000 citizens" is an example of a outcome objective.
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true
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Construct validity is the degree to which a measure correlates with other measures with which it is theoretically expected to correlate.
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true
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There are several good quantitative procedures for determining the fairness of a measure.
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false
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The Theory of Reasoned Action?
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considers intention as a person's readiness to perform a behavior
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It is highly recommended that planners review which document prior to goals and objectives for their programs.
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SMART objectives
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Outcome, conditions and criteria are the key indicators for a well written objective.
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false
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The socio-ecological perspective for behavior change theories?
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recognizes five levels of influence
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A mission statement?
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helps to guide planners to formulate goals and objectives
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Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a theory?
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a theory is a tool that can make basic concepts more complex
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A sampling unit is an element or set of elements considered to be part of the sample.
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true
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Which of the following is not a topic area of Healthy People 2020?
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chronic liver disease
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A person who purchases new running shoes and a pedometer is in what phase of the Transtheoretical Model?
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preparation
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All EXCEPT which of the following should be included as an environment objective?
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quality of life indicator
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Within the constructs of the Social Cognitive Theory, beliefs about the likely outcomes of certain behaviors are called?
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expectations
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The concept of decisional balance is a construct in the trans-theoretical model.
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true
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Outcome objectives can be written in terms of reduction of risk or quality of life measures.
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true
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What are the benefits of a midcourse review of Healthy People 2020?
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an opportunity to update the document based on what has occurred for the first part of the decade
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Section 4
(29 cards)
Criterion-related validity are scores that are correlated with some other measure of an individuals behavior or performance.
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true
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Face validity appears to measure what it is supposed to measure.
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true
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Behavior modification?
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is based on stimulus response and social cognitive theories
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A person who organizes a community coalition to enact changes that influence health is using the advocacy strategy of direct lobbying.
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false
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Adults are motivated to learn by the need to solve problems.
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true
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Functionality means that the outcome of planning is improved health conditions, not production of the plan.
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true
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There are 10 points for the 6 phases of policy modification.
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false
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Health communication strategies are?
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useful in building social norms
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Health policy/enforcement strategies often need to be presented in light of the common good.
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true
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The American Public Health Association and Centers for Disease Control guidelines for establishing feasibility of health promotion programs included the criterion that health promotion programs should make optimum use of available resources.
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true
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Although using multiple strategies in an intervention may be cumbersome, it is worthwhile because they are much easier to evaluate.
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false
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Social reinforcers and material reinforcers are two categories of incentives.
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true
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Health educators who choose to use incentives should NOT?
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award the incentives privately to avoid embarrassment or envy
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Dose refers to the number of program units delivered.
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true
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The first three considerations when creating a health promotion intervention, as described in your text, include?
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what needs to change, what level or prevention, and what level(s) of influence
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It is best to stay with one channel of communication when preparing to reach various cultural groups with health messages.
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false
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The Responsibilities and Competencies for Health Educators that is related to creating an intervention is?
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responsibilities I & II
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Multiplicity refers to the number of components that make up an intervention.
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true
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A written plan outlining what those in the priority population will be taught is called?
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curriculum
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Strategies that do not necessarily require action on the part of the priority population are Environmental Change Strategies.
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true
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Health-related community service strategies?
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involve services, tests, or treatments within the priority population
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Flexibility is adapting to the needs of stakeholders.
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true
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SMOG, Fog-Gunning, and Fry are all?
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readability formulas
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The term "best practices" refers to recommendations for an intervention based on review of many studies that substantiate the intervention's efficacy.
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true
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Content validity are when items are a representative sample of the content and/or behavior of the domain being addressed.
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true
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A strategy is a general plan of action for affecting a health problem, and may encompass several activities.
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true
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In the Multidirectional Communication Model, communication does NOT occur through?
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sender shared horizontal
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Factors that affect how we communicate, understand, and respond to Health Information are called?
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health literacy
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Alcoholics Anonymous, Weight Watchers, and Gamblers Anonymous are all examples of?