Chapter 24

Question 1

In what setting would health educators create programs and materials about health issues for the community?

Answer 1

Nonprofits

Question 2

To maintain certification, health educators must complete how many hours of continuing education every 5 years?

Answer 2

75

Question 3

Most entry-level jobs for community health workers require what minimum education requirement?

Answer 3

High school diploma

Question 4

Which of the following is a paraprofessional with 40 hours of post-secondary training?

Answer 4

Registered behavioral technician

Question 5

What state requires state certification for registered behavioral techniques

Answer 5

Washington

Question 6

Which of the following specialists specifically work with those who have visual impairment?

Answer 6

Orientation and mobility specialists and vision rehabilitation therapists

Question 7

In which of the following areas doheslth educators also work, allowing them to influence a vast audience

Answer 7

Newspaper, television, social media

Question 8

(T or F) health educators may also be called patient navigators…

Answer 8

True, they also create programs to to target the patients they are looking for and to interact with them better

Question 9

(T or F) the role of health educators is to serve as a bridge between the community and the healthcare, government, and social service systems

Answer 9

True, health educators make programs to reach out to all systems

Question 10

(T or F) one of the challenges for healtg educatoea us that they focus on the prevention of disease, while the healthcare system reimburses healthcare workers for treatment of disease

Answer 10

False, healthcare educators work to prevent and treat a disease