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Crude Death Rate

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The total number of deaths per year per 1,000 people. “If the crude death rate is expressed for the total population, it makes sense that a retirement community in FL or AZ would have a higher CDR than a younger community like Provo.”

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Maternal Mortality rate/ratio

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Ratio: the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in same time period
Rate: the number of maternal deaths per 1,000 women of reproductive age in the population (usually 15-44)

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Age specific mortality rate

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Total number of feather per year per 1,000 of a given age

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What is the rank for 15-24 year olds to die of unintentional injuries?

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First!

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Infant Mortality Rate

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The number of death of children less than 1/1,000 live births. Used when comparing health status of regions, states, and countries.

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Perinatal Mortality Rate

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The sum of neonatal deaths and fetal deaths (still briths) per 1,000 births

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According to the Surgeon General Report, Health People 2020, what has the greatest potential to decreasing morbidity?

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Lifestyle and behavior.

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Community Analysis

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The gathering of information about the populations under study, including general health status, health care, and social system available.

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Needs Assessment

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A systematic Process for determining and addressing needs, or “gaps” between current conditions and desired conditions or “wants”

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Which data collection method typically has the lowest response rate?

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Mail, also the slowest.

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Delphi Technique

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Data collection method which is most likely to allow for participants to present their views impersonally and confidentially without overtly influencing the opinions of others. Done in waves and mailing.

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Because participants are selected according to specific criteria, the information obtained from which group process is not generalizable?

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Focus Group

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The first step in identifying a need for a community health education program should be;

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Conduct a community analysis. Specifically asks about a COMMUNITY health program.

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UNICEF

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The United Nations Children’s Fund is a global humanitarian relief organization providing children with health care, immunizations, clean water, nutrition and food security. Asserts a primary responsibility for promoting international health.

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International Red Cross

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Humanitarian institution based in Geneva Switzerland, founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering

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National Institute of Health (NIH)

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Government agency primarily responsible for biomedical and health-related research

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Nominal Group Process

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Used to establish issues or problems in priority order, gives each participant equal say and voting.

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Psychlit or PsychInfo

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Data bases used for psychological research. behaviors, feelings, habits etc.

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ERIC

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Data base used for research on students K-12.

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CINAHL

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Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

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What is the lest expensive assessment technique and can reach the young adult population?

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Email survey. young adults are more likely to utilize electronic surveys. quick and low cost

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Explain how to create a survey as a way of gathering primary dat for a needs assessment.

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Use qualitative and quantitative questions that focus on the need you are trying to assess

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What are examples of secondary data sources?

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Peer Reviewed Journals, CDC, Health Departments, other gov. agencies, census, databases etc.

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What are the steps involved in assessing a community’s need for health education?

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Determine the scope of work and the purpose for the needs assessment, gather data, analyze data, identify any factors linked to the health problem, Identify the focus for the program, validate the needs before continuing the planning process

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What does the Delphi process look like and what are the issues associated with this method?

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Sending surveys to rural communities, receiving filled out surveys, resending to others in the communities. (waves) Issues: expensive, time, forgetting to send surveys back,

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Explain the process of a focus group and issues with that process.

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Group discussions with members of the priority population to gain knowledge of qualitative data from the group. Getting people to participate, people telling the truth, generalizability

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What is the first step in designing and completing a survey?

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goals and objectives

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What secondary data sources would you use for a specific community?

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local health department, local emergency room, local doctors offices/clinics, census etc.

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Epidemic

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a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease within a community at a particular time

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Endemic

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when an infection is in a population and contained to that population with no need for external inputs

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Pandemic

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Infectious disease that occurs in high numbers throughout the world

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Prevalence

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the proportion of a population found to have a condition

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Incidence

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How many people have been affected by a specific infection/disease.

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Mission Statement

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A phrase or short statement that clearly describes the overall focus of the program.

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Behavioral objective

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A type of impact objective that describes the action or behavior in which the priority population will engage.

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Outcome objective

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An objective for the priority population to reach 18 months to 5 years after the program is finished.

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Process Objective

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An objective that is reached while planning. i.e. By March 30 have the room reserved

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Impact Objective

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An objective that describes how the program will help/change/influence the priority population

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How do you write an objective

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Clear and precise. WHO will do HOW much of WHAT by WHEN

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Learning Objective

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An impact objective that describes what was learned in the program. (Cognitive, Knowledge objective)

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What is the first step in the ecological assessment of the PRECEDE planning model

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Identify predisposing factors

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Predisposing Factors

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Thoughts, feelings, an beliefs that participants bring with them to the program. Usually from culture, family, religion etc.

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Reinforcing Factors

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includes feedback and encouragement for a changed behavior from significant or important others

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Enabling Factors

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Things that keep the population from doing the health behavior. i.e. safe places to walk, sidewalks, money, support etc.

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MATCH

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Multilevel Approach to Community Health

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PATCH

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Planned Approach to Community Health; developed to create a mechanism through which effective community health could occur

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In order to support a team effort of a planning committee, it is important for the health educator to

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understand group dynamic and team building

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Two major beliefs of the Health Belief Model.

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Susceptibility and benefit

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The adoption curve illustrates which of the following?

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the successive waves of use by groups with identifiable characteristics

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What is essential for an individuals success in using self-control techniques to maintain a behavioral change?

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Motivation and self-reliance

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When planners develop implementation plans for the program, they are working on..?

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Learning Activities

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The first phase in the implementation process for an educational program is

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Gaining acceptance for the program

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The most effective approach to foster an individual responsibility for a positive lifestyle change is to

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develop a personal behavior contract

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A health educator is working with youth clients to create a video PSA. What best describes the technique they are using?

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telecommunication technology

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.Reciprocal determinism in Social Cognitive Theory posits

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The continuing adaptation and change between the individual, the behavior, and the environment

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Social Cognitive Theory

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model offering a wide rang elf interventions for planning behavior
Bandura

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Health Belief Model

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Perceptions of behavior change;

Hochbaum, Rosenstock, Kegels

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Theory of Planned Behavior

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Ajzen & Fishbein

individual model

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Transtheoretical Model (stages of change)

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Prochaska & DiClemente

Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action etc

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Diffusion of Innovation

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innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, laggards
Gabriel Tarde, Rogers

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Theory of Planned Behavior (theory of reasoned action)

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The assumption that behavior change is influenced by a person’s attitude toward the outcome and the subjective norms

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enter-Education

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The combination of entertainment and education to bring about a positive change in attitude. The enter-educate approach spreads its message through songs, soap operas, variety shows, and other types of popular entertainment mediums

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Phasing In

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Limiting the number of program offering

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Performance evaluation review technique (PERT)

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A Planning Method to Set Deadlines and Schedules

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Process Evaluation

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used to monitor and document program implementation and can aid in understanding the relationship between specific program elements and program outcomes.

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Outcome Evaluation

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an ultimate goal or product of a program or treatment, generally measured in the health field by mortality or morbidity data in a population, vital measures, symptoms, signs, or physiological indicators on individuals.

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Impact Evaluation

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the immediate observable effects of a program, leading to the intended outcome of a program; intermediate outcomes

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Summitive Evaluation

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Any combination of measurements and judgments that permit conclusions to be drawn about impact, outcome, or benefits of a program or method.

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Formative Evaluation

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any combination of measurements obtained and judgments made before or dying the implementation of materials, methods, activities or programs to control, assure, or improve the quality of performance or delivery

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Which section of the health education program evaluation report is most likely to be read by those involved or affected by the evaluation researc

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Discussion/conclusions

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employee assistance Program

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employee benefit programs offered by many employers, typically in conjunction with a health insurance plan. EAPs are intended to help employees deal with personal problems that might adversely impact their work performance, health and well-being. EAPs generally include assessment, short term counseling and referral services for employees and their household members

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Preformation

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The first stage in organizing a coalition is

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What is the last phase in the development of a coalition

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Maintenance

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second stage of coalition formation

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defining mission of the coalition

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Strategic Planning

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This is a process that encompasses individual, group, community, environment, policy, and other systems-level factors that support and/or impinge upon the successful implementation of an organizational mission

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When facilitating groups of stakeholders in a project, the health educator encounters some conflict between the organizations. The most effective conflict management strategy to us is

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Collaborative Problem Solving

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Simple Measure of Gobbledgook

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SMOG: reading level test.

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Adult Learning Theory

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the PROCESS of gaining knowledge or expertise

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HEDIR

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Health Education Directory. Health educators can go on the list serve and ask questions, post jobs, make announcements, etc…

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HRSA

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Health Resources and Services Administration of the USDHHS provides a variety of health education materials free of charge.

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CNHEO

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The Coalition of National Health Education Organizations

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The city council has voted 4-1 to hold a town hall meeting to discuss a clean indoor air ordinance. Which type of advocacy benchmark is this?

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Shifts in critical mass

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Holding the Line

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After a clean indoor air ordnance passes with the help of advocacy efforts, Big Tobacco attempts to overturn it. A community health coalition stops its campaign. Which type of advocacy benchmark is this

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CDP

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Center for Domestic Preparedness

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USDHHS

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United States Department of Health and Human Services

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CHID

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Combined health Information Database

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HEDIR

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an email based format in which one can ask questions, seek help, solicit support, or challenge the profession on any health education related topic. It is a professional listserv and members are expected to use their professionalism in their participation

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AMA

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American Medical Association

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AAHE

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American Association for Health Education

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