LP-4

Question 1

Health education

Answer 1

Is defined as educational interventions designed to help individuals or groups learn new health information and health behaviors; a process of communicating evidence-based methods of disease prevention and encouraging responsibility for self care.

Question 2

Health promotion

Answer 2

is the science and are of helping change the lifestyle of individuals and society to attain optimal health, which places an emphasis on improving quantity and quality of life for all and enables people to improve their health, including the use of any preventive, educational, or administrative policy, program, or law

Question 3

What are principles of Oral Health Education?

Answer 3

• People interpret health messages through “filters”
• Most successful education maximizes self-involvement
• Mass medias are effective in transmitting messages
• Acceptance of all peoples values

Question 4

What is the health belief model?

Answer 4

A theory that suggest that behaviors are directed by perception and beliefs of susceptibility, severity, beneficial behaviors, and the absence of barriers to action; suggests that whether a person engages in preventive health actions depends on these beliefs.

Question 5

Components of the health belief model include…

Answer 5

• Susceptibility
• Severity
• Beneficial
• Benefits

Question 6

What is the five dimensional health model include?

Answer 6

Physical
Emotional
Mental
Social
Spiritual

Question 7

What are the goals of dental health education?

Answer 7

• Provide effective dental health education
• Change values aimed @ improving health
• Health behaviors

Question 8

What are the elements to the education process?

Answer 8

Identify the needs
Establish measurable objectives
Design learning experiences
Evaluate objective completion

Question 9

What are the 3 types of learning styles?

Answer 9

Visual
Auditory
Kinesthetic (sensory, tactile)

Question 10

What are characteristics of a visual learner?

Answer 10

• typically a good speller
• likes it to be quiet when studying
• likes colorful displays; charts
• makes lists
• likes to use flashcards
• likes story mapping or diagrams
• takes notes and organizes them with color highlighters

Question 11

What are characteristics of an auditory learner?

Answer 11

• reads out-loud; slow reader
• Will speak-up in class
• uses word association to remember facts and dates
• likes to record lectures
• aware of background sounds; movies
• likes to study in groups

Question 12

What are characteristics of a kinesthetic learner?

Answer 12

• typically likes role-play
• likes sciences
• typically not a great speller
• lots of breaks when studying
• studies in short blocks of time
• likes field trips and hands-on activities

Question 13

What are behavioral objectives?

Answer 13

Clear statements that describe instructional intent in terms of desired learning outcome; short-term, precise statements that build cumulatively to a goal.

Question 14

Evaluation mechanisms consists of…

Answer 14

• Cognitive
• Psychomotor
• Affective

Question 15

What does cognitive refer to?

Answer 15

Knowledge

Question 16

What does psychomotor refer to?

Answer 16

Skill

Question 17

What does affective refer to?

Answer 17

Values and attitudes

Question 18

What is the learning ladder?

Answer 18

A learning theory concept suggesting that people learn in a linear series of sequential steps, moving away from ignorance toward acquisition of information and adaption of a new behavior.

Question 19

What are the steps of the learning ladder?

Answer 19

• Unaware
• Awareness
• Self-interest
• Involvement
• Action
• Habit

Question 20

T or F if a step in the learning ladder is omitted, long term behavior changes will take place?

Answer 20

False

Question 21

What are the steps of maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

Answer 21

Physiologic Needs
Security and Safety
Social Needs
Esteem or Ego needs
Self-Actualization or Self-Realization

Question 22

What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

Answer 22

A human motivation theory that suggest inner forces (needs) drive a person into action and that some needs take precedence over others.

Question 23

What are learning opportunities?

Answer 23

The mechanism of achieving instructional objectives.

Question 24

What do learning opportunities include?

Answer 24

Methods

Materials

Question 25

What are the purpose of learning opportunities?

Answer 25

1. Contribute to formation of concepts
2. Provide interest
3. Help make learning more permanent
4. Accommodate a variety of learning objectives
5. Accommodate a variety of learner needs, abilities, learning styles
6. People are used to viewing things

Question 26

What are criteria for selecting learning opportunities?

Answer 26

1. Philosophy of institution
2. Skill of teacher
3. Type of instructional objectives (psychomotor, cognitive, affective) and content to be covered.
4. Maturity level of audience
5. Composition and background of audience
6. Environmental conditions
7. Availability of materials and equipment
8. Time allotment
9. Class size
10. Time of day
11. Info must be accurate and up to date
12. Info must be in good taste and well constructed

Question 27

What are barriers to learning?

Answer 27

Terminology
Ethnic and Cultural differences
Language & Literacy
Habits
Fear of pain or injury
Fear of rejection
Fear of the unknown

Question 28

What are the benefits of using a Lesson Plan?

Answer 28

Stability

Standardization