Ch. 1 - Prevention
1. Give an example (other than smoking) of how prevention is
political using money & power in your analysis.
2. Where are most health care dollars spent?
3. What types of behaviors have prevention programs been shown
to impact?
4. Definitions: CDC, Lifespan, Morbidity, Mortality
Ch. 2 - Professional Preparation
5. Why must Health Education be more than information dispensing?
6. What is meant by describing Health Education as a “process”?
7. What do you think it means to “plan” a Health Education intervention?
8. What is Green’s definition on Health Education?
9. How does Health Education differ from Health Promotion?
10. What is the primary responsibility of Health Educators?
11. What is a CHES?
Ch. 3 - Future Perspectives
12. What is the most preventable cause of death in the U.S.?
13. What are Healthy People 2000 and Healthy Communities 2000?
14. What three types of objectives are stated in each?
15. Which type of objective is of greatest interest to Health
Educators?
16. What is PATCH?
Saunders Article "What is Health Promotion?"
17. What does Saunders describe as the more "aggressive" approach
of health promotion?
18. Why is the physical dimension of health often overemphasized?
19. What are the three levels of prevention?
20. Describe the three stages of behavior change described by
Saunders.
21. Give examples of process, impact and outcome evaluation measures.
Welle et. al. Article "Philosophical Trends in Health Education
22. Briefly define each of the major philosophical approaches:
Cognitive Based; Decision-Making; Behavior Change; Freeing/Functioning;
Social Change.
23. Which philosophy/philosophies was/were most popular among
practioners and academics?
24. How do academics and practitioners differ in philosophy preference?
25. Which philosophy seems most consistent with your own and
why?
Kreuter Ch. 1 - Finding True North
26. Was Linda's program an effective use of resources?
Why or Why Not?
27. With limited time and resources, what criteria should we
use to help us determine what kinds of programs to provide?
28. What three pictures represent the basic assumptions or mental
models reflected in a public health perspective? How are these related
to our discussion of internal and external influences?