Question 1
3 out of 3 points
What is the best known ecological model?
Selected Answer:Precede-Proceed
Question 2
3 out of 3 points
When any given part of the environment becomes a target for change, the term used is
structural intervention.
Selected Answer:true
Question 3
3 out of 3 points
A microsystem is:
Selected This level refers to the immediate environment in which a person is
Answer: operating.
Question 4
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following is not a system level that Bronfenbrenner described in the Model of
Human Development?
Selected Answer:Ecosystem
Question 5
3 out of 3 points
Unfortunately large scale intervention trials sometimes fail to demonstrate the study’s
intended health promotion and this failure acts purely as a waste of funds and time.
Selected Answer:False
Question 6
3 out of 3 points
Structural Model of Behavior emphasizes environmental influences of behavior: availability,
physical structures, social structures, and media.
Selected Answer:True
Question 7
3 out of 3 points
The basic premise of ecological thinking is that health behavior, and
the determinants of these behaviors are inter-related.
Selected Answer:True
Question 8
3 out of 3 points
Some environments foster risk behaviors.
Selected Answer:True
Question 9
3 out of 3 points
In the Behavioral Ecological Model, ________ are defined as social contingencies of
reinforcement that affect large segments of a population or subpopulation.
Selected Answer:Metacontingencies
Question 10
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the differences between the ecological
approach and the medical approach?
Selected Answer:The ecological approach blames the individual for a health status
Question 11
3 out of 3 points
The logic behind structural interventions is that the physical, legal, economic, and regulatory
“structures” within an individual’s environment can be altered to support the adoption and
maintenance of health protective behaviors.
Selected Answer:True
Question 12
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following is NOT one of the four categories of environmental factors that are
critical in shaping health behaviors, according to the structural model of health behavior?
Selected Answer:Socioeconomic status
Question 13
3 out of 3 points
According to the concept of transitivity, a tie (connection) between some members of a
social network...
Selected Answer:will often lead to new mutual social connections within the network.
Question 14
3 out of 3 points
The meso level of network organization includes large-scale networks and complex
networks.
Selected Answer:False
Question 15
3 out of 3 points
Transitivity describes the temporary mental state of people who fail at developing lasting
nodal connections, resulting in weak social networks.
Selected Answer:False
Question 16
Selected Answer:
Question 19
3 out of 3 points
3 out of 3 points
A
social network.
Selected Answer:False
Question 17
3 out of 3 points
Selected Answer:True
Question 18
3 out of 3 points
worksites schoolsites
mavenism
Using their influence and example, set norms for the network to
follow.
Selected Answer:Whole network analysis
Question 20
3 out of 3 points
Selected Answer:False
Question 21
3 out of 3 points
Social networks are usually very stable over time, with little or no change in
member numbers or roles, making the introduction of new health information difficult.
Selected Answer:False
Question 22
3 out of 3 points
"maven" (i.e., someone exhibiting
information in a
Scenario: You are a state health department officer working with various social networks
(e.g., churches, , ) to promote personal wellness. With help from
community members, you identify superdiffusers in each of the target social networks.
Which of the following key roles must the superdiffusers do to ensure success of the
promotion?
) is not accepted as a reputable source of
A superdiffuser is a highly influential person who possesses all of the following
social traits except:
In which type of analytical technique does the research start with selecting a set of
nodes that is then considered as a study population, then measures the tie between
these nodes?
An individual actor in the periphery of a social system, even if respected by others,
will not be able to bridge the brokerage between peripheral networks.
Actors/nodes with a high degree of centrality have more social connections and can
usually transmit health information more efficiently and effectively than actors with a
low degree of centrality.
Selected Answer:brokerage.
Question 23
3 out of 3 points
Selected Answer:True
Question 24
3 out of 3 points
Selected Answer:False
Question 25
3 out of 3 points
Personal traits of some members of social networks predispose them to serve as
superdiffusers of new ideas. Three traits are considered vital to the spread of an innovation
within and between networks. Which of the following is not one of these key traits?
Selected Egocentricity: The skill to facilitate effective network analyses to
Answer: identify what works.
Question 26
3 out of 3 points
People are more likely to adopt an innovation if they observe others having adopted the
innovation and experiencing a positive outcome as a result.
Selected Answer:True
Question 27
3 out of 3 points
What is the correct order of discrete stages of behavior change, according to the Diffusion
Theory?
Selected Answer:Knowledge, Persuasion, Decision, Implementation, and Confirmation
Question 28
0 out of 3 points
According to Diffusion Theory, the adoption of innovations through the various adopter
categories typically follows a(n)
Selected Answer:double helix pattern.
Question 29
3 out of 3 points
In Diffusion Theory, the interpersonal communication channel is viewed as an unreliable
The major components of social network theory include nodes or actors and ties
that connect the nodes where they form a network.
Social systems and networks must be traditional (i.e., physical contact and
connections occur in person) to be effective in transmitting health
information; virtual systems and networks (i.e., social media) are to fragile to be an
effective change agent for health.
and inadequate mechanism for transmitting information leading to the ultimate adoption of
an innovation.
Selected Answer:False
Question 30
0 out of 3 points
What are the five levels of adopters in Diffusion Theory?
Selected Answer:Innovators, early adopters, early minority, late minority, laggards
Question 31
3 out of 3 points
Which statement is not true regarding the innovation?
Selected Trialability is adopting new ideas that are simpler to understand than
Answer: innovations that require the adopter to develop new skills and understating.
Question 32
3 out of 3 points
An innovation has to be a completely new concept, policy, practice, or object.
Selected Answer:False
Question 33
3 out of 3 points
The social system is a key “last-step” in health promotion planning.
Selected Answer:False
Question 34
3 out of 3 points
Diffusion Theory works best when the innovation or behavior does not require daily
repetition.
Selected Answer:True
Question 35
3 out of 3 points
According to Diffusion Theory, the more _______________ change agents are with the
target population, the more effective they are likely to be in promoting the adoption of an
innovation.
Selected Answer:homophilous
Question 36
3 out of 3 points
What are some elements of diffusion theory?
Selected Answer:A and B
Question 37
3 out of 3 points
What are the elements of the innovation-decision process?
Selected Answer:All of the above
Question 38
3 out of 3 points
How can Public health professionals and organizations approach dissemination for their
programs like McDonalds?
Selected Answer:All of the above
Question 39
3 out of 3 points
Which is true about program implementation in health promotion?
Selected Answer:Both A and B
Question 40
3 out of 3 points
Program fidelity is defined as the degree of correspondence between the program as
intended and the program as actually implemented.
Selected Answer:True
Question 41
3 out of 3 points
Which is NOT one of the four steps of the Public Health Model?
Selected Answer:Implement appropriate medical treatments
Question 42
3 out of 3 points
Identify the organization characteristic that is most related to adopting a new program?
Selected Answer:staying up to date on the latest technologies
Question 43
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following is true about the “black box” in public health?
Selected Answer:All of the above.
Question 44
3 out of 3 points
Which is NOT considered one of the six main challenges to implementation of prevention
programs?
Selected Answer:An integrated data system across providers to coordinate services
Question 45
3 out of 3 points
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Most researchers feel that their work is done once they have published findings in a
scholarly journal.
Selected Answer:True
Question 46
3 out of 3 points
A certain amount and type of adaptation to a program is always harmful and should be
avoided at all costs.
Selected Answer:False
Question 47
3 out of 3 points
According to Rogers, which of the following factors explains the adoption of new programs by
an organization.
Selected Answer:has advantages over alternatives
Question 48
3 out of 3 points
A program is more likely to be adopted if it is perceived to have advantages over alternatives
– either current practice or other available programs.
Selected Answer:True
Question 49
3 out of 3 points
Once health knowledge is generated from randomized control trials, it is effectively applied
to public health problems evenly throughout the industries.
Selected Answer:False
Question 50
3 out of 3 points
Fidelity to a program can enhance adoption and community ownership more so than
adaptation.
Selected Answer:False
