Title: Default for HEACM1
Course: Level 3 - Health Education and Promotion

Q: Health education is solely concerned with giving people information about health issues.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. Although talking at people, one-way communication, has some role in health education (for example when giving a talk), it is only a small part of the overall picture which includes many activities that are interactive.)
A: False

Q: Good health education begins with diagnosis of the health problems of a community.
- True (Correct! It is true. Initial diagnosis is crucial for beginning to build up health education. If you don’t understand a problem and its context, any health education activity will only be hit and miss.)
- False
A: True

Q: Community participation is optional in health education. Most of the time it is not required.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. Community participation is central. You do health education with people not at them.)
A: False

Q: Using a mix of media in health education increases the chances of your health messages being understood and acted upon.
- True (Correct! It is true. A media mix will help you appeal to more people — if they don’t understand one part of your message the chances are they may be able to understand another part of your message in another medium.)
- False
A: True

Q: For communication to be effective the perception of the sender should not be as close as possible to the perception of the receiver
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. For communication to be effective the perception of the sender should be as close as possible to the perception of the receiver. The extent of understanding depends on the extent to which the two minds come together.)
A: False

Q: One-way communication is dominated by the sender’s knowledge.
- True (Correct! It is true. One-way communication is dominated by the sender’s knowledge.)
- False
A: True

Q: Any communication without a two-way process is less effective because of lack of opportunity for appropriate feedback.
- True (Correct! It is true. To meet the communication objectives (raise awareness, promote acceptance and bring about behavioural change) a two-way process is effective because there is opportunity for reciprocal, timely and appropriate feedback.)
- False
A: True

Q: In health communication, the more sensory organs involved in a communication the less it is effective.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. The more sensory organs involved in a communication the more effective is will be.)
A: False

Q: For a source to be credible in health education activities the source should come from a different background to the community where the message is delivered.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. For a source to be credible in health education activities the source should share characteristics such as age, sex, education and religion with the community where the message is delivered.)
A: False

Q: An effective health communicator should put himself or herself in the situation of the sender only.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. An effective health communicator puts himself or herself both in the situation of the sender and the receiver so that they can easily understand the communication from both sides.)
A: False

Q: The content of health education messages should be organised in a variety of ways.
- True (Correct! It is true. The content of the message should be organised in different ways so that it can persuade or convince a range of people. Not everyone responds in the same way. What might persuade you might be quite different from what might persuade another person.)
- False
A: True

Q: A mass media channel is better than an interpersonal channel for delivering behaviour change messages.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. It is not a choice of either/or. A combination of the two works best. Mass media sets the stage and creates demand for services and interpersonal communication provides detail and interactivity.)
A: False

Q: As one goes from interpersonal to mass communication types of communication, the effectiveness to bring about behavioural change increases.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. Since the communication is active and interactive, there is high chance of utilising more than two senses, such as seeing, hearing and touching, where interpersonal communication is needed.)
A: False

Q: As one goes from interpersonal to mass communication, the effectiveness to reach more people increases.
- True (Correct! It is true. More people can be reached, but the communication is less targeted and less tailored to individuals.)
- False
A: True

Q: As one goes from interpersonal to mass communication, more effort and time are required.
- True (Correct! It is true. Communication may be easily distorted since you mostly rely on word-of-mouth in the method.)
- False
A: True

Q: Which of the main types of communication are best suited to the following outcomes?
- Reach a large population | Mass media
- Give a more detailed or accurate message to audiences | Interpersonal
- Provide communication free of distortion | Mass media
- Will give immediate feedback | Interpersonal
Also offered: Intrapersonal

Q: The health education method which is superior to any other method is drama.
- True
- False (Correct! it is false. In health education there is no method which is superior to any other method. Choice of methods depends on some important points that need to be taken into consideration. The method must suit the situation and the problem, so before choosing a method the person delivering health education must understand the problem at hand and the background of the audience.)
A: False

Q: The lecture method is good for helping an individual with their health problems.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. A lecture is usually a spoken, factual way of presentation of the subject matter to many people. It is passive teaching because there is no opportunity for individual health problems to be discussed in lecture methods.)
A: False

Q: Role play is a method which is spontaneous and often unscripted.
- True (Correct! It is true. Role play is a spontaneous or unrehearsed acting out of real-life situations where others watch and learn by seeing and discussing how people behave in a certain situations. There is usually no script.)
- False
A: True

Q: The teaching method that has the saying ‘Telling how is better than showing how?’ is the demonstration method.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. In a demonstration ‘showing how’, is better than ‘telling how’.)
A: False

Q: A poster should contain more than one idea and its importance is to give information only.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. Each poster should contain one idea. Its importance is more than just giving information. A poster can reinforce or remind people about a message that has been received through other channels; give information and advice; or give directions and instructions for actions. It may also announce important events and programmes.)
A: False

Q: Audio-visual materials and real objects are particularly useful in situations where the literacy rate of a group is very high.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. In fact just the opposite is true. It is generally thought that audio-visual materials and real objects work well with audiences where the level of literacy is low.)
A: False

Q: Real objects are useful learning aids because people can actually see and touch them — and they are immediate.
- True (Correct! It is true. Real objects can help people literally have a ‘hands on’ learning experience which can be very powerful.)
- False
A: True

Q: Audio-visual materials and real objects are used only as a last resort when there are not enough posters to show.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false. Real objects and audio-visual materials are suitable for some circumstances and posters for others. Sometimes you will want to use all of them. It is a matter of knowing what will be effective for your audience.)
A: False

Q: Demonstrations are activities where the use of real objects enhances the learning that people achieve.
- True (Correct! It is true. Demonstrations are the ideal place to use real objects. In fact if you do not use real objects (or models) in demonstrations then you will not be able to show how to do something in a convincing way.)
- False
A: True