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Video Vantage
100

Individuals "plan to take action in the next 6 months" in which stage of the Transtheoretical Model?

Contemplation

100

In the Extended Parallel Processing Model (EPPM), the author, Kim Witte, describes what happens when audiences are presented with messages that appeal to what emotion?

Fear

100

Increasing exposure resulting in increased risks refers to what criteria of causality?

biological gradient

100

The phrase “the greatest good for the greatest number of people” reflects the following approach, which is central to public health and much of public policy in the United States?

utilitarianism 

100

As seen in the video describing the Truth anti-vaping campaign, the developers of the campaign chose to focus on reaching young people through which communication channel?

Text messaging

200

Which of the following is a word-recognition test of  medical words and is one of the oldest and most widely used health literacy assessment tools?

REALM

200

According to EPPM, what are the two components of threat?

Severity

Susceptibility 

200

The leading cause of death for persons younger than age 45 is _________.

unintentional injuries

200

What does the O stand for in SWOTE?

opportunities

200

As seen in the movie "How to Survive a Plague," what was the goal of the organization shown in the film?

To get HIV drugs approved faster by the FDA
300

Which component of the extended parallel processing model is key for audiences to accept fear-based messages (i.e. danger control processing)?

efficacy

300

The _____________________ model provides a framework that accounts for all the various factors affecting a health issue, such as public policy, community resources, interpersonal and individual factors.

ecological

300

What type of forms are notoriously difficult to understand, even by college graduates, and were a subject of a 2014 Institute of Medicine (IOM) workshop?

informed consent

300

According to the Elaboration Likelihood Model, what is a possible outcome of appealing to the peripheral processing route? 

Fading of the message, vulnerable to counter-attacks

300
The video shown in Seoul, South Korea describing the old buildings there and how we believe "they don't make them like they used to," captures which form of bias?

survivor bias

400

_________ interventions attempt to modify conditions for individuals at the narrowest or latest point of entry.

Downstream

400

The Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) explains how people process messages based on

their motivation to think about a message

400

Which of the following are conducted by researchers in order to consolidate all the information from studies addressing a single clinical or public health question?

systematic review

400

The American Heart Association (AHA) wants to use a celebrity to promote their new heart health initiative. According to ELM, AHA is appeal to which processing route?

peripheral 

400
What is "Reefer Madness" in the context of this course?

a film used to scare people into avoiding marijuana use

500

What is a weakness of REALM (the brief assessment of literacy?)

only assessed pronunciation 

500

According to the EPPM, what happens if an individual does not experience threat when exposed to a fear-based message?

Nothing (message rejection)

500

Chad wants to develop a poster to explain college students' relative risk for contracting HPV. How would you advise Chad to represent this data?

pictograph

500
Name a way to plan an intervention

Macro, Precede Proceed, ACME

500

According to the book, the video of a father speaking to legislature in order for his daughter (who is trans) to play sports portrays which act of public health communication?

Advocacy

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