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MCHES Exam Companion Guide Supplement

This companion guide is based on the Health Educator Job Analysis-2010 and includes updated and validated Competencies and Sub-competencies at the entry-and advanced-level. This publication is an excellent resource to assist in studying for the new MCHES examination beginning in October 2011. This companion guide includes a supplement with 165 practice questions for the MCHES exam only. Additionally, the publication can be used to assess health education knowledge. Instructors in professional preparation programs may find the format and organization of this book to be a useful supplement to textbooks and classroom lectures. Employers can encourage their employees to use this book as a tool to determine whether additional professional development in specific areas is needed.

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Additional Resources for Preparing to Take the MCHES Examination

Anspaugh, D. J., & Ezell, G. (2010). Teaching today’s health (9^th ed). San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings.

Bensley, R. J., & Brookins-Fisher, J. (Eds.) (2009). Community health education methods: A practical guide (3^rded.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Cottrell, R. R., Girvan, J. T., & McKenzie, J. F. (2009). Principles and foundations of health promotion and education (4^th ed.). San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings.

Doyle, E., Ward, S., & Oomen-Early, J. (2010). The process of community health education and promotion (2^nd ed.). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.

Friis, R. H., & Sellers, T. A. (2009). Epidemiology for public health practice, (3^rd ed. ). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Gilbert, G. G., Sawyer, R. G., & McNeill, E.B. (2011) Health education: Creating strategies for school and community health (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Gilmore, G. D., & Campbell, M. D. (2005). Needs and capacity assessment strategies for health promotion and health education (3^rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Glanz, K., Rimer, B. K, & Viswanath, K. (2008). Health behavior and health education – Theory, research, and practice (4^th Ed.). Jossey-Bass.

Goodson, P. (2010). Theory in health promotion research and practice: Thinking outside the box. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

Green, L. W., & Kreuter, M. W. (2005). Health program planning: An educational and ecological approach (4^th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.

Harris, M. (2010). Evaluating public and community health programs. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Johnson, J. A., & Breckon, D. A. (2007). Managing health education and health promotion programs: Leadership skills for the 21st Century (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

McKenzie, J. F., Neiger, B. L., & Thackeray, R. (2009). Planning, implementing, and evaluating health promotion programs: A primer (5^th ed.). San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings. (Program planning)

Neutens, J. J., & Rubinson, L., (2010). Research techniques for the health sciences. (4^th ed). San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings.

Perez, Miguel A., Luquis, Raffy R. (2008). Cultural competence in health education and health promotion. Jossey-Bass Publishers.