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1. Do you think this is an example of a good health education intervention?

2. What additional steps might be needed to make this an effective health education
effort?

3. What did the health educator do correctly?
4. What could she have done differently?

5. On what do you base your answer to question 4?
Construct your own scenario. How would you change the interaction described
here in light of your own experience and the concepts presented in this chapter?

KEY TERMS

CLAS standards Health education
Cultural competence Health indicators
Diversity

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