NEHA July/August 2024 Journal of Environmental Health

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JEH QUIZ FEATURED ARTICLE QUIZ #1

Decoding Training Needs: Using Relevance and Exposure to Identify Training Needs in the Retail Food Regulatory Workforce

A vailable to those with an active National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) membership, the JEH Quiz is offered six times per calendar year and is an easily accessible way to earn continuing education (CE) contact hours toward maintaining a NEHA credential. Each quiz is worth 1.0 CE. Completing quizzes is now based on the honor system and should be self-reported by the credential holder. Quizzes published only during your current credential cycle are eligible for CE credit. Please keep a copy of each completed quiz for your records. CE credit will post to your account within 3 business days. Paper or electronic quiz submissions will no longer be collected by NEHA staff. INSTRUCTIONS TO SELF-REPORT A JEH QUIZ FOR CE CREDIT 1. Read the featured article and select the correct answer to each JEH Quiz question. 2. Log in to your MyNEHA account at https://neha.users.membersuite.com/ home. 3. Click on Credentials located at the top of the page. 4. Select Report CEs from the drop-down menu. 5. Enter the date you finished the quiz in the Date Attended field. 6. Enter 1.0 in the Length of Course in Hours field. 7. In the Description field, enter the activity as “ JEH Quiz #, Month Year” (e.g., JEH Quiz 1, July/August 2024). 8. Click the Create button.

 Quiz effective date: July 1, 2024 | Quiz deadline: October 1, 2024

c. 2,267 d. 2,767 7. In the overall quadrant analysis, quadrant 1 included knowledge areas (KAs) that participants indicated as __ exposure that were of __ relevance to the field. a. low; high b. low; low c. high; high d. high; low 8. In the overall quadrant analysis, quadrant 2 included KAs that participants indicated as __ exposure that were of __ relevance to the field. a. low; high b. low; low c. high; high d. high; low 9. In the overall quadrant analysis, quadrant 4 included KAs that participants indicated as __ exposure that were of __ relevance to the field. a. low; high b. low; low c. high; high d. high; low 10. In total, 72% of all KAs examined were in a. quadrant 1. b. quadrant 2. c. quadrant 3. d. quadrant 4. 11. The KAs that were categorized in __ will help workforce development teams in building appropriate training materials and educational programs.

1. The public health workforce has experienced a __ decrease over the last decade, highlighting the importance of understanding workforce training needs to enhance and grow the workforce. a. 5%

b. 10% c. 15% d. 20%

2. Environmental public health workers make up the largest group in the public health workforce, not including health administration and public health nurses. a. True. b. False. 3. The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Retail Food Program Training Needs Assessment sought to understand __ to identify training needs and inform future food safety training. a. challenges b. gaps c. emerging issues d. b and c e. all of the above 4. To ensure the accuracy and relevance of retail food safety research, the Training Needs Assessment was based on the Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) National Curriculum Standards (NCS) framework. a. True. b. False. 5. The Training Needs Assessment used a __ design to assess the needs and priorities of its members and partners within the field of retail food safety. a. case-control b. cross-sectional c. cohort 6. The Training Needs Assessment received __ qualified respondents who were from various age groups, job levels, and sectors.

a. quadrant 1. b. quadrant 2. c. quadrant 3. d. quadrant 4.

12. The KAs in __ are those areas that require continued maintenance and improvement due to their importance in the field.

JEH Quiz #5 Answers March 2024

a. quadrant 1. b. quadrant 2. c. quadrant 3. d. quadrant 4.

1. d 2. c 3. d

4. a 5. b 6. d

7. c 8. a 9. d

10. b 11. c 12. a

a. 1,267 b. 1,767

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