ADVANCEMENT OF THE PRACTITIONER
JEH QUIZ
Workplace Hazards Impacting the Environmental Health Workforce: A Study Among Practitioners in the United States FEATURED ARTICLE QUIZ #4
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 4, January/February 2024). 8. Click the Create button.
Quiz effective date: January 1, 2024 | Quiz deadline: April 1, 2024
d. all of the above. e. none of the above.
1. This study examined the occupational health and safety issues that affect envi- ronmental health professional workforces across various health departments in
7. Of the survey respondents, __ indicated that they find their job extremely
the U.S. a. True. b. False.
stressful. a. 7.6% b. 20.0% c. 29.0% d. 41.4%
2. In a survey of environmental health professionals conducted in 2020 by the National Environmental Health Association, respondents reported the following health and safety concerns: a. lack of personal protective equipment. b. burnout. c. a paucity of supplies, training, and guidance. d. all of the above. e. none of the above.
8. More than __ of survey respondents indicated that they are sometimes or often pressured to work long hours.
a. 10% b. 20% c. 30% d. 40%
9. Younger survey respondents were less likely to report being pressured to work longer hours. a. True. b. False. 10.More than __ of the survey respondents indicated that their willingness to go to work was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. a. one quarter
3. A national survey of local health
departments identified __ position departures by public health officials.
a. 122 b. 222 c. 322 d. 422
4. Of the survey respondents for this study, the average number of years worked as an environmental health professional was
b. one third c. one half d. two thirds
a. 5.9 years. b. 9.5 years. c. 13.5 years. d. 15.9 years.
11. The most common type of violence reported by survey respondents was a. verbal violence. b. the threat of physical violence. c. physical violence. 12.According to The American Institute of Stress, approximately __ of U.S. workers suffer from work-related stress.
5. The highest percentage of survey
participants self-reported their age as a. 35–44 years. b. 45–54 years. c. 55–64 years. d. 65–74 years.
JEH Quiz #2 Answers October 2023
a. 63% b. 73% c. 83% d. 93%
6. Exposure to __ was the most common exposure reported by
1. b 2. a 3. c
4. c 5. a 6. c
7. d 8. a 9. a
10. c 11. d 12. a
survey respondents. a. biological agents b. sunlight c. chemicals
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