Quiz 2

Question 1

What are the 3 formal assessments of health literacy?

Answer 1

The Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM)

The Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA)

The Newest Vital Sign (NVS)

Question 2

What are the 3 indicators of readability?

Answer 2

The Flesh-Kincaid Readability Test (FK)

The Fry Readability Formula (Fry)

The Simplified Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG)

Question 3

What should the reading level be for consumer information/patient medication information?

Answer 3

5th grade

Question 4

Which populations are at risk for limited health literacy?

Answer 4

Elderly
Ethnic and racial minorities
those with limited education
low socioeconomic status
chronic disease

Question 5

What are some strategies to improve health literacy?

Answer 5

Slow down
use plain, non-medical language
use analogies and pictures
limit to 1-3 key messages
repetition
Empower patients
use the teach-back method
use patient-friendly materials and forms

Question 6

What does health literacy impact?

Answer 6

Access
Safety
Quality
Outcomes

Question 7

TOFHLA is a health literacy test used in health care research. What does it measure?

Answer 7

reading comprehension and numeracy

Question 8

How would you describe Native American’s knowledge and attitudes towards cancer?

Answer 8

low knowledge and more negative attitudes

Question 9

What is the first step in achieving cultural competence?

Answer 9

Being aware and accepting of cultural differences; developing a value for diversity

Question 10

What are the CDC’s 10 great public health achievements

Answer 10

Vaccine-preventable disease
tobacco control
prevention and control of infectious diseases
maternal and infant health
motor vehicle safety
cardiovascular disease prevention
occupational safety
cancer prevention
childhood lead poisoning prevention
public health preparedness and response

Question 11

Vaccines for Children (VFC)

Answer 11

program provides vaccines at no cost to kids who might not otherwise be vaccinated

medicaid eligible, american indian or alaska native, not insured, underinsured, through federally qualified health centers, or rural health clinics

Question 12

What is the purpose of a Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)?

Answer 12

to inform the patient regarding benefits/risks
should be given BEFORE administration

Question 13

Live Attenuated Vaccine

Answer 13

weakened form of the virus/bacteria
must replicate to get immune response
immunity in less doses
caution/contraindication in immunocompromised

MMR, varicella, rotavirus

Question 14

How does REALM test for health literacy?

Answer 14

patient pronounces 66 medical terms ordered in increasing difficulty and number of syllables
most commonly used

Question 15

How does NVS test for health literacy?

Answer 15

patient looks at an ice cream nutrition label and answer 6 questions about it

Question 16

Native American patients with cancer presented with higher rates of ?

Answer 16

advanced-stage disease

Question 17

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA)

Answer 17

ensures adequate supply of vaccines, stabilizes vaccine costs, and established a forum for injury

Question 18

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP)

Answer 18

no-fault alternative for resolving vaccine injury claims
funded by a tax on each dose of vaccine
use of vaccine injury table and FAQs

Question 19

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)

Answer 19

Joint program of the CDC and FDA
post-marketing safety surveillance program for adverse events that occur after administrations of vaccines
healthcare professionals are REQUIRED to report

Question 20

What should a healthcare professional record when it comes to the VIS

Answer 20

VIS edition date
date VIS was provided to patient
name, address, and title of person administering
date the vaccine is administered
vaccine manufacturer and lot number

Question 21

Inactivated Vaccine

Answer 21

killed virus/bacteria
cannot replicate/cause disease
requires booster doses

Hep A, influenza, polio

Question 22

Subunit, recombinant, polysaccharide, and conjugate vaccines

Answer 22

specific parts of targeted viruses/bacteria
requires booster doses

pertussis - subunit
Hep B/HPV/zoster - recombinant
meningococcal - conjugate/recombinant
pneumococcal - polysaccharide/conjugate

Question 23

Toxoid vaccine

Answer 23

produced from proteins that cause symptoms

diphtheria, tetanus

Question 24

mRNA Vaccine

Answer 24

teach cells to make proteins to trigger immune response

COVID-19 (pfizer/moderna)
HIV in future possibly

Question 25

Viral Vector Vaccine

Answer 25

genetic material placed in a modified virus

COVID-19 (J&J)
ebola in possible future