Deck 13: Social Work and Services in Health Care

Question 1

Life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa is age:

A) 33
B) 42
C) 52
D) 65

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is true:

A) HIV can be transmitted by having sexual intercourse with an HIV-positive partner
B) Babies cannot contract AIDS before birth from their infected mothers
C) AIDS can be transmitted by mosquitoes
D) HIV can be transmitted by casual contact in crowded settings with an infected person

Answer 2

A

Question 3

During the 1990s, simply breathing the air in Mexico City during one day was the equivalent of smoking _____ pack(s) of cigarettes.

A) One-half
B) One
C) Two
D) Three

Answer 3

C

Question 4

If a social worker is involved in _____ care, they are helping in the treatment of illness that is seriously endangering their client's health.

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Restorative
D) Tertiary

Question 5

Over ____ million Americans lack any health insurance.

A) 46
B) 68
C) 91
D) 107

Question 6

There is potential ethical conflict between the gatekeeping role of some managed care organizations and client ______.

A) Cooperation
B) Informed consent
C) Autonomy
D) Self-determination

Question 7

The text discussed _____, which has developed educational programming in addition to having cut taxes on condoms and gotten religious leaders to participate in AIDS education, thus sharply reducing infection rates.

A) Zimbabwe
B) Senegal
C) Ethiopia
D) Tanzania

Question 8

Organizations that provide a wide range of health-care services for participants and employers who typically pay an established monthly fee for services are called:

A) HMOs
B) PYOs
C) MHAs
D) BYOs

Question 9

The specific type of T cell that is vulnerable to HIV is the _____ cell.

A) TX4
B) HAART
C) R2D2
D) CD4 T

Question 10

______ diseases are conditions and infections that themselves are usually not life threatening but that take advantage of a weakened immune system and invade it.

A) Invasive
B) Junctive
C) Opportunistic
D) Piranha

Question 11

Which of the following is true about health care in the United States:

A) Technology is decreasing in the health care field
B) Administrative overhead for running health-care organizations is slowly decreasing
C) Administrative overhead is the highest in the world
D) HMOs are slowly being phased out of the health care system

Question 12

_____ is a test to determine if a person has been exposed to the AIDS virus, and is used as the first test. It can also be used to screen donated blood to prevent the AIDS virus from being transmitted to blood transfusions.

A) ELISA
B) AZT
C) Western blot
D) HAART

Question 13

____ cells fight off disease invading the body.

A) R2D2
B) T
C) 10-4
D) 7-11

Question 14

Written, witnessed, signed instructions regarding what individuals wish to have done in the event that they are unable to make decisions are called:

A) Advance directives
B) Life wishes
C) Kevorkian chronicles
D) Health regulations

Question 15

_____ is the title of President Obama's health-care reform

A) Consistent Care Reform Act
B) Quality Universal Health Care Act
C) Guaranteed Health Coverage Act
D) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Question 16

_____ is the conception that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them.

A) Filial piety
B) Fatalism
C) Synergism
D) Stasis

Question 17

The life expectancy for white males is ____ years greater than for African American males.

A) Three
B) Six
C) Nine
D) Eleven

Question 18

_____ is a type of test to determine if a person has been exposed to the AIDS virus that is expensive and difficult to administer and, therefore, not used for mass blood screening.

A) ELISA
B) AZT
C) Western blot
D) HAART

Question 19

All of the following issues were listed in the text as plaguing the U.S. health care system today except:

A) Unequal access to health care
B) Escalating cost of health care
C) Cultural competence
D) Competent health care providers

Question 20

______ is described in the text as the efficient ongoing provision of services by different or the same agencies to meet clients' needs as their circumstances and needs change.

A) Continuity of care
B) Guaranteed coverage
C) Steady service provision
D) Circumstantial endurance

Question 21

The ELISA test for exposure to the AIDS virus is much more specific and less likely to give a false positive than the Western blot.

Question 22

At the time of this writing, President Obama's health-care reform is being challenged in ten states.

Question 23

"Cocktail drugs" have been found to destroy HIV.

Question 24

Fatalism is a devotion to and compliance with parental and familial authority, to the point of sacrificing individual desires and ambitions.

Question 25

Maintaining a meaningful quality of life involves focusing on the positive instead of the negative aspects of life.

Question 26

Many Asian American and Pacific Islanders feel that talking about death is "polluting" or will cause bad luck.

Question 27

Public health departments can assess the sanitation of the environment.

Question 28

In 2006, the rate of AIDS infection for Latinas was twice the rate for white women.

Question 29

Social workers have historically served as significant forces in advocating for health-care legislation, policies, and resources.

Question 30

To date, only two industrialized countries have established a national health insurance plans.

Question 31

Social workers who are helping link a client with AIDS to services needed concerning health, income maintenance, housing, mental health care, and legal assistance are portraying the facilitator role.

Question 32

On the global level, disease such as cholera and typhoid are now extinct.

Question 33

Given the Asian Americans' and Pacific Islanders' cultural orientation toward cooperation, patients may feel obligated to sign consent papers when they really don't want to.

Question 34

A special kind of virus that invades normal cells and causes them to reproduce more of the virus rather than reproduce themselves like other normal cells is called a rhinovirus.

Question 35

Social workers can provide health education aimed at establishing a healthy lifestyle and preventing illness.

Question 36

For Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders there is stigma about and shame in experiencing mental and emotional distress.

Question 37

People with Medicaid benefits were found to receive needed surgeries at the same rate as people with private insurances.

Question 38

Asian American and Pacific Islander values center on the individual decision-making process.

Question 39

It has been found that AIDS can be spread through any type of casual contact.

Question 40

Research has found Asians to be more comfortable with more physical contact and smaller interpersonal distances than Western cultures.

Question 41

Because health care is increasingly expensive, who should bear the burden of paying for it? Workers? Employers? All citizens through increased taxes and subsequent government funding? Clearly argue for your opinion on this issue. You will not be graded on your opinion, only your ability to critically think about this issue, form an opinion, and articulate your opinion in writing.

Question 42

What are the myths that were listed in the text regarding the use of condoms by men in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Question 43

Explain the goals of public health departments.

Question 44

Condoms manufactured by foreigners come to Africa already infected with HIV.

Question 45

Five key factors were listed in the text as causing or contributing to health problems-one was an unhealthy lifestyle; list the other four factors.

Question 46

How can the U.S. health-care system become more sensitive to all cultures? How can social workers address this issue?

Question 47

Answer the following questions regarding your own ethnic and cultural heritage:
A. What traditions and values characterize your heritage?
B. To what extent do your own values comply with traditional ideas?
C. What are the reasons for these discrepancies?

Question 48

Explain the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Are you for this health-care reform or against it? State your reasons.

Question 49

Less than one percent of the people in Namibia are infected with HIV/AIDS.

Question 50

Explain how HIV/AIDS attacks the body, and what treatment is available.

Question 51

Cite and describe the various social work roles and empowerment for people living with AIDS.

Question 52

What can be done to change the AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa?