Understanding Epidemics: HIV/AIDS Quiz

Section 2: HIV/AIDS

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General

1. What does HIV stand for?

Homosexual Intensity Virus
Human Immuno Deficiency Virus
Has Incurable Virus

2. What does AIDS stand for?

Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome
Auto-Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
Associated Incurable Death Status

3. What does ARV stand for?

Anti-Retro Viral
AIDS Remedy Vehicle
AIDS Recovery Virus

4. What does STI stand for?

Sexually Transmitted Infection
Special Treatment Intervention
Social Transfer Infection

Transmission

5. Which three of these are ways in which HIV/AIDS can be spread. Click the three you think they are and then click submit to find out if you are correct. Unless you get all three right it will tell you you're wrong.

Identifying an HIV+ person

6. Which of these means you can be sure that a person is HIV+?

Therapies

7. Which of these is true about ARVs?

They prevent HIV infection

They reduce the immediate effects of HIV infection

They prevent the onset of AIDS

They delay the onset of AIDS

The African Crisis

8. True or false? Which of these would typically be included in HIV/AIDS prevention programmes in Africa?

Discouraging people from getting married

Encouraging people to limit the number of sexual partners within a marriage or encouraging faithfulness in monogomous and polygamous relationships

Encouraging people to have a blood test

Encouraging people to use the contraceptive pill

Encouraging people to abstain from sex

Discouraging people from talking openly about sex

Information campaigns targetting adolescents

Information campaigns targetting homosexual men

Discussion of the HIV/AIDS problem by the political leadership

Encouraging people to use condoms

9. True or False? Which of these are reasons why HIV prevalence rates in Africa are generally lower in rural areas than in urban areas?

People in rural areas have better access to health care

There are fewer infected people in rural areas

People in rural areas are more likely to have unprotected sex

Social norms, such as marriage, are more strictly observed in rural areas than in towns

10. The highest rates of HIV/AIDS prevalence are in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is partly because of the extreme poverty of many African populations. True or false? Why are the poor more likely to be affected by HIV/AIDS than the rich?

The poor live in more unhygenic conditions

The poor are less likely to know about the causes of HIV/AIDS

The poor have more sexual partners than the rich

The poor have poorer access to ARV therapies

11. True or false? Which of these applies to the impacts of HIV/AIDS in the most severley affected countries of Eastern and Southern Africa?

HIV/AIDS needs to be tackled seperately from other development problems

Because HIV/AIDS reduces the number of children in school, it brings financial benefits to government and communities

Because HIV/AIDS increases the need for health care, it brings additional financial burdens for governments and communities

HIV/AIDS mortality reduces African chronic problems of food shortage

HIV/AIDS mortality reduces the severe problems of urban unemployment

HIV/AIDS creates food production problems for peasant farmers

The UK

12. True or false? Which of these statements applies to the situation in the UK?

With the availability of ARVs, HIV/AIDS is no longer a serious problem

Greater HIV/AIDS awareness needs to be encouraged

Homosexual transmission is the main source of new HIV cases in the UK

Introvenous drug users generate a large and growing proportion of new HIV cases in the UK

International migrants generate a growing proportion of new HIV cases in the UK

Adolescents remain the prime targets of sexual health messages

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General 1. What does HIV stand for? Homosexual Intensity Virus Human Immuno Deficiency Virus Has Incurable Virus					2. What does AIDS stand for? Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome Auto-Immuno Deficiency Syndrome Associated Incurable Death Status
3. What does ARV stand for? Anti-Retro Viral AIDS Remedy Vehicle AIDS Recovery Virus					4. What does STI stand for? Sexually Transmitted Infection Special Treatment Intervention Social Transfer Infection
Transmission
5. Which three of these are ways in which HIV/AIDS can be spread. Click the three you think they are and then click submit to find out if you are correct. Unless you get all three right it will tell you you're wrong. Drinking Dirty Water Being bitten by an infected mosquito Using a dirty toilet seat Unprotected sex with an infected person Using a condom Infected blood transfusion Shaking hands with an infected person Sharing a cup with an infected person Sharing an introvenus needle with an infected person Identifying an HIV+ person
6. Which of these means you can be sure that a person is HIV+? Ask the person They look emaciated Conduct a blood test The person is a prostitute The person is an intravenous drug user The person is the partner of someone who is HIV+ The person is a homosexual male The person dies at age 25 The person never uses a condom when having sex The person is from Uganda Therapies
7. Which of these is true about ARVs?
	They prevent HIV infection True False They reduce the immediate effects of HIV infection True False			They prevent the onset of AIDS True False They delay the onset of AIDS True False
The African Crisis
8. True or false? Which of these would typically be included in HIV/AIDS prevention programmes in Africa?
	Discouraging people from getting married True False Encouraging people to limit the number of sexual partners within a marriage or encouraging faithfulness in monogomous and polygamous relationships True False Encouraging people to have a blood test True False Encouraging people to use the contraceptive pill True False Encouraging people to abstain from sex True False			Discouraging people from talking openly about sex True False Information campaigns targetting adolescents True False Information campaigns targetting homosexual men True False Discussion of the HIV/AIDS problem by the political leadership True False Encouraging people to use condoms True False
9. True or False? Which of these are reasons why HIV prevalence rates in Africa are generally lower in rural areas than in urban areas?
	People in rural areas have better access to health care True False There are fewer infected people in rural areas True False			People in rural areas are more likely to have unprotected sex True False Social norms, such as marriage, are more strictly observed in rural areas than in towns True False
10. The highest rates of HIV/AIDS prevalence are in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is partly because of the extreme poverty of many African populations. True or false? Why are the poor more likely to be affected by HIV/AIDS than the rich?
	The poor live in more unhygenic conditions True False The poor are less likely to know about the causes of HIV/AIDS True False			The poor have more sexual partners than the rich True False The poor have poorer access to ARV therapies True False
11. True or false? Which of these applies to the impacts of HIV/AIDS in the most severley affected countries of Eastern and Southern Africa?
	HIV/AIDS needs to be tackled seperately from other development problems True False Because HIV/AIDS reduces the number of children in school, it brings financial benefits to government and communities True False Because HIV/AIDS increases the need for health care, it brings additional financial burdens for governments and communities True False			HIV/AIDS mortality reduces African chronic problems of food shortage True False HIV/AIDS mortality reduces the severe problems of urban unemployment True False HIV/AIDS creates food production problems for peasant farmers True False

The UK 12. True or false? Which of these statements applies to the situation in the UK?
	With the availability of ARVs, HIV/AIDS is no longer a serious problem True False Greater HIV/AIDS awareness needs to be encouraged True False Homosexual transmission is the main source of new HIV cases in the UK True False			Introvenous drug users generate a large and growing proportion of new HIV cases in the UK True False International migrants generate a growing proportion of new HIV cases in the UK True False Adolescents remain the prime targets of sexual health messages True False

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