Chapter 22 Exam Questions HIV, AIDS, Stigma & Blame - Essentials of Nursing Critically Ill Adults Questions by David F. Marks. DOCX document preview.
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Chapter 22: HIV infection and AIDS: The pinnacle of stigma and victim blaming
1. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a:
a. Human papillomavirus
b. pseudovirus
c. spumaviruses
d. Retrovirus
2.. By the end of 2014, an estimated ______ people were living with HIV worldwide, an increase of 24% since 2001.
a. 10.7 million
b. 25.4 million
c. 36.9 million
d. 42.1 million
3. Around ______ of all people living with HIV do not know that they have the virus (Figure 23.2).
a. 20%
b. 30%
c. 40%
d. 50%
4. cART refers to the use of combinations of antiretroviral drugs with different mechanisms of action to treat HIV. Which of the following statements is true?
a. cART stops weakening of the immune system and allows it to recover from any damage that HIV might have caused.
b. cART eliminates the virus
c. cART has to be taken every day for the rest of a person’s life.
d. both cART stops weakening of the immune system and allows it to recover from any damage that HIV might have caused. and cART has to be taken every day for the rest of a person’s life.
5. Following the arrival of cART, people at risk might increase the already high rate of unprotected sex. This phenomenon is known as:
a. risk-reward
b. risk aversion
c. risk compensation
d. risk assessment
6. Ammassari et al. (2001) found that ______ was independently associated with cART non-adherence.
a. symptom severity
b. running out of pills
c. unemployment
d. all of these
7. Adopting a structural approach, Parker and Aggleton (2003) conceptualized stigmatization as intimately linked to the ______.
a. reproduction of social difference
b. reproduction of individual difference
c. recreation of social difference
d. recreation of individual difference
8. The National AIDS Trust (2011) reported that ______ people still did not realize that HIV infection can be passed on through sex without a condom between a man and a woman.
a. 1 in 3
b. 1 in 5
c. 1 in 10
d. 1 in 20
9. Which of the following statements are false (select all that apply):
a. HIV can be transmitted via unprotected intercourse
b. HIV can be transmitted via kissing
c. HIV can be transmitted via mother–fetus transmission
d HIV can be transmitted via breastfeeding transmission
e. HIV can be transmitted via spitting
10. Lubek et al. (2005) found that averaged over seven years, ______ of the female beer promotion women in Cambodia are seropositive for HIV/AIDS.
a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 20%
d. 25%
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