1. PreTest

This Pre-Post Test instrument is intended to measure gains in knowledge or skills and changes in impressions or attitudes through the measles briefings and the measles tabletop exercise discussions.

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1. Measles must be reported how soon? (Required.)

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2. During a declared measles outbreak at a school, if a student is unvaccinated and has no confirmed immunity, the school administrator must exclude the student from the school for: (Required.)

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3. True or False? A person exposed to measles can transmit the disease to others before they have any signs or symptoms. (Required.)

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4. True or False? Potential signs, symptoms, and complications of measles include fever, cough, rash, deafness, photosensitivity, pneumonia, encephalitis, and death. (Required.)

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5. What is the most often cited infectivity of measles (the basic reproductive number, R0) and the associated herd immunity threshold (HIT) needed to interrupt sustained transmission? (Required.)

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6. True or False? Potential long-term complications of measles include fatal degenerative neurological disease characterized by seizures that develop 7-10 years post-measles infection. (Required.)

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7. True or False? The MMR vaccine is associated with increased risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome. (Required.)

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8. In your opinion, is the MMR vaccine causally related to the development of Autism? (Required.)

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9. Which of the following occurrences should trigger activation of a structured Measles emergency incident management response team and actions beyond initial case investigation? (select all that should trigger response and additional resources) (Required.)

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10. Rank each of the following elements of a Measles Outbreak Response in the order of importance from 1 - 7. (Required.)

  Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4 Priority 5 Priority 6 Priority 7
Comprehensive Public Messaging
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (Vaccine and IgG)
Alerts and guidance to healthcare, schools, congregate facilities
Case investigation & Contact Tracing
Mass testing for Infection
Quarantine & Isolation
Mass Vaccination

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11. For comprehensive public messaging strategy rank the priority level of each component/element listed below: (Required.)

  Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4 Priority 5
Engagement with trusted messengers inclusive of vaccine hesitant/anti-vaccine and distrusting of government community leaders.
Health Alerts and Guidance for select audiences (e.g. Healthcare providers & facilities, Schools, Congregate facilities)
Messaging that is Sensitive to Community Beliefs and Attitudes, especially vaccine hesitant/anti-vaccine and distrusting of government communities.
Rumor, misinformation, and disinformation monitoring and counter-messaging.
General Community Risk Communication

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12. The USA has lost Measles Elimination status.

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13. True or False? Vaccination and immunity status is easily established at both the individual and communitywide level using health information tools like ImmTrac2.

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14. True or False? Measles outbreaks significantly raise the potential for the virus to mutate to a vaccine resistant strain?

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15. John Hopkins University estimates the public health, productivity, and direct medical costs, on a per case basis, to be approximately how much?

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