“Good Health Is More Than Health Care” Quiz Answer Key

1. Are you a resident of Illinois?
   • • Yes
     • No

   (Either answer is correct)

2. Having enough food to eat is an important part of living healthy with HIV. How many Americans lack consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life?
   • • 1 in 5 lack consistent access to enough food
     • 1 in 8 lack consistent access to enough food
     • 1 in 20 lack consistent access to enough food
     • 1 in 50 lack consistent access to enough food

   Depending on your income level, you may qualify for food vouchers, a food bank or home-delivered meals by enrolling in Illinois HIV Care Connect. Learn more about how to enroll.

3. What percentage of people living with HIV and enrolled in Illinois HIV Care Connect qualify for assistance from Medicaid or Medicare or for other kinds of assistance to pay medical bills, health insurance premiums or HIV medications?
   • • 25 percent
     • 50 percent
     • 75 percent
     • Virtually 100 percent.

   Individuals with incomes below 500 percent below the federal poverty level for household size may qualify for assistance, depending upon their health insurance status, by enrolling in Illinois HIV Care Connect. Learn more about how to enroll.

4. The inability to pay for food, housing, utilities, transportation or health care can result in poorer health outcomes for people living with HIV. What percentage of Illinois residents live below the federal poverty level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau?
   • • 3.9 percent
     • 4.3 percent
     • 7.2 percent
     • 14.4 percent
     • 17.2 percent

   Depending on your income level, you may be eligible for short-term assistance to support emergency, temporary or transitional housing for you and your family while you are undergoing medical care. This aid is limited to a lifetime assistance of 24 months per household.

   Once you are enrolled, Illinois HIV Care Connect can help you find transportation to important health care appointments or support meetings.

   Once you are enrolled in Illinois HIV Care Connect, you may quality for short-term payments for utility expenses, depending on your income level.

   Depending on your income level, you may qualify for the ADAP Medication Assistance Program (MAP) or the CHIC Premium Assistance Program (PAP). These programs help pay for HIV medications or health insurance coverage.

   Learn more about how to enroll in Illinois HIV Care Connect to access these benefits.

5. Of the following, what Illinois HIV Care Connect core service is most used by people living with HIV in Illinois?
   • • Outpatient substance abuse care
     • Medical case management
     • Outpatient/ ambulatory medical care
     • Oral health care
     • Mental health care

   Depending upon your income level and insurance status, you may be able to access all of the above services by enrolling in Illinois HIV Care Connect. Learn more about how to enroll.

6. Of the following, what Illinois HIV Care Connect support service is most used by people living with HIV in Illinois?
   • • Transportation to a doctor’s or medical appointment
     • Assistance following HIV treatment
     • Food bank and home-delivered meals
     • Legal assistance services

   Depending upon your income level and insurance status, you may be able to access all of the above services by enrolling in Illinois HIV Care Connect. Learn more about how to enroll.

7. If you are pregnant or have a child, Illinois HIV Care Connect can help you learn more about which of the following?
   • • Anti-HIV medications that will reduce the chances you will transmit HIV to your baby
     • Breastfeeding support and education
     • Maternal and well child care
     • The Illinois All Kids insurance plan
     • Parenting classes
     • Immunizations for your child
     • All of the above

   Pregnant women living with HIV can improve their health and greatly lower the chances they will pass HIV to their babies by taking anti-HIV medications before, during, or after birth. If a woman takes anti-HIV medications as prescribed throughout pregnancy, labor and delivery, and while breastfeeding, the risk of transmitting HIV can be 1 percent or less.

   This is all good news for people living with HIV, their partners and their babies. The key, though, is staying in regular care and taking anti-HIV medications every day, exactly as prescribed, to achieve viral suppression and to prevent transmission to others.

   Also, Illinois HIV Care Connect can put you in touch with community resources that provide breastfeeding support and education, well child care, All Kids insurance, parenting classes, and immunizations.

   Learn more about how to enroll in Illinois HIV Care Connect to access these benefits.

8. According to the American Hospital Association, how many people in the United States do not obtain medical care because they lack a vehicle, access to public transportation, or the money to buy a ticket?
   • • 500,000
     • 1.2 million
     • 3.6 million
     • 7.7 million
     • 12.6 million

   Once you are enrolled, Illinois HIV Care Connect can help you find transportation to important health care appointments or support meetings. Learn more about how to enroll in Illinois HIV Care Connect.

9. Illinois HIV Care Connect can provide assistance to people living with HIV who:
   • • Have been abused or neglected
     • Have a disability
     • Have experienced the recent death of a loved one
     • Would like to speak to a religious minister
     • Are on probation or parole
     • All of the above

   Learn more about how to enroll in Illinois HIV Care Connect to access these benefits.

10. What does “Good Health Is More Than Health Care” mean?
    • • Achieving good health often depends on factors other than the health care you receive
      • Social and economic factors known as social determinants of health can often affect a person’s health

    (Both of the above choices are correct)

11. Which one of the following choices best describes your current status as a person living with HIV?
    • • Have never seen a health care provider for HIV care
      • Have seen a health care provider for HIV care at least once, but don’t receive HIV care or take anti-HIV medications regularly
      • Receive HIV care regularly (at least two visits with a medical provider a year, spaced 2 to 6 months apart)
      • Receive HIV care regularly and take anti-HIV medications
      • Receive HIV care regularly, take anti-HIV medications, and achieved viral suppression (a low level of HIV in my blood)

    (All of these answers are correct)

Thanks again for taking the quiz!

Contact the regional office near you to learn more about how Illinois HIV Care Connect can help you live healthy with HIV.