Questions and Answers (2026) | Updated
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• Primary care. CORRECT ANSWER: Generalist care, conceptualized as being more
person-centered
Two types:
Health promotion - health maintenance and education efforts including lifestyle
changes/choices, nutrition, and maintenance and education efforts
Specific protection - involves actions targeted at specific diseases, such as
immunizations, anti-malarial prophylaxis, and environmental modifications (fluoride)
• Secondary care. CORRECT ANSWER: Requires specialized expertise
• Tertiary care. CORRECT ANSWER: Requires both specialized expertise and
equipment
Two types:
Disability limitation - early symptom management
Rehabilitation - late symptom management
• Quaternary care. CORRECT ANSWER: Requires highly specialized expertise and
highly unusual or specialized equipment
• Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID)
Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI). CORRECT ANSWER: Terms used to
describe any sudden and unexpected death - explained or unexplained sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS)
• SUDI. CORRECT ANSWER: Describes infant death from suffocation, asphyxia,
entrapment, infection, ingestions, metabolic diseases, and trauma (unintentional or
nonaccidental)
• SIDS. CORRECT ANSWER: Subcategory of SUID defined as infant deaths that are
unexplained after a thorough case investigation including autopsy, a scene
investigation, and clinical hx
,-Death results from asphyxiation and/or overheating environment
• Leading cause of death in infants aged 1 month to 1 year?. CORRECT ANSWER:
SIDS
• What percentage of SIDS occurs before 6 months of age?. CORRECT ANSWER:
90%
• Risk factors for SIDS. CORRECT ANSWER: Premature and/or growth restricted
However! The actual mechanisms for SIDS remains unclear
• AAP recommendations to prevent SIDS. CORRECT ANSWER: -Room sharing, not
bed sharing
-Use of a pacifier
-Parental avoidance of illicit drugs, alcohol, and smoke
-Supine positioning on a firm sleep surface
-Avoiding bumper pads and the use of bedding
-Avoiding overheating
-Breastfeeding and immunizations
• Live vs Inactivated Vaccines. CORRECT ANSWER: Live has an attenuated
(weakened) form of the virus, which induces immunity but does not produce disease
Inactivated vaccines do not include a live organism in them
• What is the act that requires standardized VIS consent forms for all vaccines, warning
parents and caregivers about possible adverse events. CORRECT ANSWER: The
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act
• Inactivated Vaccines are. CORRECT ANSWER: - Dtap
- Polio
- Haemophilus Influenzae Type B vaccine (Hib)
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
, - HPV
- Influenza vaccine
- Meningococcal
- Pneumococcal
• Live Vaccines are. CORRECT ANSWER: - MMR
- Varicella
- Rotavirus
- BCG (not commonly given to infants & children unless at high risk for TB infection)
• Passive Immunoglobulin. CORRECT ANSWER: Injecting an individual with a solution
of preexisting to prevent of amend an infectious disease
• RSV passive immunoglobulin. CORRECT ANSWER: Palivizumab (Synagis) is the
only product on the American market for use in infants at high risk for adverse outcomes
from RSV
• Vaccine given at birth. CORRECT ANSWER: Hepatitis B
• 2nd dose of Hepatitis B given when. CORRECT ANSWER: 1-2 mos
• 2 mos vaccines. CORRECT ANSWER: - Rotavirus
- DTap <7 years
-Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type B)
-Pneumococcal conjugate
-Inactivated poliovirus
RDHPI
• 2nd doses at 4 mos. CORRECT ANSWER: - Rotavirus
- DTaP <7 years
-Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type B)