2009 Novel H1N1 Influenza Public Engagement Project
Post-Meeting Questions
This survey contains some questions that are identical to those asked in the first survey
you filled out today. It also contains some additional questions about your opinions of
today’s activities.
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Go On >Section I: Knowledge about Pandemic Flu
Please answer the following questions based on what you know right now about the flu. It is OK
if you do not know the answers to any of the questions,
1.
How soon after someone is infected with a flu virus can they get sick?
Almost immediately
One day later
A few weeks later
About a month later
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. About how many people die in a typical year from flu in the United States?
6,000
36,000
156,000
256,000
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. Whois at risk when a new flu virus appears that has never been seen before?
Only children
Only people in the country the virus is first discovered in
Only people who have never received a flu shot
‘The entire population of the world
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How many flu pandemics have occurred over the last 100 years?
0 (none)
3 (three)
20 (twenty)
35 (thirty-five)
I don't know
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. What causes flu pandemics?
Poor hand washing
The flu virus changes so much that nobody has immunity to it
People don’t get annuat flu shots
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Go On>6. Where did the 2009 novel H1N1 flu virus start?
Spain
Mexico
United States
China
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7. In the United States, which group has been most likely to be hospitalized after getting
the novel HiN4 flu?
Children younger than 4 years of age
Cl Adults age 25-64
(Persons 65 years of age and older
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Persons with Guillane-Barré Syndrome
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Section Il: Opinions about Flu Planning
The following questions are about your personal opinions relating to how you might make
decisions in the event of a flu pandemic.
8. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements:
Disagree Disagree Agree Agree
Strongly Somewhat Somewhat Strongly
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HAN1 virus is as severe as
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The U.S. should provide surplus flu
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don't have enough vaccine
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