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Learning Check: About Health-Related Social Needs
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Learning Check
Check your understanding. Choose the best answer for each multiple choice question, then respond to the open response questions in your own words. Review the answer key at the end.
1. Which of the following reflects how HRSNs show up in Connected Care's rural service area?
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A. Rural communities have the same access to resources as urban areas
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B. HRSNs are less common among rural older adults
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C. Distance, fewer local services, and limited transportation options can make ordinary needs harder to meet in rural communities
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D. Rural CHWs don't need to pay attention to HRSNs
2. Why is it important for CHWs to recognize how HRSN areas connect with each other and with the other 4Ms?
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A. Each HRSN area and 4M should be addressed in complete isolation from the others
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B. Addressing one need in isolation may miss how it's connected to — or worsening — another need or 4M
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C. Only the What Matters 4M is relevant to HRSNs
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D. HRSN areas never actually overlap in practice
3. Which of the following best describes a CHW's role in connecting patients to resources for HRSNs?
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A. CHWs connect patients to specific community resources and programs matched to the needs they share — such as the ADRC of Oregon, SNAP, or Oregon Care Partners
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B. CHWs identify the need but refer all follow-up to the PCP
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C. CHWs are only responsible for documenting needs, not connecting to resources
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D. CHWs can only make referrals during a home visit
4. During a first home visit, you notice a nearly empty refrigerator, and the patient says the store is too far to get to. What is the best way to think about this?
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A. It is a personal matter outside a CHW's role
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B. It may be affecting the patient's energy, strength, and health, so it is worth understanding and sharing with the care team
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C. It will take care of itself once the patient's medical conditions are managed
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D. It only matters if the patient brings it up again
5. Think about Mr. Walker from the module scenario. What did you notice about his health-related social needs, and how might they affect his health and care? What would you want to learn about what matters to him?
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6. What, if anything, are you still wondering about?
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7. Did you run into any technical issues completing this module (broken links, loading, navigation problems)?
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No issues
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A few minor hiccups
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Yes, something was frustrating or broken
8. Was anything confusing, missing, or worth adding?
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