Quiz Review

In 2010 Barack Obama signed ___________ into law which reduced the number of uninsured individuals (between age 19 and 25) from 34% to _________ after the law was enacted.

Affordable Care Act, 21%

Which of the following actions is an example of secondary prevention?

Being screened for HIV/AIDS

Which of the following mood disorders in characterized by episodes of mania and depression?

Bipolar

Which of the following eating disorders is defined by overeating followed by episodes of purging?

Bulimia nervosa

Which of the following is NOT a type of antidepressant medication?

CBTs

Which HHS agency provides health surveillance to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks and maintain national health statistics?

CDC

_________, is a harmful carcinogen found in cigarettes that reduces the amount of oxygen available to the fetus by as much as ________?

Carbon Monoxide, 25%

Which of the following stress hormones is responsible for increasing the metabolic rate and thus increasing glucose into the blood stream?

Cortisol

Which of the following personality disorders is evidenced by symptoms of acting out multiple identities in addition to his or her own personality?

Dissociative identity disorder

What is the study of patterns of health and disease in populations?

Epidemiology

The transtheoretical model suggest that you will experience several stages as you attempt to change your health behavior over time and these are: precontemplation, contemplation, evaluation, action, maintenance, and termination.

False

Which of the following is a measure of how quickly a carbohydrate (after it is consumed and broken down) raises a person's blood sugar?

Glycemic index

In 1996, HIPAA was created for the purpose of health care providers to comply with established standards related to patient privacy, health care, fraud and standards for medical records. HIPAA stands for:

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

What did the NIH Revitalization Act do for women's health?

It required that women and minorities be included as subjects in all human research funded by NIH.

According to the OECD, which country had the highest average life expectancy in years for women in 2007?

Japan

Which of the following organs is responsible for producing cholesterol?

Liver

Who was responsible for opening the nation's first birth control clinic in Brooklyn and was a major activist in the legalization of birth control?

Margaret Sanger

_________ is a medical assistance program that helps provide health care for low-income individuals, ________ of which are women.

Medicaid, 58%

In 2017, ______ was the largest single insurer in the United States, covering approximately 60 million people or _____ of the total U.S. population?

Medicare, 18%

Which of the following is a neurotransmitter that is lower in people with major depression?

Serotonin

Which of the following are considered types of carbohydrates?

Simple sugars and complex carbohydrates

Life expectancy varies by race; on average, white women live 3 years longer than black women because of _______?

Social factors

Which of the following legislation passed in 2010 to address the number of uninsured Americans?

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

According to the New Dimensions text, when it comes to heart disease women are different then men in which of the following ways?

The signs and symptoms of heart attack are less obvious in women than in men

According to the textbook, women are twice as likely as men to develop PTSD after exposure to a traumatic event in part because ________________?

They blame themselves

Which program provides funding to millions of people for reproductive health and family planning services?

Title X

What is the main objective of the Family and Medical Leave Act?

To provide unpaid medical leave for employees caring for a newborn baby, adopted child, or sick relative.

According to the United Nations, the number of centenarians is projected to increase 16-fold from 1998 to the year 2050 and reach 2.2 million.

True

Race is a significant predictor of both levels of social support and occupational stress for women.

True

Women employed outside of the home and women not employed outside of the home experience similar levels of depressive symptoms.

True

Which of the following is one of the top causes of death for young adult women (ages 25-34) in developing countries?

Tuberculosis (TB)

Exercise raises the ___________ which remains elevated for extended time and helps burn calories.

basal metabolic rate

Compared to women, men are more likely to:

commit suicide

Managed care was introduced as a method to:

control healthcare costs.

_________ is the amount of money an individual must pay out of pocket for health care before their benefit from insurance kicks in.

deductible

The body's natural response to a perceived danger:

fight-or-flight-or-freeze response

During middle and high school, female students tend to:

get higher grades than boys but experience more anxiety and depression.

An internal balance that exists before stress:

homeostasis

Which of the following are the three components of aerobic exercise?

intensity, duration, frequency

_________ is the leading cause of cancer-related death among women.

lung cancer

The Privacy Rule, established by HIPAA, requires all but:

medical information be provided for family members

An approach to reduce stress and anxiety through awareness and responsiveness to mind-body signals is called _________________?

mindfulness-based stress reduction

The six dimensions of wellness are:

physical, emotional, social, occupational, intellectual, and spiritual

Re-experiencing a traumatic event over and over again through dreams, flashbacks, or recurrent images.

post-traumatic stress disorder

Caffeine is considered a ______________, which constricts blood vessels and causes an elevation in _________?

vaso-constrictor, blood pressure

The six primary environmental issues for world wellness are:

water, air, energy, food, toxins, and nature

In what year did the FDA approve the first birth control pill?

1960

A healthy diet for most women consists of a daily intake of fat that is no more than ___________% of their calories for the day.

30

Almost 1 of _____ American adults experience a diagnosable mental illness in a given year.

5

The amount of alcohol in a can of beer is roughly equivalent to ________ ounces of table wine (10% alcohol), and ________ ounces (shot) of distilled spirits (40% alcohol).

5, 1.25

On average, women live _____ years longer than men due to a discrepancy in deaths from __________ and __________?

7 years, accidents, suicide

Of the millions of Americans who suffer with a migraine, what percent are women?

75%

More than _______% of people who kill themselves, have depression, another diagnosable mental illness, or substance abuse disorder.

90

What percentage of women in the United States have been the victim of rape or attempted rape at some point in their lives?

18%

Which of the following age groups has the highest illicit drug use rate?

18-25 year olds

In the quote below, which number represents the incidence of HIV? "It is estimated that 35 million people are living with HIV, 3.2 million of whom are children and over 15 million of whom are women. Each year, 2.1 million people are newly infected each year and 1.5 million will die from AIDS."

2.1 million

Which of the following statements is true, in it's entirety, about alcohol and pregnancy?

Alcohol crosses the placenta and decreases the amount of glucose and oxygen received by the fetal brain

Research shows that women metabolize drugs differently than men, and may be due to which of the following?

All of the above are correct (Body fat composition, Body water content, Sex hormone levels)

In a fee-for-service payment environment, what incentives do the physicians have?

All of the above are correct. (To do the most possible activities, because the more they do the more they are paid, To do the most complex thing, regardless of need, because they will get paid more, To try to do as many procedures as possible in the shortest amount of time, because the more they do the more they will get paid.)

Which of the following actions is an example of primary prevention?

Eating a nutritious diet

_______ is a B vitamin, and a minimum of ________ is necessary for pregnant woman to ingest, to prevent _________ like spina bifida.

Folate, 400 mcg, neural tube defects

________ refers to an imbalance between the body's nutritional needs and the intake or digestion of nutrients.

Malnutrition

Iron is a ___________ that is necessary for the production of ___________, which is a key component of red blood cells.

Mineral, hemoglobin

The constitutional amendment passed in 1920 to give U.S. women the right to vote was the:

Nineteenth Amendment

_________ are a category of drugs that increase heart rate, blood pressure, blood glucose levels, strength of heart contractions and overall add additional stress to the central nervous system.

Stimulants

Which of the following is a dark sticky fluid produced when cigarettes are burned and contains hundreds of compounds, many of which are cancer causing?

Tar

Which of the following government established organizations finds and addresses inequities in research, health care services, and education that have placed the health of women at risk?

The Office on Women's Health

What are the largest behavior-related causes of death in the United States?

Tobacco use, poor diet, and inactivity

Life expectancy tends to be directly tied to income.

True

Over 50 percent of women business executives report being sexually harassed on the job.

True

The conviction that one can successfully execute the behavior required to produce desired results is self-efficacy.

True

The theory of reasoned action promotes three primary concepts that affect behavior change: your attitude toward performing the behavior, standard beliefs about what relevant others think you should do, and your motivation to comply with those others.

True

Absorption of alcohol in the body is determined by all of the following factors EXCEPT:

Whether a woman has had children

__________ is an enzyme in the stomach lining and in the liver that metabolizes alcohol and is _______ active in the stomach of women than in men. This, in part, accounts for alcohol reaching the female brain quicker than the male brain.

alcohol dehydrogenase, less

In a third-party healthcare system, the consumer

does not pay directly for health care.

According to the textbook, ____________ is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States.

drug related overdoses

Health interventions fall into three primary categories:

education, prevention, treatment.

The U.S. Center for Disease Control reported the leading cause of death in the year 2007, for females was:

heart disease

Which of the following is not included in the "Consumer Bill of Rights"?

the right to an attorney for legal matters

Which of the following is the definition of obesity?

A BMI of 30 or greater