Women's health

Used properly, condoms are:

Almost always effective against the HIV infection

Which of the following statements concerning the history of childbirth is true?

As birthing became more medical and less routine in the early to mid-20th century, women and mothers were often shut out from learning about the experience

Which Health and Human Services (HHS) agency conducts disease surveillance and prevention and keeps track of national health statistics?

CDC

What did sodomy laws attempt to ban?

Certain sexual activities

Women who breastfeed should:

Consume a healthy diet and increase their consumption of calcium

Which types of birth control prevent sperm from fertilizing an ovum after they have entered the reproductive tract?

Diaphragms and spermicides

During the U.S. Civil War, who led the national effort to organize a nursing corps to care for the war's wounded and sick?

Dorothea Dix

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

Eating a nutrient dense diet.

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

Epidemiology

A woman's virginity can be proved or disproved by the pain or bleeding that may occur with initial coitus. True or False

False

Depression is a chronic disease that occurs exclusively during or after menopause. True or False

False

From its beginning, the women's health movement embraced and advocated for women of all races and economic backgrounds. true or false

False

The most effective way to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease in populations is to ignore gender---to treat men and women as complete equals. True or False

False

What are Braxton-Hicks contractions?

False labor or contractions that occur during pregnancy.

What are the two most popular forms of birth control in the United States?

Female sterilization and the birth control pill

Which of the following STIs has become more difficult to treat because of the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains?

Gonorrhea

Assuming an equal number of risks, women are more likely than men to receive HIV from:

Heterosexual contact

Which of the following is a sexually transmitted virus that can lead to cervical cancer?

Human papillomavirus

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

Tobacco use, poor diet, and inactivity.

Gina has been diagnosed with uterine cancer. Her surgeon will perform which of the following to remove only Gina's cervix and uterus?

Total hysterectomy

During childbirth, the cervical canal stretches to 50 or more times its normal width. true or false

True

Stress can result in the failure to menstruate. true or false

True

The external part of the clitoris has about the same number of nerves endings as the head of the penis. true or false

True

In the United States, what is the most widely used abortion method?

Vacuum curettage

According to Roe v. Wade, each state:

cannot outlaw first trimester abortions

Managed care was introduced as a method to:

control health care costs.

In most industrialized countries, the majority of people:

get health insurance through a centralized government source

What is the most common symptom of menopause?

hot flashes

A person who is born with sex chromosomes, external genitalia, or internal reproductive organs that are not considered biologically "standard" as male or female is referred to as:

intersex

The SCHIP provides health insurance coverage to:

low-income children

Health promotion is:

the act of encouraging people to improve their health and maintain a healthylifestyle.

A woman's behavior can often determine whether she gets a chronic disease, as well as the chronic disease's course of infection.

true

Children as young as age 3 can show signs of gender dysphoria. True or False

true

Family planning has allowed women to advance in society, while also resulting in healthier infants, women, and children.

true

STIs have been a part of recorded history for thousands of years.

true

Spermicide works by preventing sperm from fertilizing the ovum

true

The Bartholin's glands, located on each side of the vaginal opening, secrete a liquid that lubricates the vaginal tissues. true or false

true

Conception usually occurs in the:

upper third of the fallopian tube.

Feminism is the idea that:

women should have the same rights, opportunities, and privileges that men do

Social scientists have attempted to understand what is meant by the popular lay term natural childbirth. Which of the following items have been included as a social practice integral to natural childbirth?

- Activity during birth. - Preparation before birth. - Social support.

Which of the following forms of contraception requires a visit to a healthcare provider for a physical exam, fitting, or prescription?

- Diaphragm - IUD - Cervical cap

Which of the following is a type of managed care plan?

- HMO (health maintenance organization) -POS (point-of-service plan) - PPO (preferred provider organization)

Misconceptions, stigma, and discrimination in health care toward people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender can result in:

- Missed disease - Insensitive care from healthcare providers. - Unfair treatment

What are some of the possible side effects of taking birth control pills?

- More regular menstrual cycles. - A reduced sex drive. - Clearing of acne

Sexual health includes which of the following facets of human interaction?

- Physical - Psychological - Social and cultural

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

- To do the most possible activities, because the more they do the more they are paid. - To do the most complex procedures, 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 the do the more they will get paid.

Which of the following is true about the typical abortion seeker?

- Women living in poverty continue to be more likely than wealthy women to have abortions. - More than half of women who seek abortions are in their 20s. - Six in ten women who have abortions already have one child.

Which of the following STIs can be cured with antibiotics?

-Chlamydia -Syphilis -Gonorrhea

Non-drug options for pain relief during labor include which of the following?

-Comfort measures - Meditation - Breathing exercises

Strategies to reduce the health risks associated with hormone replacement include which of the following?

-Using a form of hormone therapy with local rather than systemic effects. - Starting taking hormone therapy at a younger age. - Taking the lowest effective dose.

Which of the following are covered with no co-pay under the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act?

-Well-women visits - Gestational diabetes screening - Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing

Which of the following statements are true?

-Women are increasingly the target of pharmaceutical and medical device manufactureres. - In the past 40 years, women have increased their participation in the workforce. - Women are more likely than men to manage the bills in their families.

Prenatal HIV transmission can occur:

-during pregnancy. -during labor and delivery. -during breastfeeding

STIs are more prevalent among women aged:

15 to 24.

About how much of the current gross domestic product (GDP) is spent on health care?

18%

What year did the FDA approve the birth control pill?

1960

When were Medicaid and Medicare enacted?

1965

What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote?

19th Amendment

As of 2012, roughly how many women are in the U.S. Senate?

20

At the end of the fourth month, a typical fetus is about:

5 to 6 inches long and weighs about 2 to 5 ounces.

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

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

Menopause occurring at age 58 would be considered:

Later than average.

Compared to heterosexual women, lesbians are:

Less likely to acquire HIV, but are still at risk for other STIs.

Which organization conducts most federally funded medical research?

NIH

A contraceptive with a failure rate of 1% means which of the following?

One out of every 100 women using this method will become pregnant every year.

During World War II, many women entered the U.S. workforce. What happened to most of these women at the end of the war when men returned from the front?

The usually had to leave their jobs and return to the home as men returned to the workforce.

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

Quitting smoking to prevent lung cancer and heart disease

Which of the following statements is true?

Research from the completed Human Genome Project promises to significantly improve the public health

The emphasis on managed health care in the United States in the 1990's did which of the following?

Slowed but did not stop the growth in health care spending.

Which of the following factors is associated with earlier onset of natural menopause?

Smoking cigarettes.

Which of the following is a curable STI that, if untreated, can spread to the whole body and cause serious injury or death?

Syphilis

Perimenopause is:

The life stage just before menopause.

What is menopause?

The natural or artificially induced end of a woman's menstrual cycle