Women's Health Unit 1

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

Epidemiology

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

False

From its beginnings, the American feminist movement has been inclusive with respect to race, class, and sexual identity.

False

Which of the following are types of managed care plans?

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

Which of the following statements about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is true?

It increased access to health insurance for about 6 million women from 2010 to 2019

How did the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act increase access to health insurance?

It lowered the cost of insurance for some individuals and businesses. It kept people with preexisting conditions from being excluded from purchasing insurance. It increased access of health insurance through Medicaid.

Which organization conducts most federally funded medical research?

National Institute's of Health (NIH)

Which of the following participants shape the direction of health care in the United States?

Patients

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

Quitting smoking to prevent lung disease

Which HHS agency conducts disease surveillance and prevention and keeps track of national health statistics?

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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?

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

Revisions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) policies in 1993 required drug studies to include women of childbearing age.

True

Health promotion is:

any planned education, political, social, or other campaign to help a person or population improve or maintain health

In Canada, Western Europe, and the United Kingdom, the majority of people:

are automatically insured through the government

Managed care was introduced as a method to:

control healthcare costs

In a third-party healthcare system, the consumer:

does not pay directly for health care

The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) provides health insurance coverage to:

minorities

Compared to women who do not care for a relative or friend, women caregivers are:

more likely to be depressed more likely to be sick themselves more likely to have insomnia

Fall-related injuries are of special concern to elderly women suffering from:

osteoporosis

Feminism is the idea that:

women should have the same rights, opportunities, and privileges as men