Women's Health Study Questions

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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

What amendment to the U.S. constitution gave women the right to vote?

19th amendement

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

CDC

what agencies fall under the department of homeland security

CDC, FDA, HRSA, NIH, etc

what is the number of new cases of a condition developed over. particular time?

Incidence

What is fibromyalgia?

Widespread muscle pain and tenderness

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

The SCHIP provides health insurance coverage to

low income children

has the women's health movement always embraced and advocated women of all races and economic backgrounds?

no, not until the 1960s-70s

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

osteoporosis

True or False: The heart is composed of four chambers: right atrium and ventricle and the left atrium and ventricle

true

True or False: getting enough sleep and eating a healthy diet are important for both mental and physical health

true

Feminism is the idea that

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

When were medicaid and medicare enacted?

1965

How many women are in the U.S. Senate?

25

What percentage of people over the age of 65 have arthritis?

25%

which of the following statements concerning osteoporosis is false?

Amenorrhea (lake of menstruations) or diseases that may lead to amenorrhea, such as anorexia, may have protective effect against osteoporosis

What are autoimmune diseases?

Diseases in which the immune system targets and destroys its own host cells

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

Dorothea Dix

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

Epidemiology

What causes osteoarthritis?

Erosion of the cartilage between bones

True or False: The most effective way to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases in populations is to ignore gender

False

Which organization conducts most federally funded medical research?

NIH

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

Physicians, patients, and insurers

True of False: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among women

True

True or False: Arthritis cannot be diagnosed with a single medical test

True

True or False: Revisions to FDA policies in 1993 required drug studies to include women of childbearing age

True

True or False: Susan Wood was the top official in charge of women's health at the FDA

True

true or false; in the United States, eating disorders and panic disorders are more common in women than in men

True

what is cardiovascular disease?

a chronic disease that affects the heart and blood vessels

which of the following mental illnesses is more common among women than among men?

anorexia, seasonal affective disorder, depression

what is another term for stroke?

cerebrovascular accident

What is the leading cause of death among women world wide?

coronary heart disease

what is the main characteristic of osteoporosis?

decrease in bone mass

which of the following chronic diseases appears roughly equally in both sexes?

diabetes

In a third-party healthcare system, the consumer

does not pay directly for health care

True or False: overall, more men than women die of cardiovascular diseases

false

True or false: rates of depression fall sharply for women over the age of 65

false

which of the following statements is true?

genetics and lifestyle factors play the biggest role in how chronic diseases appear and develop

In most industrialized countries, the majority of people

get health insurance through a centralized government source

compared to men, women:

have longer life spans and are more likely to care for sick or aging relatives

What is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW)?

international bill of rights for women; binds 165 UN member states to take steps to promote women's equality and to report on the steps taken

Which of the following is true about the feminist movement?

it continues to evolve while pursing the idea that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men

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

it lowered the cost of insurance for some individuals/businesses; kept people with preexisting conditions from being excluded from purchasing insurance; increased access of health insurance through medicaid

What are signs of a stroke?

pain or discomfort in chest; pain or aching in other parts of upper body; chest pain; rapid irregular heart beat; shortness of breath; dizziness; cold sweat; sudden weakness; trouble speaking or seeing

What is the total number of people affected by a given condition at a point in time or during a period of time?

prevalence

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

quitting smoking to prevent lung disease, eating a nutritious diet

which of the following can reduce the risk of osteoporosis?

quitting smoking, performing weight-bearing exercises, getting enough calcium and vitamin D in the diet

what are the major components of blood?

red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, platelets

what are the major risk factors for heart disease?

smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol level, oversight and obesity

Which of the following statements is true?

social context influences how societies classify mental illness

What is the federal government's role in funding biomedical research?

the government distributes money to private/public institutions to conduct medical and health research (NIH=main);

What is a benefit cap?

the maximum amount the health insurance provider will pay for a patient's healthcare costs

why/when do autoimmune diseases start to affect women?

they manifest themselves in young women around childbearing age

During World War II, many women entered the US workforce. What happened to most of the 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 work place

stroke is which of the following leading cause of death among women?

third

what type of healthcare system is in the United States?

third-party healthcare system

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

to provide unpaid medical leave for employees caring for a newborn, adopted child, or sick relative

which of the following actions is an example of tertiary prevention?

treating a terminally ill patient with painkillers

True or False" Cardiovascular disease comprises a group of diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels. this includes stroke

true

True or False: half of all women over 50 years of age will have an osteoporosis-related fracture at some point in their lives

true

True or false: A woman's behavior can often determine whether she gets a chronic disease as well as the chronic disease's course of infection

true

true or false: cardiovascular disease and cancer are the greatest causes of death in the United States?

true

true or false: many women with fibromyalgia have difficulty getting their healthcare providers to acknowledge the condition

true

true or false: racial differences in how chronic diseases affect women may be due to both genetics and socioeconomic trends

true

true or false: the intrauterine environment is critical to a child's development

true; causes congenital heart disease to occur

What is the Violence Against Women Act?

unified judicial response to sexual crimes committed against women (1994); made certain violent crimes committed against women illegal across the country

Which of the following are covered with no co-pay under PPACA?

well-women visits, gestational diabetes screening, human papilloma virus (HPV) testing

Who is the founder of the "me too" movement?

Tarana Burke


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