Women's Health Study Questions
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