Women's Health Test 1, CH 1, 2, 3, 15

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

Epidemiology

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.

Which of the following statements about the Violence Against Women Act is true?

It mandated a unified judicial response to sexual crimes committed against women.

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 our textbook, as of 2019, how many women were there in the U.S. Senate? (Don't answer this, but has this gone up or down as of 2020?)

25

Women currently make up about what percentage of the current U.S. labor force?

57%

In the United States, women make about how many cents for every dollar earned by men working in similar positions?

81

Which of the following statements is true?

A benefit cap is the maximum amount the health insurance provider will pay for a patient's healthcare costs.

Which of the following statements is true?

A disproportional number of families maintained by women live below the poverty line.

In the United States, women are most likely to be the sole income earners in:

African-American families.

Who first began using the phrase "me too" to describe the widespread, but often silent, nature of sexual assault and harassment in the United States?

Alyssa Milano

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

CDC

Which of the following statements is false?

Female nurses, on average, make slightly more than male nurses.

Which of the following is true about the feminist movement?

It continues to evolve while pursuing the idea that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men.

Which of the following statements is false?

Men make most of the healthcare decisions, and manage the bills for their families.

Which organization conducts most federally funded medical research?

NIH

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

Slowed, but did not stop, the growth in healthcare spending

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

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

Tobacco use, poor diet, and inactivity

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

Treating a terminally ill patient with painkillers

True or False? About 60% of U.S. women older than 16 years are either currently employed or looking for work.

True

Managed care was introduced as a method to:

control healthcare costs

Compared to men, women:

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

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

osteoporosis

Nearly one out of every five employed women in the United States work as:

teachers, secretaries, managers, or cashiers.

Gloria Steinem, a feminist, writer, and activist is known for starting the magazine Ms. in the early 70's, and continues to be a leader in the women's rights movement.

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? Factors such as the hormonal variations caused by the menstrual cycle and the possible effects of a trial on a developing fetus can pose statistical and ethical challenges for clinical investigators.

true

True or False? On average, working disabled women make less money than women without disabilities.

true

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

true

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

- Physicians - Patients - Insurers

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

- To perform the most possible services, 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.

In 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

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.

In a third-party healthcare system, the consumer:

does not pay directly for health care.

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

false

True or False? Most Americans are able to easily find convenient, high-quality day care.

false

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

false

True or False? Women are more likely to be injured on the job than men.

false

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

false

True or False? The "sticky floor" refers to practices that keep full-time working women right at the poverty level threshold.

true

True or False? The federal government's role in funding biomedical research is significant.

true

True or False? Women are more likely than men to develop carpal tunnel syndrome or repetitive motion injuries.

true

True or False? Women who work in the healthcare setting may face hazards such as anaphylactic shock and needlestick injuries.

true

True or False? Women with college degrees earn more money than other women and are more likely to be employed.

true

True or false? The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) legally binds 165 UN member states to take steps to promote women's equality and to report on the steps they have taken.

true

Feminism is the idea that:

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

Which of the following are types of managed care plans?

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

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

Quitting smoking to prevent lung disease

Which of the following statements is true?

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