NSG 6430 WOMEN'S HEALTH
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE RESPONSES
‣ True or False? The most effective way to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases
in populations is to ignore gender—to treat men and women as complete equals.
Answer: False
‣ True or False? The federal government's role in funding biomedical research is
significant. Answer: True
‣ True or False? Susan Wood was the top official in charge of women's health at
the FDA. Answer: True
‣ True or False? Revisions to FDA policies in 1993 required drug studies to include
women of childbearing age. Answer: 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. Answer: True
‣ Define Feminism Answer: Feminism is the idea that women should have the
same political, economic, and social rights as men.
‣ 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? Answer: Dortha Dix and Clara Barton
‣ What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote?
Answer: 19th Amendment
‣ 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? Answer: The women were pressure to leave the workforce and return to
the home/domestic household work.
, ‣ What year did the FDA approve the birth control pill? Answer: 1960
‣ What is the main objective of the Family and Medical Leave Act? Answer: Gives
employees unpaid medical leave for themselves or the care of a family member
or a newborn or adopted infant.
‣ Which of the following is true about the feminist movement? Answer: It
continues to evolve while pursuing the idea that women should have the same
rights and opportunities as men.
‣ As of 2012, roughly how many women are in the U.S. Senate? Answer: 20
‣ What did the NIH Revitalization Act do for women's health? Answer: The NIH
Revitalization Act required that women and minorities be included as subjects in
all human subjects research funded by the NIH. The inclusion of women
broadened the scientific knowledge base necessary for developing sex specific
diagnostic techniques, preventive measures, and effective treatments for diseases
and conditions affecting women throughout their lifespans.
‣ Which of the following statements is true? Answer: A. Research from the
completed Human Genome Project promises to significantly improve the public
health.
B. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) oversee all government-
sponsored women's health initiatives.
C. Medical research has largely refuted the idea of biological differences between
the sexes beyond the reproductive organs.
D. All of these are correct.
‣ Define maternal mortality. How has this area changed in the past century?
Name two factors that contributed to this change. Answer: Maternal mortality is a
disability, disease or death related to pregnancy or childbirth. Maternal mortality
has changed in the past century as the rate of death for the mother during
childbirth had decreased to half the number of earlier centuries and infants have
a 0.6% chance of dying during or after childbirth. Two factors that have contribute
to the cause of lower rates would be knowledge of germ theory and access to
family planning services.
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE RESPONSES
‣ True or False? The most effective way to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases
in populations is to ignore gender—to treat men and women as complete equals.
Answer: False
‣ True or False? The federal government's role in funding biomedical research is
significant. Answer: True
‣ True or False? Susan Wood was the top official in charge of women's health at
the FDA. Answer: True
‣ True or False? Revisions to FDA policies in 1993 required drug studies to include
women of childbearing age. Answer: 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. Answer: True
‣ Define Feminism Answer: Feminism is the idea that women should have the
same political, economic, and social rights as men.
‣ 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? Answer: Dortha Dix and Clara Barton
‣ What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote?
Answer: 19th Amendment
‣ 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? Answer: The women were pressure to leave the workforce and return to
the home/domestic household work.
, ‣ What year did the FDA approve the birth control pill? Answer: 1960
‣ What is the main objective of the Family and Medical Leave Act? Answer: Gives
employees unpaid medical leave for themselves or the care of a family member
or a newborn or adopted infant.
‣ Which of the following is true about the feminist movement? Answer: It
continues to evolve while pursuing the idea that women should have the same
rights and opportunities as men.
‣ As of 2012, roughly how many women are in the U.S. Senate? Answer: 20
‣ What did the NIH Revitalization Act do for women's health? Answer: The NIH
Revitalization Act required that women and minorities be included as subjects in
all human subjects research funded by the NIH. The inclusion of women
broadened the scientific knowledge base necessary for developing sex specific
diagnostic techniques, preventive measures, and effective treatments for diseases
and conditions affecting women throughout their lifespans.
‣ Which of the following statements is true? Answer: A. Research from the
completed Human Genome Project promises to significantly improve the public
health.
B. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) oversee all government-
sponsored women's health initiatives.
C. Medical research has largely refuted the idea of biological differences between
the sexes beyond the reproductive organs.
D. All of these are correct.
‣ Define maternal mortality. How has this area changed in the past century?
Name two factors that contributed to this change. Answer: Maternal mortality is a
disability, disease or death related to pregnancy or childbirth. Maternal mortality
has changed in the past century as the rate of death for the mother during
childbirth had decreased to half the number of earlier centuries and infants have
a 0.6% chance of dying during or after childbirth. Two factors that have contribute
to the cause of lower rates would be knowledge of germ theory and access to
family planning services.
