Test Bank
For Gynecologic Health Care: With An Introduction
To Prenatal And Postpartum Care 4th Edition
,Answers are below each chapter
Chapter 1 a feminist perspective of women's health &
chapter 2 racism and health disparities
Multiple-choice questions
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
• Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
• A person’s sex
• A person’s sex as defined by society
• A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
• A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
• Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
• The complexity of women’s health
• Women’s status and position in society
• Population growth
• The economy
• Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more
difficult within western societies?
• The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
• The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
• The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
• Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
• Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
• Not having a choice
• Not having a voice
• An act of tyranny
• A feeling of being burdened
• In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective
contrast sharply with a biomedical model?
• It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
• It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
• It emphasizes women’s rights.
, • It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
• gender is rooted in and shaped by .
• Society, biology
• Self-representation, societal expectations
• Biology, environment and experience
• Biology, hormones
• Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always
based in science and biology because
• They are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
• They are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
• They often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
• Scientific research often fails to take women into consideration.
• Reproductive rights were added to the world health
organization’s human rights framework in the last ?
• 5 years
• 10 years
• 20 years
• 40 years
• “safe motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
• Address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
• Meet a legal obligation
• Correct an injustice
• Correct an oversight
• What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
• Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
• Its consideration of women as central the model
• Its emphasis on science and medicine
• Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
• The social model of health places the focus of health on
• The community.
• The individual.
• Environmental conditions.
• Scientific research.
• Which question below supports the strategy: “identify women’s
agency in the midst of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
• “are ‘all women’ the same?”
• “why do you care about the issue?”
• “are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
, • “who has a choice within the context of health?”
• What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
• The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
• The lack of representation of women in research trials
• The lack of research related to gynecology
• The focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research
• Gender differences in heart disease can be found in
• Diagnosis.
• Treatment.
• Identification of symptoms.
• All of the above.
• What opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic health?
• Better insight into research methods related to gynecology
• Better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health
• Better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework
• Better understandings of the social construction of gender
Answer key
Multiple-choice questions
• C
• B
• D
• A
• B
• C
• B
• C
• A
• D
For Gynecologic Health Care: With An Introduction
To Prenatal And Postpartum Care 4th Edition
,Answers are below each chapter
Chapter 1 a feminist perspective of women's health &
chapter 2 racism and health disparities
Multiple-choice questions
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
• Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
• A person’s sex
• A person’s sex as defined by society
• A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
• A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
• Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
• The complexity of women’s health
• Women’s status and position in society
• Population growth
• The economy
• Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more
difficult within western societies?
• The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
• The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
• The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
• Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
• Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
• Not having a choice
• Not having a voice
• An act of tyranny
• A feeling of being burdened
• In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective
contrast sharply with a biomedical model?
• It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
• It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
• It emphasizes women’s rights.
, • It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
• gender is rooted in and shaped by .
• Society, biology
• Self-representation, societal expectations
• Biology, environment and experience
• Biology, hormones
• Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always
based in science and biology because
• They are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
• They are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
• They often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
• Scientific research often fails to take women into consideration.
• Reproductive rights were added to the world health
organization’s human rights framework in the last ?
• 5 years
• 10 years
• 20 years
• 40 years
• “safe motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
• Address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
• Meet a legal obligation
• Correct an injustice
• Correct an oversight
• What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
• Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
• Its consideration of women as central the model
• Its emphasis on science and medicine
• Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
• The social model of health places the focus of health on
• The community.
• The individual.
• Environmental conditions.
• Scientific research.
• Which question below supports the strategy: “identify women’s
agency in the midst of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
• “are ‘all women’ the same?”
• “why do you care about the issue?”
• “are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
, • “who has a choice within the context of health?”
• What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
• The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
• The lack of representation of women in research trials
• The lack of research related to gynecology
• The focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research
• Gender differences in heart disease can be found in
• Diagnosis.
• Treatment.
• Identification of symptoms.
• All of the above.
• What opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic health?
• Better insight into research methods related to gynecology
• Better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health
• Better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework
• Better understandings of the social construction of gender
Answer key
Multiple-choice questions
• C
• B
• D
• A
• B
• C
• B
• C
• A
• D
