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r 2 Racism and Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS cn
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1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
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a) A person’s sex
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b) A person’s sex as defined by society
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c) A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
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d) A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
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2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
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a) The complexity of women’s health
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b) Women’s status and position in society cn cn cn cn cn
c) Population growth cn
d) The economy cn
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Wes
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tern societies?cn
a) The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
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b) The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
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c) The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
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d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. cn cn cn cn cn
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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a) Not having a choice cn cn cn
b) Not having a voice cn cn cn
c) An act of tyranny
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d) A feeling of being burdened
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5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast sharply
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with a biomedical model?
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a) It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
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b) It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
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c) It emphasizes women’s rights. cn cn cn
d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in cn cn cn and shaped by . cn cn cn
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c) biology, environment and experience cn cn cn
d) biology, hormones cn
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and biology because
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a) they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
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b) they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
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c) they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
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d) scientific research often fails to take women into consideration. cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human rights f cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn
ramework in the last ?
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a) 5 years cn
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c) 20 years cn
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9. “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
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a) address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
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b) meet a legal obligation cn cn cn
c) correct an injustice cn cn
d) correct an oversight cn cn
10. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
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a) Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
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b) Its consideration of women as central the model
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c) Its emphasis on science and medicine
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d) Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
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11. The social model of health places the focus of health on
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a) the community. cn
b) the individual. cn
c) environmental conditions. cn
d) scientific research. cn
12. Which p question p below p supports p the p strategy: p “Identifyp women’s p agency p in
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p the p midstpof p social p constraint p and p
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a) “Are p ‘all p women’ p the p same?”
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b) “Whyp do p you p care p about p the p issue?”
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c) “Are p women p really p victims p or p are p theyp acting p withp agency?”
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d) “Who p has p a p choice p within p the p context p of p health?”
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13. What p had p been p a p significant p problem p in p medicalp research p well p into p the p
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1990s?
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b) The p lack p of p representation p ofp women p in p research p trials
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, Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health & Chapte
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r 2 Racism and Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS cn
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
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1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
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a) A person’s sex
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b) A person’s sex as defined by society
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c) A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
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d) A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
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2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
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a) The complexity of women’s health
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b) Women’s status and position in society cn cn cn cn cn
c) Population growth cn
d) The economy cn
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Wes
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tern societies?cn
a) The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
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b) The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
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c) The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
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d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. cn cn cn cn cn
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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a) Not having a choice cn cn cn
b) Not having a voice cn cn cn
c) An act of tyranny
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d) A feeling of being burdened
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5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast sharply
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with a biomedical model?
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a) It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
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b) It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
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c) It emphasizes women’s rights. cn cn cn
d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in cn cn cn and shaped by . cn cn cn
a) society, biology cn
, b) self-representation, societal expectations cn cn
c) biology, environment and experience cn cn cn
d) biology, hormones cn
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in science cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn
and biology because
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a) they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
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b) they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
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c) they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
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d) scientific research often fails to take women into consideration. cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human rights f cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn
ramework in the last ?
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a) 5 years cn
b) 10 years cn
c) 20 years cn
d) 40 years cn
9. “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
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a) address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
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b) meet a legal obligation cn cn cn
c) correct an injustice cn cn
d) correct an oversight cn cn
10. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
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a) Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
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b) Its consideration of women as central the model
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c) Its emphasis on science and medicine
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d) Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
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11. The social model of health places the focus of health on
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a) the community. cn
b) the individual. cn
c) environmental conditions. cn
d) scientific research. cn
12. Which p question p below p supports p the p strategy: p “Identifyp women’s p agency p in
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p the p midstpof p social p constraint p and p
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a) “Are p ‘all p women’ p the p same?”
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b) “Whyp do p you p care p about p the p issue?”
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c) “Are p women p really p victims p or p are p theyp acting p withp agency?”
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d) “Who p has p a p choice p within p the p context p of p health?”
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13. What p had p been p a p significant p problem p in p medicalp research p well p into p the p
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1990s?
a) The p focus p onp randomized p clinicalp trials p over p epidemiological p investigations
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b) The p lack p of p representation p ofp women p in p research p trials
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