GYNECOLOGIC HEALTH CARE WITH AN
INTRODUCTION TO PRENATAL AND
POSTPARTUM CARE 4TH EDITION
, Gynecologic Health Care with an Introduction to Prenatal and Pos
artum Care 4th Edition Test Bank
Health &Chapter 2 RacismY Chapter 1 A FeministYPerspective of Women's
and Health Dispari ties
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
a) A person’s sex
b) A person’s sex as defined by society
c) A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
d) A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
a) The complexity of women’s health
b) Women’s status and position in society
c) Population growth
d) The economy
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women
mor e difficult within Western societies?
a) The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
b) The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
c) The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the
text?
a) Not having a choice
b) Not having a voice
c) An act of tyranny
d) A feeling of being burdened
5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist
perspectiv e contrast sharplywith a biomedical model?
a) It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
b) It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
c) It emphasizes women’s rights.
, d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
6. Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
a) society, biology
b) self-representation, societal expectations
c) biology, environment and experience
d) biology, hormones
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not
alway s based in scienceand biology because
a) they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
b) they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
c) they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
d) scientific research often fails to take women into consideration.
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World
Healt h Organization’s human rights framework in the last ?
a) 5 years
b) 10 years
c) 20 years
d) 40 years
9. “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
a) address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
b) meet a legal obligation
c) correct an injustice
d) correct an oversight
10. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health
care?
a) Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
b) Its consideration of women as central the model
c) Its emphasis on science and medicine
d) Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
11. The social model of health places the focus of health on
a) the community.
b) the individual.
c) environmental conditions.
d) scientific research.
12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify
, women’ s agency in the midst of social constraint and the biomedical
paradigm.”?
a) “Are ‘all women’ the same?”
b) “Why do you care about the issue?”
c) “Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
INTRODUCTION TO PRENATAL AND
POSTPARTUM CARE 4TH EDITION
, Gynecologic Health Care with an Introduction to Prenatal and Pos
artum Care 4th Edition Test Bank
Health &Chapter 2 RacismY Chapter 1 A FeministYPerspective of Women's
and Health Dispari ties
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
a) A person’s sex
b) A person’s sex as defined by society
c) A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
d) A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
a) The complexity of women’s health
b) Women’s status and position in society
c) Population growth
d) The economy
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women
mor e difficult within Western societies?
a) The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
b) The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
c) The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the
text?
a) Not having a choice
b) Not having a voice
c) An act of tyranny
d) A feeling of being burdened
5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist
perspectiv e contrast sharplywith a biomedical model?
a) It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
b) It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
c) It emphasizes women’s rights.
, d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
6. Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
a) society, biology
b) self-representation, societal expectations
c) biology, environment and experience
d) biology, hormones
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not
alway s based in scienceand biology because
a) they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
b) they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
c) they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
d) scientific research often fails to take women into consideration.
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World
Healt h Organization’s human rights framework in the last ?
a) 5 years
b) 10 years
c) 20 years
d) 40 years
9. “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
a) address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
b) meet a legal obligation
c) correct an injustice
d) correct an oversight
10. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health
care?
a) Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
b) Its consideration of women as central the model
c) Its emphasis on science and medicine
d) Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
11. The social model of health places the focus of health on
a) the community.
b) the individual.
c) environmental conditions.
d) scientific research.
12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify
, women’ s agency in the midst of social constraint and the biomedical
paradigm.”?
a) “Are ‘all women’ the same?”
b) “Why do you care about the issue?”
c) “Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
