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Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health & Chapt
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er 2 Racism and Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS ma
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 ma ma ma ma ma
c) Population growth ma
d) The economy ma
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within W
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estern societies?
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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. ma ma ma ma ma
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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a) Not having a choice
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b) Not having a voice
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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 sharpl
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y 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.
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d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in ma ma ma and shaped by . ma ma ma
a) society, biology ma
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b) self-representation, societal expectations ma ma
c) biology, environment and experience ma ma ma
d) biology, hormones ma
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in scienc
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e 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. ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human rights ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma
framework in the last ?
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a) 5 years ma
b) 10 years ma
c) 20 years ma
d) 40 years ma
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 ma ma ma
c) correct an injustice ma ma
d) correct an oversight ma ma
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.ma
b) the individual.
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c) environmental conditions. ma
d) scientific research. ma
12. Which p question p below p supports p the p strategy: p “Identify p women’s p agency p in
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p the p midstpof p social p constraint p and p the p biomedical p paradigm.”?
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a) “Are p ‘all p women’ p the p same?” ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma
b) “Why p do p you p care p about p the p issue?” ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma
c) “Are p women p really p victims p or p are p they p acting p with p 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 medical p research p well p into p the p
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1990s?
a) The p focus p on p randomized p clinical p trials p over p epidemiological p investigations
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b) The p lack p of p representation p of p women p in p research p trials
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