Women's Health Care- Health Issues Practice Questions and Answers

Leading Causes of Death for American Women (Caused by diet and exercise*) 1. Heart disease* 2. Cancer* 3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4. Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases)* 5. Alzheimer's disease 6. Accidents (unintentional injuries) 7. Diabetes* 8. Influenza & Pneumonia 9. Kidney disease* Health movement, Eras and moments -1830s-40s: Health movement -women cared for health, stopped wearing corset -1861-65: Civil War -Volunteer as doctors + nurses -Mid-late 1800s: Medical Movement -growing number of women in medical schools -1980s-1920s: Progressive Era -19th amendment, NWP/ERA, birth control legal to couples (Margaret Sanger) -1930s-50s: WWII + post-years -many jobs in war, birth control used -1960s-70s: Grassroots movement -Challenged delivery of health care to women -FDA approved birth control (1960), Title VII, Title IX -1980s: Changing public policy -ORWH research on diseases affecting women, Women's Health Equity Act fund research on contraception, fertility, breast + ovarian cancer, HIV/AIDS, osteoporosis -1990s: Women's Health at forefront -broadened sex-specific techniques, preventative measures and effective treatments -21st century -Human genome, HIV/AIDS progress, children in clinical trials, more women in government When and what was the First wave of Feminism? -Suffragists and abolitionists -Late 19th, early 20th century -Women attending medical schools -Women's roles, rights, and health When and what was the Second wave of Feminism? -1960s and 1970s -More specific issues: often political injustices and inequalities -Focus on white, middle + upper middle class, heterosexual women's experience -ex. Grassroots movement, approved birth control, Civil rights act (Title 7) When and what was the Third wave of Feminism? -1980s and 1990s -Feminist perspective -Strong and empowered women -Define feminine beauty, not sexual objects Importance of including women in medical research -Developing sex-specific diagnostic techniques -preventative measures -Effective treatments for women Adichie's definition of feminism "A person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes" -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie