Women's Health Revision Questions and 100% Correct Answers

Maternity nursing encompasses the care of? childbearing women and their families through all stages of pregnancy and childbirth and the first 4 weeks after birth Women's health care focuses on the? physical, psychological, and social needs of women throughout their lives Challenges in WHN? Lack of access to PNC, lack of reproductive health services for adolescents, STI's, health care disparities, culturally sensitive care Disparities found amongst AA, NA, Hispanics, Alaska Natives, A/P islanders compared with caucasians? Shorter life expectancy, higher infant and maternal mortality rates, more birth defects, and more STI's Disparities result from? a complex interaction among biological factors, environment, and health behaviors In 2011, the USDHHS released the? HHS Disparities Action Plan HHS Disparities action plan provides? a vision of a nation free of disparities in health and health care Healthy People provides? science-based 10 year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans Healthy People 2020 Four Goals? 1.) attaining high quality, longer lives free of preventable dz., disability, injury, and premature death 2.) Achieving health equity, eliminating disparities, and improving health of all groups 3.) Creating social and physical environments that promote good health for all 4.) Promoting quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages Healthy People 2020 Objectives regarding maternal, infant, and child health: 1.) reduce the rate of fetal and infant deaths 2.) reduce to the rate of maternal mortality 3.) reduce preterm births 4.) reduce cesarean births among low risk women