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Prenatal and Postpartum Care
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Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health &
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Chapter 2 Racism and Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS m
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 m m m m m
c) Population growth m
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3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within
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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. m m m m m
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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a) Not having a choice m m m
b) Not having a voice m m m
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
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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. m m m
d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in m m m and shaped by . m m m
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b) self-representation, societal expectations m m
c) biology, environment and experience m m m
d) biology, hormones m
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in
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a) they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
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c) they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
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8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human m m m m m m m m m
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c) 20 years m
d) 40 years m
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 m m m
c) correct an injustice m m
d) correct an oversight m m
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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12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women’s agency in the midst
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a) “Are ‘all women’ the same?” m m m m
b) “Why do you care about the issue?” m m m m m m
c) “Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
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d) “Who has a choice within the context of health?”
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13. What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
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a) The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
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b) The lack of representation of women in research trials
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TESTBANK m
Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to
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Prenatal and Postpartum Care
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4th Edition by Kerri Durnell Schuiling; Chapters 1 - 35
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,Gynecologic Health Care m m
Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health &
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Chapter 2 Racism and Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS m
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 m m m m m
c) Population growth m
d) The economy m
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within
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m Western societies? m
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. m m m m m
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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a) Not having a choice m m m
b) Not having a voice m m m
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
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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. m m m
d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in m m m and shaped by . m m m
a) society, biology m
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b) self-representation, societal expectations m m
c) biology, environment and experience m m m
d) biology, hormones m
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in
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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.m m m m m m m m
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human m m m m m m m m m
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a) 5 years m
b) 10 years m
c) 20 years m
d) 40 years m
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 m m m
c) correct an injustice m m
d) correct an oversight m m
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. m
b) the individual. m
c) environmental conditions. m
d) scientific research. m
12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women’s agency in the midst
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a) “Are ‘all women’ the same?” m m m m
b) “Why do you care about the issue?” m m m m m m
c) “Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
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d) “Who has a choice within the context of health?”
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13. What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
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a) The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
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b) The lack of representation of women in research trials
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