BBH 315 Exam 1 Study Guide Topic 1-4 - Linda Wrey Questions With Complete Solutions

Overarching goals for course correct answer: 1.) For you to become familiar with information on topics from the meaning of sex and gender to the relative impact of biological, behavioral, psychological, and sociocultural factors on particular health problems. 2.) Facilitate independent critical thinking about such topics, including finding and interpreting data and developing new gender-sensitive health promotion strategies. Biological Essentialism correct answer: -Biology is destiny- we are who we are because of our biology or genetic makeup -Our behaviors and preferences are biologically predetermined, rather than due to the choices we make or environments we are exposed to. Feminism correct answer: -Biology is not necessarily destiny -Support for political, economic, and social equality of women and men and in turn, legal and social changes necessary to achieve equality. Differences correct answer: Ways people are not the same Disparities correct answer: A great difference Mortality correct answer: Death Morbitity correct answer: Physical illness Life Expectancy correct answer: -In 2000, was 80.1 for women and 74.8 for men -Generally increasing steadily Differences in life expectancy between women and men correct answer: About 5.2 years Differences in life expectancy across major ethnic groups correct answer: Hispanics have the highest life expectancy. Leading causes of death by age group correct answer: -Age 1-24: unintentional injuries (38%), all other causes (25%) homicide (13%), suicide (12%) -Age 15-44: all other causes (32%), unintentional injuries (25%), cancer (14), heart disease (12), suicide (11) -Age 45-64: cancer/all other causes (32% each), heart disease (21), unintentional injuries (7) -Age 65+: all other causes (34), heart disease (27), cancer (22), chronic lower respiratory disease (7), stroke (6), Alzheimer's disease (5) Mortality rates over time by sex and ethnicity correct answer: -1.4 male deaths for every 1 female death -Black rates higher than white...no biological reason for gap Gender gap comparisons worldwide and between developed and less-developed nations correct answer: The gap is smaller because women have shorter life expectancies than in industrialized countries. Childbirth has more complications and there are less medications. Gender differences in morbidity correct answer: women.. -report more illness -are actually more ill from acute conditions -are more ill from chronic conditions -experience more disability from conditions -use more outpatient health services -use more prescription and OTC drugs .. than do men