Exam 1 Womens Health CH 1-5
Questions and Correct Answers With
Rationales / A Grade
women health movement - ANSWER-began 1830s and 40s, women began advocating
taking an active role in preventing disease and staying healthy, rather than relying on
physicians for treatment.
corset - ANSWER-a major step of women health was eliminating this and having
periodic sexual abstinence.
civil war - ANSWER-prompted women to volunteer as doctors and nurses, some even
disguised themselves and helped wounded men.
elizabeth blackwell - ANSWER-responsible for opening several medical schools for
women in the mid 1800's
the progressive era - ANSWER-advanced roles in womens health as well as women
rights
equal rights amendment - ANSWER-women must not be denied rights because of
gender.
margaret sanger - ANSWER-legalized birth control in 1916 with other activists and
opened the first birth control clinic in BK. was arrested, but as an appeal in court, the
judge legalized contraception.
the grassroots movement - ANSWER-the challenge to medical authority to deliver
healthcare to women. it was believed that women shouldn't make decisions about their
own health.
biomed research - ANSWER-established guidelines for the inclusion of women into
federally sponsored studies. Our Bodies, Ourselves was a pioneer text in educating
women on health facts and teaching them about own body
identification of the human genome - ANSWER-enabled improvements in HIV AIDS
medications. public health issues, and the inclusion of children in clinical trials.
government role in protecting women's health - ANSWER-policymaking, financing,
protecting the health of the public, managing health services, capacity building for
population health
, ORWH - ANSWER-office of research on womens health
NIH - ANSWER-national institute of health
life expectancy - ANSWER-increased with increase in research, new technologies, and
decreased cost of illness
gender dimensions - ANSWER-men v women differences in disease prevalence per
man and women
heart disease - ANSWER-kills more women than men per year, also strikes women
later than men, causing the intensity and likely hood of having a second heart attack
within a year of first
depression - ANSWER-two to three times more likely to affect women than men,
because female brains create less seratonin, which regulates emotions.
drug reactions - ANSWER-many drugs cause different reactions in men and women. ex.
antibiotics and antihistamines.
autoimmune diseases - ANSWER-three of four people suffering are women.
ex: ms, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus.
osteoperosis - ANSWER-women have higher rate of bone loss than men. four of five
people suffering are women.
smoking - ANSWER-causes more cardiovascular damage in women than it does in
men. women also have stronger withdrawal symptoms, less likely to quit.
stds - ANSWER-when exposed, women are twice as likely to become infected
anesthesia - ANSWER-women on average wake up after 7 minutes per dose,
compared to men at 11 mins per dose.
alcohol - ANSWER-women produce less of the gastric enzyme that breaks down
alcohol in the stomach, same amount gets us drunker
pain - ANSWER-pain medications are far more effective in relieving pain in men than
women, yet we have higher tolerance.
medicare - ANSWER-covers beneficiaries patient costs in clinical trials.
teratogenic - ANSWER-an agent that disrupts embryo or fetus from proper development
osteopathic and allopathic schools - ANSWER-schools for bone joint and muscular
disease, and the practice of drugs that create opposite effect than the symptoms.
Questions and Correct Answers With
Rationales / A Grade
women health movement - ANSWER-began 1830s and 40s, women began advocating
taking an active role in preventing disease and staying healthy, rather than relying on
physicians for treatment.
corset - ANSWER-a major step of women health was eliminating this and having
periodic sexual abstinence.
civil war - ANSWER-prompted women to volunteer as doctors and nurses, some even
disguised themselves and helped wounded men.
elizabeth blackwell - ANSWER-responsible for opening several medical schools for
women in the mid 1800's
the progressive era - ANSWER-advanced roles in womens health as well as women
rights
equal rights amendment - ANSWER-women must not be denied rights because of
gender.
margaret sanger - ANSWER-legalized birth control in 1916 with other activists and
opened the first birth control clinic in BK. was arrested, but as an appeal in court, the
judge legalized contraception.
the grassroots movement - ANSWER-the challenge to medical authority to deliver
healthcare to women. it was believed that women shouldn't make decisions about their
own health.
biomed research - ANSWER-established guidelines for the inclusion of women into
federally sponsored studies. Our Bodies, Ourselves was a pioneer text in educating
women on health facts and teaching them about own body
identification of the human genome - ANSWER-enabled improvements in HIV AIDS
medications. public health issues, and the inclusion of children in clinical trials.
government role in protecting women's health - ANSWER-policymaking, financing,
protecting the health of the public, managing health services, capacity building for
population health
, ORWH - ANSWER-office of research on womens health
NIH - ANSWER-national institute of health
life expectancy - ANSWER-increased with increase in research, new technologies, and
decreased cost of illness
gender dimensions - ANSWER-men v women differences in disease prevalence per
man and women
heart disease - ANSWER-kills more women than men per year, also strikes women
later than men, causing the intensity and likely hood of having a second heart attack
within a year of first
depression - ANSWER-two to three times more likely to affect women than men,
because female brains create less seratonin, which regulates emotions.
drug reactions - ANSWER-many drugs cause different reactions in men and women. ex.
antibiotics and antihistamines.
autoimmune diseases - ANSWER-three of four people suffering are women.
ex: ms, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus.
osteoperosis - ANSWER-women have higher rate of bone loss than men. four of five
people suffering are women.
smoking - ANSWER-causes more cardiovascular damage in women than it does in
men. women also have stronger withdrawal symptoms, less likely to quit.
stds - ANSWER-when exposed, women are twice as likely to become infected
anesthesia - ANSWER-women on average wake up after 7 minutes per dose,
compared to men at 11 mins per dose.
alcohol - ANSWER-women produce less of the gastric enzyme that breaks down
alcohol in the stomach, same amount gets us drunker
pain - ANSWER-pain medications are far more effective in relieving pain in men than
women, yet we have higher tolerance.
medicare - ANSWER-covers beneficiaries patient costs in clinical trials.
teratogenic - ANSWER-an agent that disrupts embryo or fetus from proper development
osteopathic and allopathic schools - ANSWER-schools for bone joint and muscular
disease, and the practice of drugs that create opposite effect than the symptoms.
