WOMENS HEALTH FINAL
EXAM (QUESTIONS WITH 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS)LATEST
UPDATE
Which of the following best defines the term "gender" as used in this text?
A societal response to a person's self-representa=on as a man or woman
I. Which factor bears most on women's health care today?
Womens status and posi=on in society
I. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within
western socie=es?
Affluence and increased opportunity mask oppresion
Opression
Not having a choice
I. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspec=ve contrast
sharply with a biomedical model?
Seaks equal distribu=on of power within the healthcare interac=on
Gender is rooted in ------ and shaped by ----
Biology environemnt and experience
Women's health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in
science and biology because _________________________________________
They are determined by social expecta=ons and gender assump=ons
I. Reproduc=ve rights were added to the world health organiza=on's human
rights framework in the last _____________ ?
20 years
Safe motherhood" was added to the human rights framework in order to
,Address maternal mortality and morbidty
I. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women's health
care?
Limits health as the absence of disease
The social model of health places the focus of health on
The community
Which ques=on below supports the strategy: "iden=fy women's agency in the
midst of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm."?
Are women really vic=ms or are they ac=ng with agency
I. What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
The lack of representa=on of women in research trials
Gender differences in heart disease can be found i
Dx
treatment
iden=fica=on of symptoms
What opportuni=es are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic
health?
BeXer understandings from a wellness-oriented, women centered framework
I. How does erick erikson's grand theory of human development differ for
females?
1. It assumes female dependence on another in order to achieve a sense of
self.
I. What is true about human development theories published before the
1970s?
1. They are based on interviews conducted only with men.
2. They assume androcentric models can be applied correctly to women.
They frame women's development as flawed in comparison to the standard
,I. What is the inten=on of the newer feminist models of development?
1. To offer alterna=ves to the constrained and previously misapplied models.
I. What is a key limita=on of prevailing developmental models for women?
1. Gender differences assumed to be biologically determined are more o\en
socially constructed.
I. What event in female development marks the beginning of a tension
between biologic changes and the social context?
The accumula=on of adipose =ssue and onset of puberty
Tanner scale
5 stages, measures progression through puberty and aXainment of sexual
maturity; prepubertal to adult secondary sexual characteris=cs
Mean age of menstra=on onset
12.8
I. What factor limits an individual's ability to func=on produc=vely as an adult?
1. Failure to nego=ate the developmental tasks of adolescence successfully
The type of thinking that influences the risk-taking behaviors of adolescence
1. Involves the use of symbols, advanced reasoning and expanded possibili=es.
I. What narrow term is o\en used to refer to the period of early adulthood?
Reproduc=ve years
I. Why have women's changing roles come at a cost to their health?
Balancing compe=ng demands and increases stress
I. How do franz and white (1985) expand erikson's theory of development?
1. By proposing a two-pathway process that includes both individua=on and
capacity for aXachment
I. What factors affect the mood changes many women in midlife suffer?
, 1. Deficiencies of estrogen
2. Psychological transi=ons
3. Cultural beliefs and expecta=ons
I. What is the primary reason many older women live in poverty and have
health problems?
They out live their support system
I. What concern prompted the ini=a=on of the modern ebp movement in
health care?
1. That clinicians o\en failed to evaluate the effec=veness of their own care
I. Quine's (1952) concept of a web of interconnec=ng beliefs and knowledge
supports _____________________
1. The difficul=es of establishing best prac=ces.
I. What is the annual medical expenditure na=onwide, approximately, due to
smoking and being overweight?
160 billion
I. What approach does health people 2020 use to achieve its goals and
objec=ves?
Social determinents of health
I. What percentage of the na=on's gross domes=c product was spent on health
care in 2005?
16 percent
I. Which of the following is a new focus area added for healthy people 2020?
1. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health
I. Why must defini=ons of health and preven=on be clarified?
1. To shi\ from an illness-centered focus toward wellness
According to the world health organiza=on (who), the presence of a disease
state
EXAM (QUESTIONS WITH 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS)LATEST
UPDATE
Which of the following best defines the term "gender" as used in this text?
A societal response to a person's self-representa=on as a man or woman
I. Which factor bears most on women's health care today?
Womens status and posi=on in society
I. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within
western socie=es?
Affluence and increased opportunity mask oppresion
Opression
Not having a choice
I. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspec=ve contrast
sharply with a biomedical model?
Seaks equal distribu=on of power within the healthcare interac=on
Gender is rooted in ------ and shaped by ----
Biology environemnt and experience
Women's health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in
science and biology because _________________________________________
They are determined by social expecta=ons and gender assump=ons
I. Reproduc=ve rights were added to the world health organiza=on's human
rights framework in the last _____________ ?
20 years
Safe motherhood" was added to the human rights framework in order to
,Address maternal mortality and morbidty
I. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women's health
care?
Limits health as the absence of disease
The social model of health places the focus of health on
The community
Which ques=on below supports the strategy: "iden=fy women's agency in the
midst of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm."?
Are women really vic=ms or are they ac=ng with agency
I. What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
The lack of representa=on of women in research trials
Gender differences in heart disease can be found i
Dx
treatment
iden=fica=on of symptoms
What opportuni=es are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic
health?
BeXer understandings from a wellness-oriented, women centered framework
I. How does erick erikson's grand theory of human development differ for
females?
1. It assumes female dependence on another in order to achieve a sense of
self.
I. What is true about human development theories published before the
1970s?
1. They are based on interviews conducted only with men.
2. They assume androcentric models can be applied correctly to women.
They frame women's development as flawed in comparison to the standard
,I. What is the inten=on of the newer feminist models of development?
1. To offer alterna=ves to the constrained and previously misapplied models.
I. What is a key limita=on of prevailing developmental models for women?
1. Gender differences assumed to be biologically determined are more o\en
socially constructed.
I. What event in female development marks the beginning of a tension
between biologic changes and the social context?
The accumula=on of adipose =ssue and onset of puberty
Tanner scale
5 stages, measures progression through puberty and aXainment of sexual
maturity; prepubertal to adult secondary sexual characteris=cs
Mean age of menstra=on onset
12.8
I. What factor limits an individual's ability to func=on produc=vely as an adult?
1. Failure to nego=ate the developmental tasks of adolescence successfully
The type of thinking that influences the risk-taking behaviors of adolescence
1. Involves the use of symbols, advanced reasoning and expanded possibili=es.
I. What narrow term is o\en used to refer to the period of early adulthood?
Reproduc=ve years
I. Why have women's changing roles come at a cost to their health?
Balancing compe=ng demands and increases stress
I. How do franz and white (1985) expand erikson's theory of development?
1. By proposing a two-pathway process that includes both individua=on and
capacity for aXachment
I. What factors affect the mood changes many women in midlife suffer?
, 1. Deficiencies of estrogen
2. Psychological transi=ons
3. Cultural beliefs and expecta=ons
I. What is the primary reason many older women live in poverty and have
health problems?
They out live their support system
I. What concern prompted the ini=a=on of the modern ebp movement in
health care?
1. That clinicians o\en failed to evaluate the effec=veness of their own care
I. Quine's (1952) concept of a web of interconnec=ng beliefs and knowledge
supports _____________________
1. The difficul=es of establishing best prac=ces.
I. What is the annual medical expenditure na=onwide, approximately, due to
smoking and being overweight?
160 billion
I. What approach does health people 2020 use to achieve its goals and
objec=ves?
Social determinents of health
I. What percentage of the na=on's gross domes=c product was spent on health
care in 2005?
16 percent
I. Which of the following is a new focus area added for healthy people 2020?
1. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health
I. Why must defini=ons of health and preven=on be clarified?
1. To shi\ from an illness-centered focus toward wellness
According to the world health organiza=on (who), the presence of a disease
state
