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, Gynecologic Health Care with an Introduction to Prenatal and Post
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Chapter1AFeministPerspectiveofWomen's vb
Health&Chapter 2 Racismand Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS vb
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
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1. Which vb 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 v b 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 vb vb vb vb vb
c) Population growth vb
d) The economy v b
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women
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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. vb vb vb v b vb v b vb v b
d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. v b vb v b v b v b
4. Which vb of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the
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text?
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a) Not having a choice
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b) Not having a voice
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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
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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.vb vb vb
, d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
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a) society, biology vb
b) self-representation, societal expectations vb vb
c) biology, environment and experience vb v b vb
d) biology, hormones vb
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not
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alway s based in scienceand biology because
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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. vb vb vb vb vb vb vb vb
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World vb vb vb vb vb vb
Healt h Organization’s human rights framework in the last ?
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a) 5 years v b
b) 10 years v b
c) 20 years v b
d) 40 years v b
9. “Safe vb 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
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c) correct an injustice vb vb
d) correct an oversight v b v b
10. What vb is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health
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care?
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a) Its vb reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
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b) Its vb consideration of women as central the model v b vb v b vb v b vb
c) Its vb emphasis on science and medicine vb vb v b vb
d) Its vb 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. vb
b) the individual. v b
c) environmental conditions. vb
d) scientific research. vb
12. Which vb question below supports the strategy: “Identify
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women’ s agency in
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paradigm.”?
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a) “Are ‘all women’ the same?”
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b) “Why do you care about the issue?”
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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 v b had vb 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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c) The lack of research related to gynecology
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d) The focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research
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14. Gender differences in heart disease can be found in
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a) diagnosis.
b) treatment.
c) identification of symptoms. v b vb
d) all of the above.
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15. What opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic
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health?
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a) Better insight into research methods related to gynecology
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b) Better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health
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c) Better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework
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d) Better understandings of the social construction of gender
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ANSWER KEY
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
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16. c
17. b
18. d
19. a
20. b
21. c
22. b
23. c
24. a
25. d