C HAPTER 16: M ATERNAL , N EWBORN AND
C HILD H EALTH
Community Health Nursing A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition Stamler
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What single factor, in Canada, is associated with poorer outcomes for mothers
and children?
a. Access to prenatal education
b. Access to medical care
c. Geography
d. Poverty
Correct Answer: d (page 307)
2. What best describes the concept of maternal health care in Canada?
a. Family planning through to postnatal care
b. Pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care
c. Preconception counselling
d. Prenatal education to prevent birth defects
Correct Answer: a (page 311)
3. What is an example of a reproductive right?
a. Freedom from socio-economic disadvantages
b. Access to appropriate health care
c. Right to use reproductive technologies
, d. Deciding on the number of children
Correct Answer: d (page 312)
4. What statement is correct about the maternal mortality rate in Canada from 1997 -
2011?
a. The rate was highest from 2001-2003
b. The rate was lowest from 2005-2007
c. Rates have increased over the past three decades
d. Rates have doubled over the past four decades
Correct Answer: a (page 311)
5. What is an example of the medicalization of childbirth?
a. Delivering in hospital assisted by a midwife
b. Having an episiotomy
c. Squatting to deliver
d. Delivering at home assisted by a midwife
Correct Answer: b (page 314)
6. A woman has electronic fetal monitoring during her labour. What term would
best describe this practice?
a. Maternal health care
b. Liberal individualism
c. Reproductive right
d. Medicalization
Correct Answer: d (page 314)
,7. What is the leading cause of maternal mortality in Canada?
a. Postpartum hemorrhage
b. Obstetric embolism
c. Diseases of the circulatory system
d. Antepartum haemorrhage
Correct Answer: c (page 311)
8. Which statement is correct regarding breastfeeding in Canada?
a. The rates of breastfeeding initiation are lower in eastern Canada
b. The rates of breastfeeding initiation are lower in western Canada
c. Breastfeeding at 6 months of age is was higher in 2011 than 2003
d. Breastfeeding at 4 months of age was lower in 2011 than 2003
Correct Answer: c (page 315)
9. An Inuit woman leaves her community to deliver her baby in an urban centre.
How might this impact access to care for others in the community?
a. Ensures access to the latest technology
b. Decreases access to community-based midwives
c. Increases risks of maternal complications
d. Reduces risk of maternal complications
Correct Answer: b (page 314)
10. What is the most common reason cited for why Canadian mothers discontinue
breastfeeding?
a. The infant was ready for solids
b. The mother needed to return to work
, c. Breastfeeding was inconvenient
d. The mother did not have enough breast milk
Correct Answer: b (page 316)
11. Which of the following statements is true about women who smoke during
pregnancy?
a. Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be younger
b. Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be from higher
socioeconomic status
c. Women who smoke during pregancy are more likely to have a post
secondary education
d. Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be married
Correct Answer: a (page 317)
12. Which of the following statements is true regarding teenage mothers?
a. Teenage mothers are less likely to experience postpartum depression as
adult mothers are
b. Teenage mothers are more likely to experience postpartum depression as
adult mothers are
c. Teenage girls are less likely to binge drink during pregnancy
d. Tennage girls are more likely to come for higher socioeconomic status
Correct Answer: b (page 318)
13. Which of the following is an example of an indicator that is used to measure
child well-being in Canada?
a. Maternal mortality rate
b. Breastfeeding rates
C HILD H EALTH
Community Health Nursing A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition Stamler
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What single factor, in Canada, is associated with poorer outcomes for mothers
and children?
a. Access to prenatal education
b. Access to medical care
c. Geography
d. Poverty
Correct Answer: d (page 307)
2. What best describes the concept of maternal health care in Canada?
a. Family planning through to postnatal care
b. Pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care
c. Preconception counselling
d. Prenatal education to prevent birth defects
Correct Answer: a (page 311)
3. What is an example of a reproductive right?
a. Freedom from socio-economic disadvantages
b. Access to appropriate health care
c. Right to use reproductive technologies
, d. Deciding on the number of children
Correct Answer: d (page 312)
4. What statement is correct about the maternal mortality rate in Canada from 1997 -
2011?
a. The rate was highest from 2001-2003
b. The rate was lowest from 2005-2007
c. Rates have increased over the past three decades
d. Rates have doubled over the past four decades
Correct Answer: a (page 311)
5. What is an example of the medicalization of childbirth?
a. Delivering in hospital assisted by a midwife
b. Having an episiotomy
c. Squatting to deliver
d. Delivering at home assisted by a midwife
Correct Answer: b (page 314)
6. A woman has electronic fetal monitoring during her labour. What term would
best describe this practice?
a. Maternal health care
b. Liberal individualism
c. Reproductive right
d. Medicalization
Correct Answer: d (page 314)
,7. What is the leading cause of maternal mortality in Canada?
a. Postpartum hemorrhage
b. Obstetric embolism
c. Diseases of the circulatory system
d. Antepartum haemorrhage
Correct Answer: c (page 311)
8. Which statement is correct regarding breastfeeding in Canada?
a. The rates of breastfeeding initiation are lower in eastern Canada
b. The rates of breastfeeding initiation are lower in western Canada
c. Breastfeeding at 6 months of age is was higher in 2011 than 2003
d. Breastfeeding at 4 months of age was lower in 2011 than 2003
Correct Answer: c (page 315)
9. An Inuit woman leaves her community to deliver her baby in an urban centre.
How might this impact access to care for others in the community?
a. Ensures access to the latest technology
b. Decreases access to community-based midwives
c. Increases risks of maternal complications
d. Reduces risk of maternal complications
Correct Answer: b (page 314)
10. What is the most common reason cited for why Canadian mothers discontinue
breastfeeding?
a. The infant was ready for solids
b. The mother needed to return to work
, c. Breastfeeding was inconvenient
d. The mother did not have enough breast milk
Correct Answer: b (page 316)
11. Which of the following statements is true about women who smoke during
pregnancy?
a. Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be younger
b. Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be from higher
socioeconomic status
c. Women who smoke during pregancy are more likely to have a post
secondary education
d. Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be married
Correct Answer: a (page 317)
12. Which of the following statements is true regarding teenage mothers?
a. Teenage mothers are less likely to experience postpartum depression as
adult mothers are
b. Teenage mothers are more likely to experience postpartum depression as
adult mothers are
c. Teenage girls are less likely to binge drink during pregnancy
d. Tennage girls are more likely to come for higher socioeconomic status
Correct Answer: b (page 318)
13. Which of the following is an example of an indicator that is used to measure
child well-being in Canada?
a. Maternal mortality rate
b. Breastfeeding rates
