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Women's Health Care Final Exam
Who first began using the phrase "me too" to describe
the widespread, but often silent, nature of sexual assault
and harassment in the United States? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Tarana Burke
What did the NIH Revitalization Act do for women's
health? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ It required that women
and minorities be included as subjects in all human
research funded by NIH.
True or False? Revisions to FDA policies in 1993
required drug studies to include women of childbearing
age. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
True or false? From its beginnings, the American feminist
movement has been inclusive with respect to race, class,
and sexual identity. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Which of the following statements is true?
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Research from the completed Human Genome Project
promises to significantly improve the public health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
oversee all government-sponsored women's health
initiatives.
Medical research has largely refuted the idea of
biological differences between the sexes beyond the
reproductive organs.
All of these are correct. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Research
from the completed Human Genome Project promises to
significantly improve the public health.
True or False? Susan Wood was the top official in
charge of women's health at the FDA. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ True
What is the main objective of the Family and Medical
Leave Act? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ To provide unpaid
medical leave for employees caring for a newborn
baby, adopted child, or sick relative
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During the U.S. Civil War, who led a national effort to
organize a nursing corps to care for the war's wounded
and sick? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Dorothea Dix
What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women
the right to vote? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 19th
Amendment
True or false? The Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) legally binds 165 UN
member states to take steps to promote women's
equality and to report on the steps they have taken. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
Which of the following statements about the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act is true? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ It increased access to health
insurance for about 6 million women from 2010 to
2019.
Gloria Steinem, a feminist, writer, and activist who
started the magazine Ms. in 1972, and was most active
from the 1960s to the 1990s, would be best
categorized as an example of which generation of
feminism? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Third generation
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Feminism is the idea that: - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ women
should have the same rights, opportunities, and
privileges as men.
True or False? The most effective way to prevent,
diagnose, and treat diseases in populations is to ignore
gender - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
During World War II, many women entered the U.S.
workforce. What happened to most of these women at
the end of the war, when men returned from the front? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ They usually had to leave their
jobs and return to the home as men returned to the
workforce.
True or False? Factors such as the hormonal variations
caused by the menstrual cycle and the possible effects
of a trial on a developing fetus can pose statistical and
ethical challenges for clinical investigators. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ True
True or False? The federal government's role in funding
biomedical research is significant. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ True
Women's Health Care Final Exam
Who first began using the phrase "me too" to describe
the widespread, but often silent, nature of sexual assault
and harassment in the United States? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Tarana Burke
What did the NIH Revitalization Act do for women's
health? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ It required that women
and minorities be included as subjects in all human
research funded by NIH.
True or False? Revisions to FDA policies in 1993
required drug studies to include women of childbearing
age. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
True or false? From its beginnings, the American feminist
movement has been inclusive with respect to race, class,
and sexual identity. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Which of the following statements is true?
,2|Page
Research from the completed Human Genome Project
promises to significantly improve the public health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
oversee all government-sponsored women's health
initiatives.
Medical research has largely refuted the idea of
biological differences between the sexes beyond the
reproductive organs.
All of these are correct. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Research
from the completed Human Genome Project promises to
significantly improve the public health.
True or False? Susan Wood was the top official in
charge of women's health at the FDA. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ True
What is the main objective of the Family and Medical
Leave Act? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ To provide unpaid
medical leave for employees caring for a newborn
baby, adopted child, or sick relative
,3|Page
During the U.S. Civil War, who led a national effort to
organize a nursing corps to care for the war's wounded
and sick? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Dorothea Dix
What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women
the right to vote? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 19th
Amendment
True or false? The Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) legally binds 165 UN
member states to take steps to promote women's
equality and to report on the steps they have taken. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
Which of the following statements about the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act is true? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ It increased access to health
insurance for about 6 million women from 2010 to
2019.
Gloria Steinem, a feminist, writer, and activist who
started the magazine Ms. in 1972, and was most active
from the 1960s to the 1990s, would be best
categorized as an example of which generation of
feminism? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Third generation
, 4|Page
Feminism is the idea that: - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ women
should have the same rights, opportunities, and
privileges as men.
True or False? The most effective way to prevent,
diagnose, and treat diseases in populations is to ignore
gender - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
During World War II, many women entered the U.S.
workforce. What happened to most of these women at
the end of the war, when men returned from the front? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ They usually had to leave their
jobs and return to the home as men returned to the
workforce.
True or False? Factors such as the hormonal variations
caused by the menstrual cycle and the possible effects
of a trial on a developing fetus can pose statistical and
ethical challenges for clinical investigators. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ True
True or False? The federal government's role in funding
biomedical research is significant. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ True
