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Course Introduction
Health Education explores the principles and practices necessary to empower individuals and communities to make informed decisions about their health and well-being. The course covers foundational topics such as health promotion, disease prevention, health behavior theories, and effective communication strategies. Students will examine the societal, cultural, and environmental factors influencing health, and develop practical skills for designing, implementing, and evaluating educational programs aimed at improving public health outcomes. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped to advocate for healthy lifestyles and create impactful health education initiatives in diverse settings.
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Contemporary Womens Health Issues for Today and the Future 5th Edition by Cheryl
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A. Kolander
Chapter 1: Introducing Womens Health
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Q1) The leader of the American birth control movement was Margaret Sanger.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In 1963, U.S.women made 58 cents for every dollar earned by men.The legislation passed this same year as an attempt to remediate a lack of gender equity in salary was called:
A)Civil Rights Act
B)Equal Pay Act
C)Paycheck Fairness Act
D)Gender Equity Act
Answer: B
Q3) The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) was established as a result of an investigation into the lack of equity in medical research studies on women by the NIH.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Becoming a Wise Consumer
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Q1) Which of the following is not a reason there are concerns about the use of herbs for treatment and/or healing of diseases or disorders?
A)Need for scientific proof that herbs heal health problems
B)Herbs contain hundreds of chemicals and some with unknown side-effects
C)Herbal medicines are not approved by the FDA
D)Patent medicines contain a variety of herbs
Answer: D
Q2) Acupuncture is recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) to treat all but one of the following disorders.Which one?
A)allergies
B)muscular disorders
C)menstrual disorders
D)stress and tension
Answer: A
Q3) Acupuncture treats disorders by restoring balance by inserting needles at exact points in the body.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Developing a Healthy Lifestyle
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Q1) Health interventions fall into three primary categories:
A)dissemination, provision, assistance.
B)research, dissemination, education.
C)prevention, treatment, follow-up.
D)education, prevention, treatment.
Answer: D
Q2) In April 2012, the world population was over 10 billion.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Persons living to be 90-99 years of age are referred to as precentenarians.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The six dimensions of wellness are:
A)physical, emotional, social, occupational, intellectual, and spiritual
B)physical, emotional, career, relationships, school, and church
C)emotional, physical, occupational, traditional, social, and spiritual
D)emotional, physical, work, love, family, and friendships
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Mental and Emotional Wellness
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Q1) Seasonal affective disorder occurs only in the fall and winter seasons.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Greater body image dissatisfaction is reported higher in which group?
A)African American women
B)Caucasian women
C)Asian women
D)Hispanic women
Q3) Standing up for personal rights and expressing yourself is called:
A)assertiveness
B)self-efficacy
C)self-effacing
D)submissiveness
Q4) Name and describe the five stages of grief resolution presented by Kubler-Ross.
Q5) The most likely age for women to develop depression is:
A)adolescence at the onset of puberty and the menstrual cycle
B)the ages of 20s and 30s
C)just before pregnancy (antepartum) and just after pregnancy (postpartum)
D)at the onset of menopause.
Q6) What are thought to be some possible causes of depression for women?
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Chapter 5: Managing the Stress of Life
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Q1) Which of the following is not known to be true about migraines?
A)elevated risk for migraines exists for the 5 days before onset of the menstrual cycle
B)migraine significantly decreases during pregnancy
C)migraine gets worse during perimenopause
D)pain intensity of migraines is greater during the first 2 days of menses
Q2) Describe and discuss environmental stress.
Q3) Constructive stress is called:
A)distress
B)good stress
C)eustress
D)anti stress
Q4) An internal balance that exists before stress:
A)eustress
B)homeostasis
C)general adaptation syndrome
D)metabolic rate
Q5) In response to stress, some people lose weight and some people gain weight.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Sexual and Relational Wellness
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Q1) A person with balanced masculine and feminine characteristics is:
A)anonymous
B)ambiguous
C)androgynous
D)ambivalent
Q2) Describe each of the nine psychological tasks required for marital satisfaction, according to Judith Wallerstein.
Q3) Over one-half of all first marriages end in divorce.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Men benefit more from cohabitation than women.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the stages of healthy dating.
Q6) In Sternberg's theory of love, when commitment is the only dimension present, love is called:
A)nonlove
B)companionate
C)empty
D)fatuous
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Chapter 7: Preventing Abuse Against Women
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Q1) Under the influence of alcohol for both men and women, men are _____ likely to be more aggressive in regard to sex, and women are _____ likely to recognize some of the danger signs.
A)More; more
B)Less; less
C)more; less
D)less; more
Q2) __________ women have been raped or sexually assaulted at some point in their lives, and _______________ have been raped by an intimate partner.
A)1 in 2; 1 in 3
B)1 in 5; 1 in 10
C)1 in 6; 1 in 10
D)1 in 2; 1 in 6
Q3) In the book, The Courage to Heal, the authors state that women will go through, in sequence, all 14 stages of healing from violence and abuse.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Exploring Womens Sexuality
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Q1) Menopause is an estrogen-deficiency disease.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The first stage of the female human sexual response cycle is foreplay.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The presence of an intact hymen is a reliable method to determine virginity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A common cause of painful menstruation is:
A)inactivity
B)hormone irregularity
C)dyspareunia
D)endometriosis
Q5) The ovaries produce the lutenizing hormone.
A)True
B)False
Q6) A benefit of MHT is the reduction in the risk of heart disease.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Designing Your Reproductive Plan
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Q1) Cesarean sections are more common in teenagers than older women giving birth.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All midwives in the U.S.are registered nurses.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most common reason for primary infertility in women is:
A)prolonged stress
B)endometriosis
C)irregular shaped uterus
D)failure to ovulate
Q4) Ovulation always occurs 14 days after menstruation begins.
A)True
B)False
Q5) An adoption where no contact occurs between the birth parents and adoptive parents:
A)open adoption
B)closed adoption
C)surrogacy
D)foster care
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Chapter 10: Eating Well
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Q1) A well-balanced diet would contain food servings that are mostly from:
A)breads, cereals, and grains
B)dairy products
C)meats
D)fruits
Q2) A woman needs to consume at least 6 cups of water each day.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Folacin, or folic acid, is a very important nutrient during pregnancy.Folacin is needed because:
A)the woman is manufacturing so much tissue for her and the fetus
B)the pregnant woman is producing milk for the fetus
C)folacin takes away wastes from the placenta
D)folacin produces hormones
Q4) Which of the following might be the best reason for choosing a vegetarian diet?
A)To reduce exposure to chemicals and pesticides in foods
B)To reduce intake of saturated fat and cholesterol
C)To follow the advice of a noted diet or nutrition author
D)To increase the likelihood of living longer
Q5) List and discuss the special nutritional needs a woman faces during pregnancy.
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Chapter 11: Keeping Fit
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Q1) Most of the health-related benefits of being physically active occur when a woman exercises at least 150 minutes a week at a moderate-intensity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Centers for Disease Control determined that almost 45 percent of adults and 29% of children in the United States are either overweight or obese.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Research indicates that individuals who exercised less than two to three times per week had less depression, anger, cynical distrust, and stress than individuals who exercised more often.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The range of percentage of body fat for a woman who is considered to be excessively lean is between 8% and 17%.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Using Alcohol Responsibly
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Q1) Maya has developed an alcohol problem and you would like to help her.The least effective way to help Maya is by.........
A)Educating yourself about abuse of alcohol
B)Joining a support group
C)Lecturing about the problems related to drinking
D)Using positive reinforcement supported by facts, not emotional attitude.
Q2) Heavy uses of alcohol increases blood concentrations in estrogen and changes in estrogen metabolism, which increases the risk of significant diseases in women.
A)True
B)False
Q3) With moderate use of alcohol, there can be a number of positive outcomes.Which one of the outcomes listed below that occur is considered to be beneficial?
A)Decreased levels of high-density lipoprotein
B)Increased levels of low-density lipoprotein
C)Altered protein production in liver
D)Decreased risk of coronary artery disease
Q4) Discuss the patterns and differences in female ethnic groups as they relate to consumption of alcohol.
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Chapter 13: Making Wise Decisions About Tobacco,
Caffeine
and Drugs
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Q1) Use of marijuana during pregnancy causes which of the following to the infant?
A)Increased weight at birth
B)Decreased height at birth
C)quicker response to stimuli
D)Faster weight gain after birth
Q2) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can control which of the following aspects of the tobacco industry?
A)Restrict and regulate access to tobacco products
B)Control the number of retail stores that can sell tobacco product
C)Regulate the advertisement of various forms of tobacco products
D)Determine the costs of retail tobacco products such as cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
Q3) All of the following but one is a tip to assist a woman in smoking cessation.
A)Engage in enjoyable activities to keep your mind off smoking.
B)Eat the foods you most enjoy to reduce the craving for nicotine.
C)Find a person who is willing to support and encourage you as you stop smoking.
D)Keep in mind that unpleasant physical withdrawal symptoms will stop within a few days.
Q4) List and discuss at least five health tips incorporated into an effective smoking cessation program.
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Chapter 14: Preventing and Controlling Infectious Diseases
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Q1) Most women with gonorrhea are asymptomatic.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A vaccination exists to prevent hepatitis
B.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the stages of syphilis.
Q4) Tuberculosis is an air-borne bacteria that usually attacks the lungs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The typical site of chlamydia infection in women is:
A)labia minora
B)cervix
C)uterus
D)vagina
Q6) Females easily outnumber males in reported chlamydia cases each year.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Discuss five emerging infectious diseases and their causes.
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Chapter 15: Preventing and Controlling Chronic Health
Conditions
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Q1) Second hand smoke increases a women's risk of heart disease.
A)True
B)False
Q2) List five warning signs of Alzheimer's disease.
Q3) Give five warning signs of insulin-dependent diabetes.
Q4) All the following are risk factors for Type 2 diabetes except:
A)being over age 40
B)being overweight
C)defect of the immune system
D)cigarette smoking
Q5) Age is the predominant risk factor in osteoporosis.
A)True
B)False
Q6) High levels of HDL act as a protective factor against heart disease.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Primary hypertension primarily is caused by stress.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Reducing Your Risk of Cancer
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Q1) All of the following are risk factors for ovarian cancer except:
A)family history of ovarian cancer
B)age over 50
C)pesticides
D)breast cancer
Q2) The most common type of cancer found in the U.S:
A)carcinoma
B)sarcoma
C)lymphoma
D)leukemia
Q3) Complementary and alternative treatments include all but one of the following therapies.Which is it?
A)Acupuncture and acupressure
B)Medical Doctor and oncologist
C)Diet and Food remedies
D)Spiritual and Meditation
Q4) Lung cancer death rates in women have been decreasing since 1980.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Name and describe four Complementary and Alternative treatments for cancer.
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