HLTC02H3 Chapter 1: CHAPTER 1 morrow et al.docx

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Chapter 1 our bodies, our selves women"s health movement in canada. Prior to the emergence of the owmne"s movement, women"s health issues were ignored or relegated narrowly: medical and helath sciences were dominated by male researchers, neglected social determinants of health. Bodies of people of colour and poor ppl were seen as morally suspect. Scientific sexism viewed men and women as opposites and therefore were relegated to different social spheres. Present day preoccupations are with biological body, the genetic makeup of the body, and prolonging life. Was understood that men"s bodies were standard while women"s were to be compared with this standard. Women"s health focused narrowly on physiological differences (ex. Contemporary feminists talk about body politics and the relationship between embodiment, power, and knowledge. The impetus for the women"s health movement in canada. Is parallel to and part of the women"s movement in canada. Women"s health is much more than about particular reproductive organs and secondary sex charactersitcs.

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The President of Harvard University, Lawrence Summers, was an invited speaker at a recent conference sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research on the issue of gender and minority differences in top-level positions of science, math, and engineering. At that meeting, he acknowledged many of the traditionally-stated reasons for such gender differences but also brought up the possibility that biology and genetics might play a role in these differences.

According to news reports of the meeting, some participants viewed his remarks as âhealthily provocativeâ while others were offended. A small furor erupted and Dr. Summers âeventually apologized for his remarksâ (http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/20/harvard.summers.ap/).

Using all your knowledge about what you have been taught thus far in this course (and, of course, all that you have been taught in other courses), write a coherent two-paragraph statement on how genetic differences between men and women might or might not contribute to the observed prevalence of men over women in academic positions of math, science, and engineering.

1. Biological specimens such as urine, stool and saliva samples can be useful for identifying all of the following, except

A risk factors for disease

B characteristics associated with having the disease

C blood pressure

D presence of disease

2. Abstracts provide a glimpse into the content of an article?

A true

B false

3. Acquisition of evidence for improving clinical and public health practices and policies is an example of a societal benefit of health research?

A true

B false

4. Population health research objectives may include:

A identifying and classifying new health problems

B determining risk factors

C evaluating the impact of health policies on health outcomes

D al of the above

5. All of the following are examples of tests of physiological function, except:

A spirometry

B electrocardiography

C audiometry

D all of the above

6. Which is not an example of population based research?

A compare rates of acure lung disease in several metropolitan areas and see whether the rates of disease are correlated with local air quality

B determine whether survival following breast cancer diagnosis is linked to the presencw of certain genes

C conduct a vaccine trial

D analyze biochemical composition of selected foods

7. Health researchers examine all of the following factors that contribute to health and to disease illness disability and death except:

8. ____ is physiological measurements that can be accurately taken after minimal instruction.

A anthropometry

B basic vital signs

C clinical examinations

D biological specimens

9. Population based studies are typically conducted using:

A human subjects

B animals

C research facilities

D none of the above

10. The process of systematically and carefully investigating a subject in order to learn or discover new information about the world is known as?

11. When identifying specific exposures diseases and populations of interest identifying relevant statistics is not helpful.

A true

B false

12. Which of the following is not an example of an adittional assessment that can be conducted as a way to supplement self reported information during the data collection process?

A vital signs

B test of physiological function

C physical fitness tests

D surveys

13. To look for a health science abstract in PubMed one an use all of the following search methods except:

14. When conducting anthropometric measurements, there is no need for the researcher to ensure that the methods used to take these measurements are standardized

A true

B false

15. There is no need to read the full article if the abstract is available.

A true

B false

16. Which of the following is not an example of an examination a clinician can conduct to examine many health states that machines are unable to assess well?

A breath sounds and other respiratory functions

B heart sounds

C heart rate

D the condition of the skin hair and nails

17. Which is not a step in the research process?

A identify a study question

B select a study approach

C report study findings

D all of the above

18. A paragraph length summary of an article chapter or book is known as a

19. Health science abstracts usually provide a brief description of

A study design

B the study populatio

C key findings of the study

D all of the above

20. The goal of every research project is to find and address gaps in the literature and to build on precious work.

A true

B false

21. Which is not an example of laboratory research?

A compare tests of air quality in several metropolitan areas

B identify biological mechanisms for the emergence of drug resistant bacteria

C use a food frequency questionnaire to examine dietary behaviors in a selected population

D develop a new vaccine

22. If clinical examinations are conducted as part of the data collection process an assessment form should carefully describe each component of the examination procedure to be used and diagnostic procedure for each item on the assessment form

A true

B false

23. ____ is the measurement of the size/composition of the human body

A anthropology

B vital signs

C clinical examinations

D biological specimens

24. Health research is considered to be a scientific process only.

A true

B false

25. The goal of any one research project is to contribute vast amount of information that when pooled with other researchers information will provide evidentiary foundation for change

A true

B false

26. Which is an example of health abstract databases available from libraries via subscription

27. All of the following are examples of anthropometric measurements except:

A height

B waist circumference

C skinfold measurements

D blood pressure

28. All of the following are good sources of information that a researcher can use to explore what his primary area of research interest is except:

29. Which of the following is the most important publicly available health science database?

Food web studies have come a long way since the early 1900s when ecologists began developing these tools to understand species interactions and ecosystem level processes (2-5). From that point forward, food web ecology grew rapidly developing into its own sophisticated, technical sub-discipline of ecology (2-5). Tools involved in tracking species interactions, as well as the quantitative tools to analyze food webs, improved and diversified (6-11). These technological innovations were accompanied by the construction of several high quality food webs from diverse biomes (7). The wide diversity of food webs provided the opportunity to explore some of the fundamental properties pertaining to the structure and function of ecosystems (7). However, there is still much about food webs that remains unexplored, particularly investigations of understudied taxonomic groups like the parasites that are typically not included or aggregated in food webs (12-17). Here you have the opportunity to investigate a food web of your choice and explore some of the implications related to food web construction and analysis.

Conduct a literature search and find a peer-reviewed scientific article describing an original, empirical food web and answer the following questions.

Questions

What biome and scale does the food web represent? For example, was it a lake, a pond, a desert? How was the extent of the food web determined? Was it based on the physical characteristics, biological community or arbitrarily by the researchers based on their specific question?

What taxonomic groups were included in the food web? What level of taxonomic identification (species, family, order, etc.) was used for those groups? Was it the same for all or did it vary?

What groups were excluded or aggregated in the food web? What are some of the characteristics of these groups? How might the characteristics of these organisms contribute to this issue?

How did the researchers determine the types of interactions taking place in their food web? What general approaches were used and how did this differ among taxonomic groups?

Overall, how might excluding or aggregating different groups have influenced the results of the study? How might the researchers address these issues?

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