HSCI 231 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Medicaid, Major Depressive Disorder, Homophobia
HSCI 231
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Chapter 1 Notes
1830s-40s: Popular health movement
- Getting rid of the corset was one of the first changes in the women’s health movement
1873-1890s: Women’s medical movement
- first training schools for nursing
- Women attended medical school
1890s-1920s: Progressive Era
- 19th amendment (the right to vote)
- Equal Rights Amendment presently STILL yet to be passed
- Birth Control Movement began
- talking about birth control was still illegal, clinics were rare
1930s-1950s: World War II, Post War Years
- women in workforce, fired after war ended
- most were sad to return home, wanted to continue working
- The Kinsey Report
- 6,000 women interviewed about sexual preferences
- revealed that women like to have sex, too, not just for reproductive purposes
1960s-1970s: Grassroots Movement
- FDA approves birth control
- Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
- outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
- Congressional Caucus for women’s issues
1980s: Changing Public Policy
- Office of Research on Women’s Health
- Women’s Health Equity Act
- Money for health research
- Medicaid coverage — pap smears, mammography, etc.
1990s: Women’s Health
- more present in government, health-care institutions, advocacy organizations, academia
New Millennium
- Human genome
- Womne’s Health Initiative findings
- Improves HIV/AIDS medicine and care
- Publc health programs
- inclusion of children in clinical trials
Feminism
1st wave:
- late 19th, early 20th centuries
- suffragettes, abolitionists
2nd wave:
- 1960’s-70s
- political injustices
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3rd wave:
- 1980s-90s
- all areas of society
Political dimensions
- policy making
- financing
- protect public health
- capacity building for population health
- managing health services
Health differences among men and women:
Heart disease
- 50,000 more women die per year than men
Depression
- women are 2-3 times more likely to suffer from depression than men
Osteoporosis
- 80% of sufferers are women
Smoking
- has more negative affect on women’s cardiovascular system than on men’s
STIs
- Women are 2 times more likely to contract STIs than men are
Anesthesia
- Women wake up faster from anesthesia than men do
- Typically 7 minutes for women, 11 minutes for men
Drug Reactions
- women experience different reactions and side effects from drugs than men do
Autoimmune diseases
- 3 out of 4 sufferers are women
Alcohol
- higher BAC with same amount of alcohol as men
Pain
- higher tolerance than men
Types of Research Studies
1. Descriptive
2. Analytic
3. Intervention
Reproductive Rights
1. Roe v. Wade — January 22, 1973; made abortion legal
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Document Summary
Getting rid of the corset was one of the first changes in the women"s health movement. Equal rights amendment presently still yet to be passed. Talking about birth control was still illegal, clinics were rare. Most were sad to return home, wanted to continue working. Revealed that women like to have sex, too, not just for reproductive purposes. Women in workforce, fired after war ended. Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Medicaid coverage pap smears, mammography, etc. More present in government, health-care institutions, advocacy organizations, academia. 50,000 more women die per year than men. Women are 2-3 times more likely to suffer from depression than men. 3 out of 4 sufferers are women. Higher bac with same amount of alcohol as men. Has more negative affect on women"s cardiovascular system than on men"s. Women are 2 times more likely to contract stis than men are. Women wake up faster from anesthesia than men do.
