Overview of Cultural Belief System and Practice Related to Childbearing - Religion and Fertility Control

Question 1

True or False

Childbearing is universal.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

_________ is a great leveler, as all women who give birth do so in one of two ways.

Answer 2

Childbearing

Question 3

is also a time of transition and social celebration of central importance in any society, signaling a realignment of existing cultural roles and responsibilities, psychological and physiologic states, and social relationships.

Answer 3

Childbearing

Question 4

Who stated that childbearing is a great leveler, as all women who give birth do so in one of two ways?

Answer 4

Chalmers (2013)

Question 5

True or False

The United States spends more money than any other country on health care and more on maternal health than any other type of hospital care.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False

United States has a lower risk of dying of pregnancy-related complications than those in 40 other countries.

Answer 6

False

United States has a HIGHER risk of dying of pregnancy-related complications than those in 40 other countries

Question 7

A woman’s fertility depends on several factors, including the

Answer 7

-the likelihood of sterility
-the probability of conceiving
-intrauterine mortality

Question 8

According to Finer and Zolna (2011), inn United States women aged __ years and younger, more than four out of five pregnancies were unintended.

Answer 8

19 years

Question 9

The proportion of pregnancies that were unintended was highest among teens younger than age __ years, at 98%.

Answer 9

15 years

Question 10

According to National Survey of Family Growth,,the largest increases in unintended pregnancy rates were among women with _____

Answer 10

• low education
• low income
• cohabiting women

Question 11

True or False

White women who are married had a decline in unintended pregnancy in proportion to births in USA.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

These women are more likely to experience unintended births including unmarried women.

Answer 12

Black women

Question 13

These women are who are socioeconomically and those with less education.

Answer 13

Disadvantaged women

Question 14

______ and __________ believe the government encourages contraceptive use to limit minority population growth.

Answer 14

Blacks and Latinas

Question 15

_________ and _________ used less effective methods than Whites

Answer 15

Blacks and Latinas

Question 16

Unintended pregnancy can have numerous negative effects on the mother and the fetus including:

Answer 16

-delay in prenatal care
-continued or increased tobacco and other drug use
-increased physical abuse during pregnancy

Question 17

The factors of unintended pregnancy can lead to

Answer 17

preterm labor or low-birth-weight (LBW) infants.

Question 18

What influences unintended pregnancy?

Answer 18

1. Social mores sanctioning motherhood outside of marriage
2. Contraception availability including abortion
3. Earlier sexual activity
4. Multiple partners

Question 19

The United States has established family planning goals in __________ aimed at improving pregnancy planning, spacing, and preventing unintended pregnancy.

Answer 19

Healthy People 2020

Question 20

In what country uses hormonal methods, intrauterine devices (IUDs), permanent sterilization, and, to a lesser degree, barrier and “natural” methods?

Answer 20

United States

Question 21

What is the most used contraceptive method?

Answer 21

Natural method

Question 22

______________ are based on the recognition of fertility through signs and symptoms and abstinence during periods of fertility

Answer 22

Natural methods of family planning

Question 23

True or False

The religious beliefs of some cultural groups might affect their use of fertility controls such as abortion or artificial regulation of conception

Answer 23

True

Question 24

_________ might follow church edicts against artificial control of conception

Answer 24

Roman Catholics

Question 25

________________ might follow their church’s teaching regarding the spiritual responsibility to have large families and promote church growth.

Answer 25

Mormon families

Question 26

They are female youth (15 to 24 years of age), less access to contraception contributed to unintended pregnancies and higher suicide rates.

Answer 26

Latin American

Question 27

These women monitor their monthly bleeding cycles closely and believe in the importance of monthly menstruation for maintaining harmony and physical well-being.

Answer 27

American Indian

Question 28

True or False

Contraceptives such as hormonal methods are generally better accepted by American Indian women than IUDs.

Answer 28

False

Contraceptives such as the IUD are generally better accepted by American Indian women than HORMONAL METHODS

Question 29

Women and children account for approximately ___ of the world’s refugees, and displaced women are extremely vulnerable to poor

Answer 29

80%

Question 30

The _____ has developed a refugee program with a focus on refugee reproductive health.

Answer 30

CDC

Question 31

In what country where refugee women continue to experience barriers to reproductive health?

Answer 31

United States

Question 32

True or False

The influence of religious beliefs on birth control choices varies within and between groups, and adherence to these beliefs does not change over time.

Answer 32

False

The influence of religious beliefs on birth control choices varies within and between groups, and adherence to these beliefs MAY change over time.

Question 33

What religion teaches that the right hand is clean and the left is dirty?

Answer 33

Hindu religion

Question 34

In Hindu religion, the right hand is for

Answer 34

-holding religious books
-eating utensils

Question 35

In the Hindu religion, the left hand is for dirty things such as

Answer 35

touching the genitals

Question 36

True or False

The right and left hand beliefs in Hindu religion complicate the use of contraceptives requiring the use of both hands.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

In ______ belief that abortion is “haram” or impermissible unless the mother’s life is in danger

Answer 37

Muslim

Question 38

True or False

Fertility in Muslim women is that a woman’s sterility can’t be a reason for abandoning or divorcing her.

Answer 38

Fertility in Muslim women is that a woman’s sterility CAN be a reason for abandoning or divorcing her.

Question 39

True or False

Islamic law allows adoption; infertility treatment is not allowed but is limited to artificial insemination using the couple’s own sperm and eggs

Answer 39

False

Islamic law FORBIDS adoption; infertility treatment is ALLOWED, but is limited to artificial insemination using the couple’s own sperm and eggs.

Question 40

In African culture, women leave their home after giving birth to avoid any postpartum sexual activity for __ years.

Answer 40

2 years