Gender and health

Question 1

What is the importance of women’s health?

Answer 1

• Women face a number of unique health problems
• Poor health of women can have enormous consequences on society
• The health of children depends in many ways on the health of their mothers.

Question 2

Men are more likely than women to what…

Answer 2

die sooner, die by suicide more often, more likely to binge drink and take illegal drugs, more likely to smoke, less likely to see a doctor

Question 3

What is masculinity linked to?

Answer 3

lower levels of social support, less help seeking for psych problems, higher rates of homophobia, increased cardiovascular stressors

Question 4

What are the determinants of women’s health?

Answer 4

• Related to sex and or gender
• Biological determinants
• Social determinants

Question 5

What are the biological determinants of women’s health

Answer 5

• Unique risks due to menstruation and pregnancy
• Increased susceptibility to STIs

Question 6

What are the social determinants to women’s health

Answer 6

• gender norms
• Inferior status
• Household roles
• Poverty

Question 7

What are the burdens of Health conditions for Females

Answer 7

• Sex selective abortion of females
• deaths of young girls due to make sex preference
• Increased susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections

Question 8

What are three big issues facing women ?

Answer 8

Maternal mortality and morbidity, Female Genital cutting, and Violence and sexual abuse

Question 9

How many maternal deaths are there annually?

Answer 9

about 300,000

Question 10

Almost 60% of all maternal deaths occur in what 10 countries?

Answer 10

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, Tanzania, Kenya, Bangladesh, Uganda, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 11

When is there the greatest risk for mother and baby

Answer 11

At birth

Question 12

How many females worldwide have had some form of genital cutting

Answer 12

200 million

Question 13

Symptoms of female genital cutting

Answer 13

shock, infection, hemorrhaging
Long term problems include: retention of urine, infertility and obstructed labor

Question 14

How many women worldwide have been abused physically by a partner?

Answer 14

10-50%

Question 15

Violence and sexual abuse can cause what?

Answer 15

injuries, unwanted pregnancy, STIs, depression, disability, and death

Question 16

What are risk factors for violence and sexual abuse?

Answer 16

• low socioeconomic status
• young age of the male partner, gender inequality

Question 17

What is the leading cause of death world-wide?

Answer 17

Cardiovascular disease

Question 18

What are the costs and consequences for women’s health problems?

Answer 18

• social isolation
• social impacts of maternal mortality
• economic costs

Question 19

What are the social impacts of maternal mortality during birth?

Answer 19

Women are primary caregivers for children, young children can die if mothers die

Question 20

What are the economic costs?

Answer 20

• Direct costs of care for women who experience violence and health problems
• indirect costs of lost productivity

Question 21

What are key interventions for women’s health?

Answer 21

• family planning
• behavior change to promote safer sexual practices
  -measures to reduce intimate partner violence
• reduce three delays to cut maternal health
• enhance ability to deal with unsafe abortion

Question 22

What are three delays that affect maternal death?

Answer 22

• delay in identifying complications and seeking care
• delay in transporting women to the hospital
• delay in emergency obstetric care

Question 23

what percent of Trans and non binary people have at least one unmet medical need?

Answer 23

45% vs 4% for the rest of the population

Question 24

What are the 3 main barriers to girls and women’s participation in Sport

Answer 24

1) A major socio-cultural and economic barrier is the manifest idea that sport is masculine and elitist

2) Practical barriers include poverty and scarcity of economic means

3) Knowledge barriers include the lack of awareness of the benefits of physical activity