Deck 19: Gender and Community Health

Question 1

Michelle dresses her daughter in frilly dresses. What would be the correct term for this behaviour?

A) Gender relations
B) Gender identity
C) Institutionalized gender
D) Gender role

Answer 1

Gender role

Question 2

What is included in the definition of sex?

A) Psychology
B) Anatomy
C) Behaviours
D) Activities

Answer 2

Anatomy

Question 3

Which of the following group of women in Canada should receive particular attention from community health nurses? Select all that apply.

A) Women of colour
B) New mothers
C) Indigenous women
D) Elderly women
E) None of above

Answer 3

Women of colour
New mothers
Indigenous women
Elderly women

Question 4

Which of the following terms is used to describe the distribution of power between genders in the political, educational, religious, media, medical, and social organizations in any society?

A) Gender roles
B) Gender relations
C) Institutionalized gender
D) Essentialist gender

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Sex refers to the psychosomatic characteristics that define men and women
B) Gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours and attributes tha a given society consideres appropriate for men and women
C) Sex refers to the behaviours and activities that all societies consider appropriate for men and women
D) Gender includes sex specific diseases like prostate cancer and ovarian cancer

Question 6

What is an example of a gender-appropriate public health intervention?

A) Pregnancy prevention programs targeting young women
B) Binge drinking program that targets seniors in nursing homes
C) Anti-smoking campaign that targets pregnant women
D) Ads that educate the men and women about the different signs of cardiovascular disease they may experience

Question 7

A nurse looks at society by considering the needs and realities of both men and women. What term best describes the nurse's actions?

A) Gender lens
B) Gender identity
C) Gender inequity
D) Gender bias

Question 8

Which of the following statements about life expectancy trends in Canada is true?

A) The life expectancy for Indigenous men is higher than that of Indigenous women
B) Life expectancy for men is higher than that of women
C) Life expectancy for women is higher than that of men
D) The life expectancy is identical for men and women

Question 9

When using the Gender Equality Continuum Tool, what does it mean to be transformative? Select all that apply.

A) Critical examination of gender norms and dynamics
B) Strengthen or create systems that support gender equality
C) Strengthen or create equitable gender norms and dynamics
D) Changes inequitable gender norms and dynamics
E) None of above

Question 10

A nurse works in a university health clinic. The nurse is aware that male and female students react differently to health issues. Which statement is true?

A) Women more commonly experience depression
B) Men commonly experience poorer health outcomes than women
C) Men generally live longer than women
D) Men have higher levels of psychiatric disorders

Question 11

What is a caution nurses must exercise when using a gender lens in community care?

A) Reinforcing stereotypes
B) Overusing gender in programs
C) Questioning the relevance in some programs
D) Focusing on meeting the needs of women

Question 12

Which of the following is the leading cause of death for bothmen and women?

A) Diabetes
B) Cardiovascular disease
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) Influenza and pneumonia

Question 13

What statement is true regarding men's health?

A) Men rely on women to manage their ill health
B) Men have more life threatening health conditions
C) Men see their family physician if severely ill
D) Men's Health Network collects research on men's health

Question 14

Which of the following is the term we use to describe how we see ourselves as women, men, neither, or both, and how this affects our feelings and behaviours?

A) Transgender
B) Cisgender
C) Gender identity
D) Gender roles

Question 15

When using a gender-based + lens, what question should the nurse ask? Select all that apply.

A) Do I believe that the issues I work on are gender neutral?
B) Do I believe that the issues I work on are culturally neutral and ability neutral?
C) Is it possible that my assumptions prevent me from asking questions that are outside of my own experience?
D) How might attitudes and norms limit the range of policy options that I consider and propose?

Question 16

In Indigenous communities, cross-gendered people experience reverence rather than stigma, and often hold special roles within their communities. Which of the following terms best describes this concept?

A) Gender variance
B) Gender equity
C) Gender relations
D) Institutionalized gender

Question 17

What is the correct term for how we are treated by people around us?

A) Gender role
B) Gender relations
C) Gender identity
D) Institutionalized gender

Question 18

Which statement is correct about how sex and gender affect health outcomes?

A) Women are more likely to seek treatment for HIV than men
B) Men and women differ in pharmacodynamics
C) Men are at greater risk for HIV infections
D) Increased thyroid functioning in women predisposes them to depression

Question 19

What is the impact of sex on the health of men and women?

A) Less tendency for women to experience depression
B) No impact on disease progression for cardiovascular disease
C) Similar response to drugs for both men and women
D) Differences in incidence and natural history of many diseases

Question 20

Which of the following factors need to be considered when examining policies and programs through a gender-based analysis process? Select all that apply.

A) Access
B) Inclusion
C) Benefits
D) Equity
E) None of above

Question 21

Which tool needs to be used in order to consider the ways in which policies, programs, services, and interventions can better meet the needs of men, women, and people who identify themselves as transgender?

A) Gender equality continuum tool
B) Gender policy development tool
C) Institutionalized gender tool
D) The sex and gender tool

Question 22

Define and give an example of gender role, gender identity, and gender relations.

Question 23

A CHN is working with a family to assist them in taking responsibility for rehabilitation of their grandmother after a stroke. This is an example of which level of prevention?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 24

A nurse works in a university health clinic. The nurse is concerned about the number of students smoking on campus. While developing a policy for this issue, what does the nurse need to do in order to take gender into consideration?

A) Find evidence to support that smoking is the leading cause of death in women
B) Gather information and consider stakeholer perspectives about whether services are gender appropriate
C) Make an individual decision about what is the best policy for smoking
D) Make assumptions about why smoking is a problem on campus

Question 25

When using the Gender Equality Continuum Tool, describe the difference between gender blind and gender aware.

Question 26

Describe what is meant by essentialist thinking.

Question 27

Define gender-based lens and discuss the types of questions a community health nurse should ask to ensure a program is appropriate for men and women.

Question 28

A CHN notices that different trends exist when men and women are treated for cardiovascular disease. The CHN works with health care professionals to ensure gender equity is maintained in screening patients for cardiovascular disease. This is an example of which level of prevention?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 29

List and define the four factors that need to be considered when examining policies and programs through a gender-based analysis process.

Question 30

A nurse works in a university health clinic. The nurse wants to develop a program to reduce the accidental deaths on campus. What should the nurse use to develop this program to ensure it is equitable?

A) Institutionalized gender
B) Sex equality
C) Gender identity
D) Gender-based lens