Exam 19: Gender and Community Health

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?

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?

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?

What is included in the definition of sex?

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

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.

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?

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

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

Describe what is meant by essentialist thinking.

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?

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Which of the following statements is true?

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

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