Chapter 18

Question 1

____________________ is a state that occurs when persons perceive that demands exceed their ability to cope.

Answer 1

Stress

Question 2

Which agency recommends that all pregnant women should be screened for common infections and treated if infected?

Answer 2

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Question 3

Prenatal care should wait until a woman is pregnant.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The most recent improvement in the U.S. infant mortality rate is due to better treatments for highly vulnerable infants.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Better educated women tend to breastfeed at higher rates.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Blacks and Hispanics receive prenatal care at a rate about 10% to 15% lower than whites.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The epidemic of birth defects in Minamata, Japan, caused by mercury contamination of the bay from a source, is an extreme example of what type of cause of infant mortality?

Answer 7

Environmental

Question 8

Alcohol is a ___________________ and fetal alcohol syndrome is a risk for children of mothers who are problem drinkers.

Answer 8

teratogen

Question 9

Apparently for biological reasons, teenage mothers are more likely to deliver premature infants than older women of the same socioeconomic status.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Infants are more likely to develop respiratory infections or die of SIDS when family members smoke in the home.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The origins of government food assistance programs in the United States, such as WIC, go back to the 1930s.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Which of the following, which is highly toxic to the developing nervous system, is a common contaminant in the American inner city, both from deteriorating paint and old plumbing?

Answer 12

Lead

Question 13

The generally lower socioeconomic status of African Americans in the United States accounts in large part for their higher infant mortality rate.

Answer 13

True