Chapter 4 Flashcards
healthy people 2010 goals related to special issues of women ‘s health care and reproduction
reduce breast and cervical cancer death rates
increase the number of females who comply with screening recommendations specifically pap test and mammography
increase tge proportion of intended pregnancies
promote responsible sexual behaviors strengthen community capacity and increase access to quality service to prevent sexuually transmitted infections and their complications
reduce the proportion of adults aged 50 years and older with osteoporosis
refraining from vaginal sexual intercourse
abstinence
absence of menstruation
amenorrhea
requires the man to pull the penis out of the vagina before ejaculation to avoid depositing sperm in or near the vagina
coitus interruptus
painful menstruation
dysmenorrhea
painful intercourse
dyspareunia
an abortion performed at the woman’s request that does not involve preservation of health
elective abortion
a painful reproductive and immunologic disorder in which tissue implants resembling endometrium grow outside the uterus
endometriosis
a woman who donates the use of her uterus or she may donate her ovum and agree to be inseminated with the male partner’s sperm
gestational surrogate
the purposeful interruption of pregnancy before 20 weeks gestation
induced abortion
the inability to conceive after a year or more of regular and unprotected intercourse or the inability to carry a pregnancy to term
infertility
heavy or prolonged uterine bleeding
menorrhagia
menstrual bleeding that is normal in amount but occurs at irregular intervals between menstrual periods
metrorrhagia
the time before menopause where vasomotor symptoms and irregular menses begin
perimenopause
evaluates the interaction of the man’s sperm with the woman’s cervical mucus
postcoital test