Midterm Flashcards
Article:
“Freedom, Responsibility and Power: Contrasting Approaches to Health Psychology”
By: David Marks
- Topic: how the study of health psychology is divided into four different approaches
- Point:
- Data: no data
Article:
“Now let me tell you in my own words: narratives of acute and chronic low back pain”
By: Kerryellen Vroman, Rebecca Warner and Kerry Chamberlain
- Topic: An example of qualitative studies. A look a lower back pain
- Point: examine lower back pain in a broader sense, as most studies ignore the fact that lower back pain is majority acute and episodic.
- Data: Narrative analysis
Article:
“The Medicalization of Women’s Bodies and Everyday Experience”
By: Maureen McHugh and Joan Chrisler
- Topic: how the pharmacial companies make everyday occurrence seem like medical conditions/concerns for women
- Point: women are constantly exposed to messages of how they aren’t healthy and the medical solutions to fix it (including cosmetic concerns)
- Data:
Article:
“Pre-wedding Weight Concerns and Health and Beauty Plans of Australian Brides”
By: Ivan Prichard and Marika Tiggemann
- Topic
- Point
- Data:
Article:
“How the Health belief model helps the tobacco industry: individuals, choice and ‘information’ “
By: Edith Balbach, Elizabeth Smith and Ruth Malone
- Topic: best methods of limiting tobacco use
- Point: The companies argued that smoking is a matter of individual choice, where the article seemed to believe it was more environmental changes that needed to be made
- Data: Analysis of transcripts from a trail where multiple high executives from different tobacco companies testified
Medicalization
everyday experiences become an illness
Menstruation in Ancient Rome
- Seen as polluting and dangerous
- It was believed that if menstruating women went near crops they would kill them
- Men who had intercourse with a menstruating women were susceptible to disease or death
Menstruation in Medieval Western Europe
- Menstrual blood as impure
- Women put through a cleansing ritual before entering church
- Women’s bodies were seen as incomplete male bodies
Menstruation in 19th Century America
- Believed that educating women will result in a weakening of her reproductive function
- Clarke would refer women to bedrest during menstruation
Menstruation in 20th Century America
- Dr. Robert Frank introduced the idea of “Premenstrual tension” (PMT) = a series of symptoms that occurs before menstruation (early version of PMS)
- Mental and neurological symptoms caused by hormonal changes
- Was used in court cases to get women off of criminal charges
Symptoms of PMT
- Fluid retention
- Acne
- Cravings
- Aches and pains
- Fatigue
- irritability
Menstruation in 21st Century America
- Viewed as a problem that requires medical management (not a natural bodily function)
- Doctors can diagnosis with PMS (has over 150 symptoms)
- Brith control is used to treat PMS
PMS and PMDD
- Some view them as social constructs
- Symptoms are in fact experienced by many women but doesn’t mean they need to be pathologized
Menopause
- End of menstruation of a woman’s life
- Viewed as disorder that requires ‘treatment’
- Symptoms: hot flashes, vagina dryness, insomnia, frequent urination, UTI’s
- 19th century thought of as “menopausal insanity” (treated with removed of ovaries and imprisonment)
- 20th century thought of as “deficiency disease” (treated with hormone replacement therapy)
Hormonal Replacement Therapy (HRT)
- Replaces estrogen and progesterone that the ovaries stop producing
- Often recommended to healthy women
- Side effects: increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease and clots
Womens Health and Vaginal Micro-biome Project
- How vaginal micro-biomes (essential for vaginal health) are affected by the use of vaginal hygiene products
Evolution of Douches
- Ancient Egypt = used garlic and vinegar
- Medieval times = used water and herbs
- 1930’s = Lysol products were douches
- 20th century = commercialized douches began (made from zinc, pearl-ash and salts)
