Overview of Cultural Belief System and Practice Related to Childbearing - Religion and Fertility Control Flashcards
True or False
Childbearing is universal.
True
_________ is a great leveler, as all women who give birth do so in one of two ways.
Childbearing
is also a time of transition and social celebration of central importance in any society, signaling a realignment of existing cultural roles and responsibilities, psychological and physiologic states, and social relationships.
Childbearing
Who stated that childbearing is a great leveler, as all women who give birth do so in one of two ways?
Chalmers (2013)
True or False
The United States spends more money than any other country on health care and more on maternal health than any other type of hospital care.
True
True or False
United States has a lower risk of dying of pregnancy-related complications than those in 40 other countries.
False
United States has a HIGHER risk of dying of pregnancy-related complications than those in 40 other countries
A woman’s fertility depends on several factors, including the
-the likelihood of sterility
-the probability of conceiving
-intrauterine mortality
According to Finer and Zolna (2011), inn United States women aged __ years and younger, more than four out of five pregnancies were unintended.
19 years
The proportion of pregnancies that were unintended was highest among teens younger than age __ years, at 98%.
15 years
According to National Survey of Family Growth,,the largest increases in unintended pregnancy rates were among women with _____
- low education
- low income
- cohabiting women
True or False
White women who are married had a decline in unintended pregnancy in proportion to births in USA.
True
These women are more likely to experience unintended births including unmarried women.
Black women
These women are who are socioeconomically and those with less education.
Disadvantaged women
______ and __________ believe the government encourages contraceptive use to limit minority population growth.
Blacks and Latinas
_________ and _________ used less effective methods than Whites
Blacks and Latinas
Unintended pregnancy can have numerous negative effects on the mother and the fetus including:
-delay in prenatal care
-continued or increased tobacco and other drug use
-increased physical abuse during pregnancy
The factors of unintended pregnancy can lead to
preterm labor or low-birth-weight (LBW) infants.
What influences unintended pregnancy?
- Social mores sanctioning motherhood outside of marriage
- Contraception availability including abortion
- Earlier sexual activity
- Multiple partners
The United States has established family planning goals in __________ aimed at improving pregnancy planning, spacing, and preventing unintended pregnancy.
Healthy People 2020
In what country uses hormonal methods, intrauterine devices (IUDs), permanent sterilization, and, to a lesser degree, barrier and “natural” methods?
United States
What is the most used contraceptive method?
Natural method
______________ are based on the recognition of fertility through signs and symptoms and abstinence during periods of fertility
Natural methods of family planning
True or False
The religious beliefs of some cultural groups might affect their use of fertility controls such as abortion or artificial regulation of conception
True
_________ might follow church edicts against artificial control of conception
Roman Catholics
________________ might follow their church’s teaching regarding the spiritual responsibility to have large families and promote church growth.
Mormon families
They are female youth (15 to 24 years of age), less access to contraception contributed to unintended pregnancies and higher suicide rates.
Latin American
These women monitor their monthly bleeding cycles closely and believe in the importance of monthly menstruation for maintaining harmony and physical well-being.
American Indian
True or False
Contraceptives such as hormonal methods are generally better accepted by American Indian women than IUDs.
False
Contraceptives such as the IUD are generally better accepted by American Indian women than HORMONAL METHODS
Women and children account for approximately ___ of the world’s refugees, and displaced women are extremely vulnerable to poor
80%
The _____ has developed a refugee program with a focus on refugee reproductive health.
CDC
In what country where refugee women continue to experience barriers to reproductive health?
United States
True or False
The influence of religious beliefs on birth control choices varies within and between groups, and adherence to these beliefs does not change over time.
False
The influence of religious beliefs on birth control choices varies within and between groups, and adherence to these beliefs MAY change over time.
What religion teaches that the right hand is clean and the left is dirty?
Hindu religion
In Hindu religion, the right hand is for
-holding religious books
-eating utensils
In the Hindu religion, the left hand is for dirty things such as
touching the genitals
True or False
The right and left hand beliefs in Hindu religion complicate the use of contraceptives requiring the use of both hands.
True
In ______ belief that abortion is “haram” or impermissible unless the mother’s life is in danger
Muslim
True or False
Fertility in Muslim women is that a woman’s sterility can’t be a reason for abandoning or divorcing her.
Fertility in Muslim women is that a woman’s sterility CAN be a reason for abandoning or divorcing her.
True or False
Islamic law allows adoption; infertility treatment is not allowed but is limited to artificial insemination using the couple’s own sperm and eggs
False
Islamic law FORBIDS adoption; infertility treatment is ALLOWED, but is limited to artificial insemination using the couple’s own sperm and eggs.
In African culture, women leave their home after giving birth to avoid any postpartum sexual activity for __ years.
2 years
