Women's Health

Question 1

Define abortion

Answer 1

the premature expulsion or loss or embryo, which may be induced or spontaneous

Question 2

Define Caesarean delivery

Answer 2

the surgical delivery of a fetus through abdominal incision

Question 3

Define female genital mutilation

Answer 3

traditional practices that are all related to the cutting of the female genital organs

Question 4

Define hemorrhage

Answer 4

significant and uncontrolled loss of blood, either internally or externally from the body

Question 5

Define maternal death

Answer 5

the death of a woman while pregnant, during delivery, or within 42 days of delivery

Question 6

Define obstetric fistula

Answer 6

an injury in the birth canal that allows leakage from the bladder or rectum into the vagina, leaving a woman permanently incontinent

Question 7

Define sex-selective abortion

Answer 7

the practice of aborting a fetus after a determination that the fetus is an undesired sex, typically female

Question 8

What are some complications of pregnancy?

Answer 8

gestational diabetes
high blood pressure
preeclampsia and eclampsia
placenta previa
premature labor
hemorrhage
uterine prolapse
obstetric fistula

Question 9

Why is FGM performed?

Answer 9

traditional practices
to preserve virginity and prevent promiscuity
religious requirements
cleanliness
to increase marriage prospects

Question 10

What are the risk factors for women contracting a STI?

Answer 10

young age, sex with high-risk partners, and inability to negotiate condom use

Question 11

How can the health of women in low and middle-income countries be addressed?

Answer 11

-enhancement of nutritional status
-cost-effective approaches to reducing the burden of communicable disease
-greater access to family planning, quality prenatal care, and quality obstetric care
-addressing the leading causes of disability and death that go beyond reproductive health

Question 12

Define deinfibulation

Answer 12

the surgical procedure done to open the vaginal introitus after genital mutilation to be able to have comfortable sex and give birth

Question 13

What makes up the “package components” needed for addressing communicable and noncommunicable disease burdens to women’s health?

Answer 13

-enhancement of nutritional status of women
-access to quality family planning, and prenatal obstetric care
-efforts to reduce hypertension and diabetes
-cost-effective interventions for secondary prevention of heart disease and stroke