Maternal Mortality & Birth Equity
Black women are how many times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than White women?
A) 1.5x
B) 3x
C) 5x
D) 10x
B) 3x
Which group of women is most likely to have heart attack symptoms dismissed in the ER?
A) Older White
B) Young Black/Latina
C) Asian
D) Post-menopausal
B) Young Black/Latina
The "Mississippi Appendectomy" refers to what involuntary practice?
A) Organ donation
B)Appendectomies
C) Forced Sterilization
D) Vaccines
C) Forced Sterilization
Failure to provide a professional medical interpreter violates which law?
A) Title VI Civil Rights Act
B) HIPAA
C) OSHA
D) FERPA
A) Title VI Civil Rights Act
What percentage of rural U.S. counties lack a single OBGYN?
A) 10%
B) 30%
C) 45%
D) Over 50%
D) Over 50%
The "Weathering Hypothesis" suggests health deteriorates due to:
A) Chronic stress/racism
B) Genetics
C) Vitamins
D) Diet
A) Chronic stress/racism
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus) is 3x more common in:
A) Women of Color
B) Men of Color
C) White Women
D) Children
A) Women of Color
Between 1970-1976, what percentage of Native American women were sterilized?
A) 5%
B) 10%
C) 25-50%
D) 75%
C) 25-50%
Which group is least likely to receive treatment for Postpartum Depression?
A) White women
B) Latina/Black women
C) High-income women
B) Latina/Black women
Reproductive Justice includes the right to:
A) Abortion only
B) Keep the Baby only
C) Have, not have, and raise kids in safe environments
C) Have, not have, and raise kids in safe environments
A 2020 study found Black newborn mortality is halved when:
A) In a private hospital
B) Cared for by Black doctors
C) In a rural area
B) Cared for by Black doctors
"Medical Gaslighting" refers to:
A) Fast service
B) Dismissing a patient's physical symptoms as psychological
C) High bills
B) Dismissing a patient's physical symptoms as psychological
Henrietta Lacks’ cells (HeLa) were taken without her consent in:
A) 1920
B) 1951
C) 1985
D) 2004
B) 1951
Why are girls of color diagnosed later with Autism (ASD)?
A) Immunity
B) Tools normed on White males/Masking
C) No ASD in girls
B) Tools normed on White males/Masking
A county with no access to a full range of birth control centers is a:
A) Health Hub
B) Contraceptive Desert
C) Blue Zone
D) Red Zone
B) Contraceptive Desert
Which state has the highest maternal mortality rate, often linked to rural hospital closures?
A) California
B) New York
C) Louisiana
D) Vermont
C) Louisiana
Which group has the highest age-adjusted prevalence of diagnosed diabetes?
A) White
B) American Indian/Alaska Native
C) Asian
D)Black
B) American Indian/Alaska Native
J. Marion Sims experimented on enslaved women to cure what condition?
A) Polio
B) Vesicovaginal fistula
C) Scurvy
D) Influenza
B) Vesicovaginal fistula
Hispanic/Latina women have higher rates of which eating disorder?
A) Anorexia
B) Binge Eating Disorder
C) Bulimia
D) None
B) Binge Eating Disorder
Environmental Racism often places industrial plants near minority areas, causing:
A) Better jobs
B) Higher infertility/miscarriage rates
C) Longer life
B) Higher infertility/miscarriage rates
What percentage of maternal deaths in the U.S. are estimated to be preventable?
A) 20%
B) 40%
C) Over 80%
D) 10%
C) Over 80%
Black women are more likely to be diagnosed with what aggressive breast cancer subtype?
A) Stage 0
B) HR+
C)Triple-Negative (TNBC)
D) Benign
C) Triple-Negative (TNBC)
Who was the first African American woman to earn an MD in the U.S.?
A) Elizabeth Blackwell
B) Rebecca Lee Crumpler
C) Mae Jemison
B) Rebecca Lee Crumpler
The "Strong Black Woman" schema leads to higher levels of which hormone?
A) Estrogen
B) Insulin
C) Cortisol
D) Melatonin
C) Cortisol
The Hyde Amendment blocks federal funds (Medicaid) from covering:
A) Exams
B) Prenatal care
C) Most abortion services
D) IVFs
C) Most abortion services