Which of the following best explains how the Public Health ...

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Which of the following best explains how the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, Title X, has been helpful to families?
 
  a. It provides funds for family planning, including contraception.
  b. It created a child care subsidy to help adults obtain and retain employment.
  c. It provides housing for low-income families.
  d. It prevents utility companies from shutting off service and allows for bills to be subsidized.

Question 2

Which of the following best explains why a community health nurse would choose to emphasize women's health? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Different nurses prefer different specialties.
  b. It is currently politically correct to verbalize support for female issues.
  c. Many women's groups are lobbying for more programs.
  d. Many factors resulting in illness and death in women are preventable.
  e. Knowledge deficits prevent women from assuming responsibility for their own health.
  f.
  Women face barriers in accessing health care.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Title X of the PHS Act is the Family Planning Public Service Act, which helped 5 million women obtain family planning services in 2008. Since 1970, federally subsidized family planning funds have been available to clinics and health departments throughout the country. These facilities provide not only access to contraception but also routine preventive health services, education, and counseling. The program is an important part of the public effort to prevent low birth weight through addressing the relationship between lack of family planning and those at greatest risk for low-birth-weight infants (women who are adolescents, single, and/or low income). This program does not provide subsidies for child care or utility payments or housing for low-income families.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D, E, F
Many factors that lead to death and illness among women are preventable or avoidable. Knowledge deficits related to health promotion and disease prevention activities prevent women of all educational and socioeconomic levels from assuming responsibility for their own health and well-being. A significant number of women and their families face tremendous barriers in gaining access to health care. Although different nurses select different specialties, this does not explain why a nurse would choose women's health. Because women face tremendous barriers in addressing female issues, it is important that nurses provide political support for these issues because of their professional commitment, not because it is the politically correct action to take.