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Q.P. Code: 303001
2010 Scheme
Reg. no.:
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Third Professional MBBS (Part I) Degree Supplementary Examinations
February 2024
Time: 3 Hours
Community Medicine - Paper I
Total Marks: 60
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- Answer all questions to the point neatly and legibly
- Do not leave any blank pages between answers
- Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space
- Answer all parts of a single question together
- Leave sufficient space between answers
- Draw diagrams wherever necessary
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Essay: (10)
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A surgeon in a tertiary hospital has been seeing a number of cases of carcinoma of the oral mucosa. The surgeon also observed that several of the patients gave a history of chewing the leaves of a particular plant and now approaches you to help design a research study to test the association between carcinoma of the oral mucosa which is fairly rare and chewing the leaves of this plant. Answer the following:
- What type of study would you carry out
- Describe the steps in this study design
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of the selected study design
- What is the relevant measure of association and how is it calculated (2+3+3+2)
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Problems: (2x5=10)
- During an outbreak of hepatitis A it has been found that disinfection of wells is not proper. How will you give instructions to health worker for proper disinfection of wells.
- There are reports of increasing number of cases of xerophthalmia in your PHC area.
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Short answer Question: (5x4=20)
- Determinants of health
- Types of epidemics with examples for each
- List any six important air pollutants and mention their source and adverse effects on health
- Integrated Vector Control Management.
- Role and methods of early diagnosis in genetic diseases
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Differentiate between: (3x2=6)
- 'Physical quality of life index' and 'Human development index'
- Panel discussion and Symposium
- Food fortification and Food supplementation
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Substantiate your answer with reasons: (2x2=4)
- India can learn from the state of Kerala which can also be considered a yardstick for judging health status in the country
- A proper waste management in a hospital can reduce hospital acquired infections. (5x2=10)
List the following:
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- Different components of rehabilitation
- Cold chain equipment used in the universal immunization programme
- Indices of thermal comfort
- Biomedical waste items to be segregated and collected in 'yellow' bags
- Measures of dispersion as used in statistics
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