Q.
Third Professional MBBS (Part I) Degree Examinations, February 2015
Community Medicine-Paper I
Time: 3 Hours
Total Marks: 60
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Essay:
- Answer all questions
- Draw diagrams wherever necessary
(10)
- 10 students residing in your medical college hostel have been admitted to the hospital in the last 4 days with Jaundice. Answer the following:
- Is it an “epidemic”. Mention its reasons in support your answer
- How will you investigate the above.
- State the likely aetiological factors for the above occurrence with reasons
- List the preventive measures you will take, to prevent further occurrences (2+4+2+2=10)
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Problems:
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(2x5=10)
- As a medical officer of PHC, what are the strategies you will plan to prevent and control iron deficiency anaemia in children in your area
- Plan a diet for a 30 years old pregnant lady from the lower socio-economic status in an urban slum.
Short answer Question:
(5x4=20)
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- Hazards of agricultural workers
- Iceberg phenomenon of disease
- Approaches to health education
- Couple protection rate
- Measures of dispersion
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Differentiate between:
(3x2=6)
- Prospective and retrospective genetic counseling
- Anopheles and aedes mosquito
- Active and passive immunization
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Substantiate your answer with reasons:
(2x2=4)
- Social classification based on occupations has limitations
- The "Germ theory of disease” takes a one sided view on causation
List the following:
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(5x2=10)
- Types of Screening
- Components of an epidemiological hypothesis
- Criteria for judging “causality”
- Indicators of "health"
- Steps of a cohort study
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