Download KUHS MBBS 3rd Year 2017 July 303001 Community Medicine Paper I Question Paper

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Third Professional MBBS (Part I) Degree Supplementary Examinations August 2017

Community Medicine-Paper I

Time: 3 Hours Total Marks: 60

• Answer all questions

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• Draw diagrams wherever necessary

Essay: (10)

1. Dr. Meera is a medical officer in a primary health centre. Dengue is rampant in the region. A patient brings her a strip of capsules given to him by a local health practitioner who claims that a course of this medication will prevent thrombocytopenia. Dr. Meera decides to test the medication. Answer the following:
   • What type of study design she should use and why
   • Describe in brief the steps of the study
   • How will she analyze the data that she has gathered

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Problems: (2+4+4=10)

2. As a medical officer of an urban health centre what are the steps that you will take to investigate the outbreak of gastroenteritis in an under-privileged area in the area.
3. A 21 years old tribal woman presents to you in the 34th week of her pregnancy with a hemoglobin level of 6gm/dL. How will you handle this case.

Short answer Question: (5x4=20)

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4. Genetic counselling
5. Fly control measures
6. Medical termination of pregnancy Act
7. Health hazards of health-care waste
8. Barriers of communication

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Differentiate between: (3x2=6)

9. General fertility rate and total fertility rate
10. Trans-ovarian and trans-stadial transmission of diseases

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11. Quality-adjusted life years (QALY) and disability-adjusted life years (DALY)

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Substantiate your answer with reasons: (2x2=4)

12. Insecticide treated bed nets are the most effective method of protection against mosquitoes.
13. It is the responsibility of the family to socialize the “stream of new-born barbarians”.

List the following: (5x2=10)

14. Steps in a cohort study

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15. Health promotion methods
16. Methods of natural family planning
17. Benefits under the Employees' State Insurance Scheme
18. Sampling methods

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