Q.P. Code: 303001 Reg.no . .: ...................
Third Professional MBBS (part I) Degree Examinations, February 2015
Community Medicine-Paper I
Time: 3 Hours Total Marks: 60
- Answer all questions
- Draw diagrams wherever necessary
Essay (10 )
1. 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)
Problems: (2x5=10)
2. 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
3. Plan a diet for a 30 years old pregnant lady from the lower socio—economic status in urban slum.
Short answer Question: (5x4=20)
4. Hazards of agricultural workers
5. Iceberg phenomenon of disease
6. Approaches to health education
7. Couple protection rate
8. Measures of dispersion
Differentiate between: (3x2=6)
9. Prospective and retrospective genetic counseling
10.Anopheles and aedes mosquito
11.Active and passive immunization
Substantiate your answer with reasons: (2x2=4)
12.Social classification based on occupations has limitations
13.The “Germ theory of disease" takes a one sided view on causation
List the following: (5x2=10)
14. Certifying surgeon
15.Components of an epidemiological hypothesis
16. Criteria for judging "Causality"
17. Indicators of "health"
18. Steps of a cohort study
