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KUHS MBBS Community Medicine Previous Question Paper - February 2024 (303001 2010 Scheme)

303001Kerala University of Health Sciences · Community Medicine · 2024 · February · 2010 Scheme

Questions (18)

  1. 1.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: a) What type of study would you carry out b) Describe the steps in this study design c) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the selected study design d) What is the relevant measure of association and how is it calculated
    10 Marks
  2. 2.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.
    5 Marks
  3. 3.There are reports of increasing number of cases of xerophthalmia in your PHC area.
    5 Marks
  4. 4.Determinants of health
    4 Marks
  5. 5.Types of epidemics with examples for each
    4 Marks
  6. 6.List any six important air pollutants and mention their source and adverse effects on health
    4 Marks
  7. 7.Integrated Vector Control Management.
    4 Marks
  8. 8.Role and methods of early diagnosis in genetic diseases
    4 Marks
  9. 9.Differentiate between ‘Physical quality of life index’ and ‘Human development index’
    2 Marks
  10. 10.Differentiate between Panel discussion and Symposium
    2 Marks
  11. 11.Differentiate between Food fortification and Food supplementation
    2 Marks
  12. 12.Substantiate your answer with reasons for India can learn from the state of Kerala which can also be considered a yardstick for judging health status in the country
    2 Marks
  13. 13.Substantiate your answer with reasons for A proper waste management in a hospital can reduce hospital acquired infections.
    2 Marks
  14. 14.Different components of rehabilitation
    2 Marks
  15. 15.Cold chain equipment used in the universal immunization programme
    2 Marks
  16. 16.Indices of thermal comfort
    2 Marks
  17. 17.Biomedical waste items to be segregated and collected in ‘yellow’ bags
    2 Marks
  18. 18.Measures of dispersion as used in statistics
    2 Marks

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