Essay:
1)Explain the diff dimensions of health with suitable illustrations.list the various indicators of
measuringmobidity in a community & in a hospital(may’16).
2)Define natural history of disease.explain with eg the various measures that may b taken up in
the pre-pathogenesis phase for disease control.(nov’12)
Short notes:
1. Levels of prevention(nov’14,15,mar’10).
2. Epidemiological triad(nov’15,nov’07).
3. Health promotion using eg(may’13).
4. Draw the web of causation for low birth weight.how this concept is used in controlling
the disease.(may’12)
5. 2 laws related to public health.(nov’11)
6. What is community diagnosis(may’11).
7. Iceberg phenomenon of disease(nov’10, nov’09).
8. Various modes of intervention(may’10, nov’08).
9. Physical quality of life index(may’10).
10. Epidemiological triad(may’10).
11. Diff b/w elimination &eradication(may’09).
12. Disability,handicap, impairment(nov’09).
13. Multifactorial causation of disease(nov’08).
14. Human developmental index(nov’08).
15. Self care in health(nov’07).
Principles of epidemiology
Short notes:
1.With an eg explain the concept of epidemiological triad.(nov’10).
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2.A new combination of drugs is reported to be effective in control of diabetes . to verify this
a)what type of study wil you use. B)what selection criteria will you use. c)what measures
you will use to reduce bias. d)list factors you ll assess at the beginning of the
study.(nov’10)
3.Explain the role of migration studies in epidemiological studies.(nov’10)
4.Advantage &disadvantage of case control &cohort study(may’10, ’09).
5.Carrier(may’10)
6.Cold chain(may’10).
7.Write down the schedule dose &route of administraton of the following vaccines under
national programme on immunization a)DPT b)measles c)BCG.(may’10).
8.What is serial interval?expalin the epidemiological significance of serial interval.(may09)
9.Elements of cohort study?2 egs of famous cohort study.(may09)
10. Diff b/w epizootic &enzootic.(may09).
11. Survival rate(nov09).
12. Bias in case control study(nov09)
13. Bindings in RCT(nov08).
14. temporal association in epidemiology(nov08)
15. attributable and relative risk(may09, 16).
16. Reservoir of infection ?&its control(nov15)
17. Steps in doing a case control study
18. Application of incubation period(nov14)
19. Definition &any 3 uses of proportional mortality rate(may13)
20. Epidemic curve(may13)
21. Incidence(N12)
22. Diff b/w case control& cohort(N12)
23. Bias(N12)
24. In a study 70 thromboembolic disease &164 non-thromboembolic disease patients were
interviewd for use of ocp’s. the following table summarizes the data of the study.
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Yes no
no 4 54
total 70 164
Essay:
1.A study to investigate the hypothesis of the higher maternal age was responsible for occurance
of congenital defects. The observation is
case controls
Maternal age Yes 73 25
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2.Describe the different steps to be followed in case control study to establish association
between smoking and lung cancer(nov08)
3.Explain the cause and effect relationship association in epidemiology.list the criteria
recommended by Bradford hill to assess the causal relationship.(may16).
4.list 2 use of studying epidemiology.describe 2 charecteristics of descriptive studies and explain
epidemiological distribution according to time, place and person.
5.the following are the results of a study by a research foundation to find relationship between
lung cancer and cigarette smoking.
no 55 93
Screening of disease
Essay:
Define screening.what are the different factors that influence the repeatability of screening test.
How can they be minimizes. Explain what ll happen to sensitivity and specificity of a test that
yields quantitative results if the cut off value is increased.(nov12)
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Sh notes:
1. Sensitivity and specificity(nov14).
2. False positive bring discreet to screening programme.discuss.(m12).
3. Importance of load time in screening for disease.(m10, nov11)
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s.notes:
1) MDRTB(m16)
2) Vaccination strategy in the prevention of Japanese encephalitis(m16)
3) Pulse polio immunization(n15)
4) Control; of neonatal tetanus(n15).
5) Prevention of hep B(n14)
6) Planning for education the population of a subcentre for control of rabies.(n14).
7) Surveillance in malaria(m13)
8) Syndromic approach to control STDs(m13).
9) Tertiary prevention in leprosy(n11)
10) Explain indices now used to measure malaria problems in community(n11)
11) Agricultural and live stock farmers at risk of acquiring leptospirosis(n11)
12) Lymphatic filariasis is an urban problem.mention the control measures.(n11)
13) Significance of rule of halves in epidemiology(m11)
14) Describe the epidemiological impact of HIV and TB coinfection.(m11)
15) Write the treatement schedule fot the folloeing diseases prescribed in national programme
A)category 1 TB patients B)paucibacillary leprosy in adult C)presumptive treatement for
p.vivax.(n10).
16) Different methods of transmission of arthropod born diseases(m09)
17) Classification of acute respiratory infections(m09)
18) Role of DOT agent under RNTCP programme.(m09)
19) Clinical features and control of leptospirosis.(n08, m09)
20) Rehabilitation of leprosy(m09)
21) Syndromic management of STD(N09)
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s.notes:
1. danger signals of cancer(m16)
2. rule of halves in hypertension
3. primary prevention and control of CAD(n15, 12,n09,m07)
4. avodable blindness(m13, n15)
5. screening for CA breast(n14)
6. primordial prevention of CAD
7. risk factors for HTN(m13)
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Essay:
Short notes:
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8.ICDS(m05).
Short notes:
2.Sex ratio(n15,m09,16)
3.OCPs(n15)
5.Eligible couple(n07,m13)
9.What do u understand by the term vital statistics? Explain how birth nd death registration is
carried out in India.(m09)
10.What is demography? What are the process which bring about change in the population?
16. Condom
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Essay:
1.Define perinatal mortality rate. Various causes of perinatal mortality in India and the measures
to reduce the rate (m16)
2.List the indicators of maternal and child health. Causes of maternal mortality in India?
Measures to control maternal mortality in India. (n15)
3.Aims of good intranatal care ? Measures taken to prevent neonatal tetanus. List the danger
signal during the intranatal period. Role of first referral units in intranatal care(n14)
4.List the indicators of maternal nd child health care. Causes of maternal mortality nd it's
prevention(n12)
Objectives of antenatal care. Care to be provided for an antenatal mother at 1st antenatal visits at
16 weeks of regnancy? Risk factors which may be picked up at this stage (n11)
Short notes:
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13.Discuss the various causes of infant mortality. How Ll u reduce the infant mortality in an
area(m07,n10)
15.Objectives of antenatal care and various antenatal services provided to pregnant women(m10)
16.Rooming in
17.APGAR score
May 09
21.Why infant mortality rate is considered as most sensitive health and socio economic
indicators.
22.Define perinatal mortality ratio. What is the perinatal mortality ratio in India.
Nov09
27.What is national health policy 2002 goal for maternal mortality rate. Measures adopted to
achieve this.(n08)
Nov 07
29.Preventive paediatrics
30.Under 5 clinics
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Nov 06
35.Juvenile deliquency
40.Geriatric problem
Essay:
1.The medical officer of PHC wishes to assess the nutritional status of children under 5 yrs of
age in a area.
A) what are the methods that he can use to assess the nutritional status.
2.List the common nutritional problems in India. Causes, clinical manifestations nd control of
vit-a deficiency in India.(m13)
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Short notes:
2.Growth chart.
3.Diet for a 28 yr old sedentary women with a 2 months old breast feeding baby.(n15)
6.Endemic fluorosis(m13)
10.Reasons for nutritional anemia in under 5 children in India. Intervention to prevent anemia.
May 11
Sn:
May 2009
1.explain socio economic cultural factors on the nutritional status of the children
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2. How bottle feeding & commercial weaning foods causes protein engery malnutrition & how to
prevent it
Nov 2009
Nov 2008
Nov 2007
Nov 2006
SN
MAY-2013
2.types of families
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9.Community
10. Acculturation (M-10)
11.Social stratification
12. Cultural practices in disease occurrence
MAY-2010
13.Socialization
14. Standard of living
NOV-2009
15. Joint family
16.Problem family
17.Role of medical social worker (N-8)
18.social insurance(n-8)
19. Diff b/w social science & income(n-6)
SN
MAY-2016
1.air pollutants
2.health hazards of noise pollution(M-9)
NOV-2014
3. residual chlorine
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SN
3. Triage (n-10)
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
SN
N-15
3. Byssinosis (n-10)
N-14
4. Causes of bagasossis
N-12
N-11
8. Scheme & benefits for 30yr old mill worker covered under ESI who lost his job because
of closure of mill
N-10
11. Ergonomics
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13. Bagasossis
M-10
N_9
M-9
N-7
M-7
SN
MENTAL HEALTH
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essay- the number of measles cases reported from an area from the year 2006-2010 are
70,72,68,74 &91 respectively. Using the above INFORMATION answer the following questions
b) can you conclude thatta an epidemic of measles has occured in the year 2010
SN
4. Mode (May-2013)
8. Census (May-2010)
ESSAY –
1)describe the different methods that can be used in health communication. Select 1
method giving reasons for explaining how oral rehydration solution should be used (May-2013)
2) You have been asked to give a health talk on personal hygiene to primary school
children. (May-2009)
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SN
3. Explain the characteristics of message necessary for effective health communication (N-
12)
SN
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INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
SN
SN
N-12
M-11
8. Appropriate technology
DOUBT
ESSAY
1. 500 babies born in PHC were followed up to ascertain their nutritional status. Weaning was
started after 7mnths in 200 babies. Malnutrition among those weaned at 6mths-20. Malnutrition
among those weaned aftr 7mnths -30
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a) what type of study is this? b) calculate possible risk indicators C) explain the importance
of timely Weaning based on above findings (m-13)
2. You are sheduled to give a health talk on primary prevention of dm to secondary high school
students
a) how will you plan b) state the method you would choose & give reasons C) what measure
you would adopt to ensure that your talk is effective(m-12)
a) how will you plan b) state the method you would choose & give reasons C) measures to
adopt to ensure that your talk is effective (m-11)
a) socio cultral factors related to Anemia in india b) name 2 important message you would
communicate to the population to control this problem.give reason C) what educational methods
would you choose to communicate your message. Give reasons d) how will you motivate the
population to adopt healthy habits (n-10)
SN
N-12
8. AEFI
N-8
11. Symposium
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N-7
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