LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

OL 35

SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 2807 – COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

 

 

 

Date & Time: 24/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                    Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION A

(10 × 2 = 20 Marks)

Answer ALL questions in 30 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

 

1. Name any four health problems of women.
2. State the meaning of community health.
3. Write a short note on Ayurveda system of medicine.
4. What are the symptoms of diabetes?
5. Explain the concept of rehabilitation.
6. List out the methods by which one could raise the level of health awareness.
7. How does the hospital define the role of a patient?
8. What is the place of health in the constitutional framework of India?
9. What do you understand by professionalization of medicine?
10. Does modernization necessarily mean the ‘the death of community’? Explain

 

SECTION B

(5 × 8 = 40 Marks)

Answer any FIVE questions in 300 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

 

11. Explicate the components of epidemiology.
12. Briefly discuss the state of medicine during the medieval times.
13. Highlight the therapeutic value of yoga.
14. Explain the environmental factors responsible for malarial epidemic.
15. Who is an occupational therapist? And what is his/her role in rehabilitation?
16. Explain the types of hospital in India.
17. Suggest measures to strengthen the health services for children in India?

 

SECTION C

(2 × 20 = 40 Marks)

Answer any TWO questions in 1200 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

 

18. Discuss the views of sociologists on community.
19. Bring out the types, symptoms, causative factors and treatment of leprosy.
20. Examine various methods of raising health awareness in a slum.
21. Describe and evaluate the training given to a physician in India.

 

 

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