LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034  M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY

AO 17

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

        SO 1805 – SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH

(Also equivalent to SO  1802)

 

 

Date & Time : 31-10-2006/1.00-4.00           Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

 

PART –A

Answer ALL questions in about 30 words each                          (10×2=20 Marks)

1. What is the definition of Health according to WHO?

1. Write a short note on gender and health?
2. Mention any two causes of AIDS.
3. What is meant by sick role?
4. Define Epidemiology.
5. Give any three models of health care delivery?
6. What are the two major types of social stress?
7. Name any four factors which are responsible for the growth of hospital industry.
8. Mention four health problems related to Indian women.
9. What do you understand by community health centre?

 

PART – B

Answer any five questions in about 300 words each                     (5×8=40 marks)

11.Discuss the present status of medical sociology.

12.Explain the professional model of health care delivery.

13. Critically analyse Parson’s sick role theory.
14. Explain illness as lived experience.
15. Write a note on the features of modern hospital.
16. What do you mean by vector-borne diseases? Provide examples.
17. Briefly discuss the health services available to children in India.

 

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each                (2×20=40 marks)

18.Discuss about the social and psychological factors in Health and illness with examples.

19. Describe the biomedical model of Health.

1. Discuss about the development of folk medicine in western societies with an ethnographic example.
2. Examine the development of modern medicine in 17^th and 18^th century.

 

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