LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.
FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012
SO 4805 – HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
Date : 18-04-2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
PART A
Answer ALL the following questions in about 30 words each (10 x 2=20 marks)
- State the aims of health policy.
- What is the relationship between policy making and power?
- Who are policy makers?
- What is pluralism?
- What according to Max Weber are the three sources of authority?
- What are multinational corporations?
- What is policy agenda?
- Explain interest group and pressure group.
- What is meant by ‘globalizing the policy process’?
- Differentiate between formative evaluation and summative evaluation.
PART B
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each (5 x 8=40 marks)
- Elucidate the concepts of policy, public policy and health policy.
- ‘Health policy triangle is useful in analysis of policy’. Illustrate.
- Explain with example the different dimensions of power.
- Critically examine the central, state and local level health system in India.
- Write a brief note on globalizing the health policy process.
- Explain the important criteria for evaluating health care services.
- Bring out the practical steps advocated to reduce the ‘gap’ between research and policy.
PART C
Answer any TWO questions in about 1,200 words each. (2 x 20=40 marks)
- ‘Actors are at the centre of the health policy framework’. Who are they? How do they
influence the policy process at the local, national, regional and international level?
- Examine the role and functions of the private sector in health policy and planning.
- Define global civil society. Examine the role and functions of global civil society.
- How does research and evaluation influence policy? Compare and contrast the engineering model with enlightenment model.