FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2017

POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
SOCIAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
PAPER III
SPM/J/17/45/III
Time 3 hours
Max. Marks 100
Important instructions:
• Attempt all questions in order.
• Each question carries 10 marks.
• Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
• Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
• Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
• Answer all the parts of a single question together.
• Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
• Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. Interventions and approaches for Prevention and Control
of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).
WHO Global Action Plan for prevention and control of
NCDs (2013-2020).

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2. Epidemiology and prevention of oral cancers.
Prevention of lung cancer.
Cancer screening.

3. Definition of blindness in India.
Epidemiological determinants of blindness.
Prevention of blindness.

4. Dependency ratio.
Health aspects of family planning.
Enumerate fertility related indicators and explain
GFR,TFR, GRR, NRR.

5. Depo-SubQ Provera 104 (DMPA-SC 104).
Contraception and adoloscence.
New initiatives in delivery of services related to family
planning in India.
Evaluation of family planning.

6. Maternal mortality ratio (MMR).
Determinants of maternal mortality in India.
Approaches for estimating MMR.
Measures to lower maternal mortality.

7. Child trafficking.
Health problems of the under five children in India.
Delivery of services under Integrated Child Development
Services (ICDS).

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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2017

POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
SOCIAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
PAPER III
8. Dietary goals (Prudent diet).
Types of Under-nutrition.
Assessment of nutritional status.

9. Enumerate occupation health problems.
Occupational hazards faced by industrial workers.
Provisions of Factories Act.

10. Early diagnosis of genetic disorders.
Genetic counsellor.
PC&PNDT Act.