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 II
SPM/J/17/45/II
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. Family cycle.
Role of family in health and disease.
Importance of cultural factors in health and disease.

2. Define operational research.
Phases of opertational research.
Explain the role of operational research in Health Services
with example.

3. Gross national income.
Global hunger index
Purchasing power parity.
Hidden hunger

4. Channels of communication
Social Interaction Model of Health Education.
Regulatory approach to Health Education.

5. Purification of water on a large scale.
Colleciton and transport of a sample of water for
bacteriological examination.
5+5
6. Health, social and economic effects of air pollution.
Prevention and control of air pollution.
Control measures for noise.

7. Methods of disposal of solid wastes.
Sanitation barrier.
Septic tank.

P.T.O.
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 II
8. Transmission of arthropod borne diseases.
Integrated vector management.
Flea indices.
Anti-rodent measures.

9. Health hazards of health care wastes.
Explain various treatment and disposal techniques for
Biomedical Waste.
2+8
10. World Health Day 2017.
Components of National Mental Health Program.
Critical evaluation of National Mental Health Program.