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 I
SPM/J/17/45/I
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. Define health.
What are the characteristics of an ideal health indicator?
Explain various health indicators with examples.

2. How will you plan and conduct a cohort study, using an
illustrative example.
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3. Define ecological studies.
Explain assessment of short term fluctuations in disease
occurrence using descriptive epidemiology.
Explain 'spot map' and its uses with suitable examples.

4. Enumerate steps in planning and conduct of an
intervention trial in a hospital.
Explain various types of non-intervention trials with
examples.
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5. Enumerate and classify various types of cold chain
equipment used in UIP.
What is ILR and its role in cold chain?
Enumerate steps in investigation of adverse events
following an immunization campaign.

6. Clinical features of dengue.
Reporting of dengue under Integrated Disease
Surveillance Program.
Integrated Vector Control.

7. Types of Drug Resistance in tuberculosis.
Causes of drug resistance in tuberculosis.
Principles and components of 'End TB strategy'.

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 I
8. Active intervention measures for prevention and control of
malaria.
Treatment failure in malaria.
Treatment of mixed infectious malaria (vivax and
falciparum) in states other than NE states of India.

9. Define hospital acquired infections.
Sources and routes of spread of hospital acquired
infections.
What preventive measures will you implement in a hospital
for prevention and control of hospital acquired infections?

10. List the types of diarrheal diseases.
Epidemiology of diarrheal diseases in India.
Strategies for prevention and control of cholera.