FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2018

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.
SOCIAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
PAPER-III
SPM/J/18/45/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. Cancer screening
Epidemiology of oral cancer
5+5
2. Screening for diabetes.
Prevention and care in diabetes.
Classification of adults according to Body Mass Index.

3. Prevention of blindness.
Prevention of Road Traffic Accidents.
Risk factors for Burns.

4. Enumerate sources of Health Information.
Describe registration of vital events.
National Samples Survey Organization.

5. Describe 'Time Distribution' and its uses in descriptive
epidemiology, with suitable examples.
Preventive Trials.
Causal association.

6. Concept and uses of surveillance in Public Health.
Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR).
6+4
7. Relative Risk, Attributable Risk and Population Attributable
Risk, with suitable example.
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point System (HACCP).
Correlation and Regression.

8. Concept of Standard Normal Distribution and its relation to
the various tests of significance.
Concept of Lead time in Screening.
Evaluation of Screening Programmes.

9. Causes and Social Correlates of Maternal Mortality in India.
Global Strategy for Women, Children and Adolescent Health,
2016-2030.
Histogram.

P.T.O.
FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2018

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.
10. Human Gene Map and Gene Sequencing.
Sample size calculation in a cross sectional study.
Matching in Epidemiological studies.