FEBRUARY 2017 Sub. Code: 1332
B.Sc. DIALYSIS TECHNOLOGY
SECOND YEAR
PAPER II COMMUNITY MEDICINE AND BASIC MEDICAL ELECTRONICS
Q.P. Code: 801332
Time: Three Hours Maximum: 100 Marks
Answer all questions
I. Elaborate on: x 10 30)
1. Describe the risk factors, prevention and control of chronic kidney disease in a
population.
2. Explain the importance, methods, content and barriers to health education
regarding chronic non communicable diseases.
3. Classify and describe the nutritional disorders affecting adults in India. Explain
the causes for two of these nutritional disorders.
II. Write notes on: x 5 40)
1. Biomedical waste segregation and disposal.
2. Disaster response.
3. Describe advantages and disadvantages of lectures as a method of health
education.
4. Describe the risk factors for stroke.
5. Water borne diseases.
6. Obesity and its complications.
7. Occupational hazards faced by health care workers.
8. Secondary prevention of diabetes.
III. Short answers on: (10 x 3 30)
1. What is primary prevention?
2. Top four risk factors for non-communicable diseases.
3. Which is the study design which is followed to test the efficacy of a new drug?
4. Name the epidemiological study design in which incidence of disease in exposed
individuals is compared to incidence in unexposed.
5. Define hypertension.
6. Name two chronic respiratory diseases.
7. List two hazards of improper disposal of biomedical wastes.
8. List two examples of diseases spread through direct contact.
9. List four disease conditions associated with unbalanced diets.
10. Name two risk factors for breast cancer.