Concept of Health & Disease

Note!

Questions in bold, like this, are the latest CBME curriculum based questions, i.e., 2019 and after.

Questions from 2018 and older, are in regular font like this, not bold.

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Essays

1. Health– 🏡
   • Definition
   • Dimensions
   • Determinants
   • Role of Cultural Factors
2. Describe the natural history of disease taking tuberculosis as example./Natural History of Disease 🏡 🏡
   • Levels of Prevention with suitable example 🏡 🏡
   • Modes of Intervention with suitable example🏡 🏡
3. Natural History of Disease with example
4. Natural History of Disease- 🏡🏡
   • What is it? Describe. 🏡
   • Different levels of prevention 🏡 🏡 🏡🏡 🏡
   • Apply each level of prevention to the prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
   • Apply each level of prevention to the prevention of Tuberculosis
   • Modes of Intervention with suitable example 🏡🏡 🏡
5. Chain of Disease Transmission-
   • Explain
   • Describe briefly the general control measures of communicable diseases against each of the links in disease transmission.
6. Health- 🏡 🏡 🏡 🏡
   • Define 🏡 🏡
   • Indicators 🏡 🏡 🏡
   • Social and Spiritual dimensions 🏡 🏡
   • Role of Cultural Factors 🏡
7. Chronic disease-
   • Definition
   • List gaps in natural history of chronic diseases

Short Notes

1. Health- 🏡
   • Definition 🏡
   • Limitations in the definition of healthDeterminants – enumerate and describe any 3 with example
   • Role of family
2. Human Development Index (HDI)
3. Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) 🏡
4. Health promotion measures with examples
5. International Classification of Diseases 🏡
   • Explain
   • Important aspects.
6. Lifestyle factors / Behavioural and Sociocultural conditions  affecting health
7. Levels of Prevention with example🏡 🏡
8. How is information, education and communication used in health promotion?
9. Web of causation
10. Describe the natural history of disease and illustrate with examples
11. Changing concepts in public health
12. Morbidity Indicators
13. Germ Theory of disease
14. Germ Theory of disease
15. Health- 🏡
    • WHO definition 🏡
    • Limitations of definition
    • Lifestyle factors
    • Role of Cultural Factors
    • Indicators
16. Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) 🏡 🏡
17. Web of Causation
18. Concept of Disease Causation
19. Primordial Prevention
20. Disability Rates
21. Mortality Indicators
22. Levels of Prevention 🏡