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Kmtc/Qp-08/Tis-Final Qualifying Examination: Public Health Practice Question Paper
Kmtc/Qp-08/Tis-Final Qualifying Examination: Public Health Practice
Course:Diploma In Environmental Health Sciences
Institution: Kenya Medical Training College question papers
Exam Year:2017
KENYA MEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGE
(Established under KMTC Act 1990)
FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES
P.O BOX 30195
NAIROBI.
FINAL QUALIFYING EXAMINATION FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES.
PAPER V: PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE
DATE: 23RD/JUNE/ 2017
TIME: 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
1. You are allowed three hours to complete this paper.
2. Answer all the six(6)questions.
3. Answer each question on a new page.
4. Write your examination number on each answer booklet you use.
5. Borrowing or lending is not allowed during examination.
6. Mobile phone or other ICT gadgets are not allowed in the examination room.
QUESTION1: MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
A. Working together enables everyone to achieve more. As a team leader in a facility, describe any five(5) characteristics a successful team. (10mks)
B. Record keeping is one of the key functions for effective management. Highlight the importance of record keeping. (10mks)
QUESTION2: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
A. As a Public Health Officer in your area of jurisdiction, your attempts to bring meaningful changes have been hindered by psycho-social factors. Describe any five (5)of these factors. (10mks)
B. Explain five (5)roles of Behavior Change Communications(BCC) in HIV/AIDS. (10mks)
QUESTION3: MICROBIOLOGY
A. Enumerate the five microbial groups that are of concern to the public health practitioner. (5mks)
B. State one public health significance of each of the microbial groups in (A) above. (5mks)
C. With an aid of a diagram, illustrate the five microbial growth phases. (10mks)
QUESTION4: PUBLIC HEALTH LAW
A. In law enforcement, Public Health Officer takes into cognizance the protection by the law of the accused. Describe any ten of these facts. (10mks)
B. With the current constitutional arrangement, many public health officers fear taking their cases to court. give ten reasons for the above scenario. (10mks)
QUESTION5: PORT HEALTH
A. As Port Health Officer, describe duties you will be involved in to safeguard against the threat to health of passengers, crew and workers. (10mks)
B. Reports from airborne vessel indicate that their are human remains. Outline how you will handle the situation. (10mks)
QUESTION6: STATISTICS
A. The following figures show the arm circumstances in mm of children aged between 12-59 months in a health center.
184 147 137 133 125 116 98 138
171 143 137 131 123 115 172 140
163 143 135 136 125 112 175 161
162 141 134 128 121 99 180 152
150 139 134 127 119 131 96 141
i. Construct a grouped frequency distribution table taking 10 as the class width, 95 as lower class limit of the lowest class and class intervals without gaps (4mks)
ii. Calculate the Mean arm circumference (4mks)
iii. Calculate the Median arm circumference (4mks)
vi. Calculate the model arm circumference (4mks)
v. Calculate the standard deviation from the mean arm circumference (4mks)
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