Iph2410: Health Systems Organizations Question Paper
Iph2410: Health Systems Organizations
Course:Public Health
Institution: Meru University Of Science And Technology question papers
Exam Year:2011
1
a. State and explain the two common measures of mortality in emergencies. (4 Marks)
b. State and briefly explain any three nutrition indices used for nutrition assessment during surveys.
(9 Marks)
c. Explain the differences between mortality survey and anthropometric surveys. (5 Marks)
d. The nutrition status of children 6 – 59 months is used as a proxy indicator for the general health
and well being of a community. Explain. (4 Marks)
e. Briefly explain four sources of preliminary information for health and nutrition assessment in
emergencies. (8 Marks)
QUESTION TWO – 20 MARKS
Discuss the following emergency response programmes clearly stating the objective, target –
population and features of each:
a. Supplementary feeding programmes (8 Marks)
b. Therapeutic feeding programme (8 Marks)
c. General food distribution programme (4 Marks)
QUESTION THREE – 20 MARKS
a. Suggest five types of information that is required/collected during rapid health and nutrition
assessment. (5 Marks)
b. What do you understand by rapid assessment and what are its objectives in emergency situations.
(5 Marks)
c. Malnutrition increases the incidence of infectious diseases especially among children under five
years. Discuss five preventive measures that can be used for its mitigation in emergencies.
(10 Marks)
2
QUESTION FOUR – 20 MARKS
a. You are a manager in a lead health agency working for emergency affected population. Explain
four resource requirements that you would include in the basic plan in the event of a disease
outbreak. (6 Marks)
b. Explain four major categories of activities that an outbreak control team would use in controlling
disease outbreaks. (10 Marks)
c. What four morbidity surveillance indicators would be used in disease outbreaks? (4 Marks)
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