community medicine 9 Flashcards
The ability to correctly detect all those who have the disease
(TRUE +VE)
SENSITIVITY
The ability of a test to detect those who do not have the disease.
(TRUE -ve)
SPECIFICITY
ACCURECY OF A TEST TO MEASURE WHAT IT SUPPOSED TO MEASURE
VALIDITY
IMR of India 2021 is approximately
29
the denominator in calculating IMR is
number of live births in the year
most important indicator of health status of a community is
IMR
Important Most indicatoR
infant mortality
1) death in infants contribute to 10.9 % of total death in India
2) about 67.6% of infant death occur in first month of birth
NPHCE is concerned with
NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE OF ELDERLY
NPCDCS is focusing on
NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF CANCER,DIABETICS,
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, AND STROKE
societal dependency ratio is
the ratio of combined age group 0-14 plus 65 and above to 15-64 age group
YOUNG AGE DEPENDENCY 0-14
OLD AGE DEPENDENCY 65 & ABOVE
mode of a group of data
MOST RECURRING OBSERVATION
MEDIAN IS MIDPOINT OF OBSERVATION
MEAN IS THE AVERAGE
ALL COCCI ARE GRAM POSITIVE WITH EXCEPTION OF
MENINGO COCCI
GONO COCCI
Vitamin deficiency
Thiamin-beriberi,Werneck’s encephalopathy.
Vit.A-night blindness, Bitot’s spot,Keratomalacia
Ricketts in children and Vit.D-Osteomalacia in adult
Vit.K-Blood clotting-Bleeding
slides for malarial diagnosis
1) thin smear is for identifying the species of plasmodium
2) thick smear is to find out presence of plasmodium, as number of parasites in a thick smear is more than thin smear
hepatitis B is transmitted through
blood and blood products
sexual contact
mother to child
disease is eliminated from India
polio and dracunculosis
But not eradicated from globe
Only human disease eliminated from globe is
Small pox
maize protein is deficient in
tryptophan and lysine
rice
richer in lysin than other cereal protein
devoid of Vit.A,Vit.C and Vit.D
contain 6-9% protein
source of Vit.B especially thiamine
Protein content of Wheat
9-16 %
application of disinfective measures as soon as possible after the discharge of infectious materials from the body of an infected person’ is known as
current disinfection
a property of an ideal disinfectant
a broad antibacterial spectrum. Fast acting, Non-toxic (to patient/user) Residual effect Easy to use and cheap Odorless (or pleasant odor) Environment friendly Should not damage surfaces Soluble in water and stable
relationship among
incidence,
prevalence, and
mean duration of illness,
Prevalence= incidence × mean duration
in ILR, vaccine is stored in the
OPV is stored in lower part
DPT, TT in the upper part
DPT ,TT ARE FREZEE SENSITIVE VACCINES
causative agent of whooping cough in most of the cases
Bordetella pertussis
emporiatric
science of health of travellers
essential amino acids
PVT TIM HaLL.
(1) Phenylalanine
(2) Valine
(3) Tryptophan
(4) Threonine,
(5) Isoleucine
(6) Methionine
(7) Histidine
(8) Leucine
(9) lysine
Moderna and Pfizer covid vaccine are
mRNA vaccine
plague,
Yersinia pestis is the causative agent, a bacterium
xenopsylla cheopis or oriental rat flee is the vector
Open vial policy applies to
(1) DPT
(2) TT
(3) OPV
(4) Hepatitis B
(5) pentavalent liquid
(6) PCV
(7) injectable IPV
Open vial policy does not apply to
mm bjr
(a) Measles
(b) MR
(c) BCG
(d) JE
(e) Rota virus
caused by inhalation cotton fiber dust over long period
byssinosis
the occupational disease caused by inhalation of sugarcane dust is called
bagassosis
NVBDCP
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme
National Filaria Day
11 November
National Dengue Day
16th May
