CHP521S - COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION - 2ND OPP - JANUARY 2025


CHP521S - COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION - 2ND OPP - JANUARY 2025



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nAm I BIA ·unlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE AnDTECHnOLOGY
FacultyofHealthN, atural
ResourceasndApplied
Sciences
Schoolof HealthSciences
DepartmentofPreventative
HealthSciences
13JacksonKaujeuaStreet
Private Bag13388
Windhoek
NAMIBIA
T: +264612072970
F: +264612079970
E: dphs@nust.na
W: www.nust.na
QUALIFICATION : BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, HUMAN
NUTRITION AND HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION CODE: 08BOHS,07BSHM AND 08BOHN
LEVEL:5
COURSE:COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION
COURSECODE: CHP521S
DATE: JANUARY 2025
SESSION: 1
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
SUPPLEMENTARY/SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION: QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER:
MR JOSHUA HIDINWA
MODERATOR:
INSTRUCTIONS:
DR LARAI AKU-AKAI
1. Answer all questions on the separate answer sheet.
2. Please write neatly and legibly.
3. Do not use the left side margin of the exam paper. This must be allowed for the
examiner.
4. No books, notes and other additional aids are allowed.
5. Mark all answers clearly with their respective question numbers.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS:
1. None
ATTACHMENTS:
1. None
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SECTION A
QUESTION 1
Choose the correct answer.
1.1 The message should be:
A. obvious, to the point, correct, suitable, significant, untimely.
B. understandable, short, precise, inappropriate, unrelated and long.
C. clear, concise, accurate, appropriate, relevant and timely.
D. to the point, correct, suitable, significant, untimely.
E. appropriate, relevant and timely.
[30 MARKS]
[10 MARKS]
[1]
1.2 Communication can be defined simply as a process of sending a message from:
[1]
A. the Sender to the receiver and the receiver responding to the message.
B. Communicator, receiver, communicator to the receiver.
C. the sender of receiver, sender, receiver and responder to the message.
D. The responder replies according to the message.
E. The two-way communication by two people.
1.3 The below are some of the communication components, namely:
[1]
A. The receiver, sender/transmitter/source, the message/information/feedback.
B. The message/ environment, channel/medium, the receiver/person.
C. The response/feedback, the situation/environment/condition/atmosphere
D. The sender and receiver/transmitter/source, the message/information.
E. The channel/medium, source/ the receiver/person receiving the message
1.4 Which one of the following is not a health facility:
[1]
A. Hospitals
B. Home, School, Mobile clinics
C. Clinics
D. Community clinic
E. School health
1.5 One of the main functions of Primary Health Care is to reduce the morbidity
amongst children that is caused by the six target diseases includes;
[1]
A. Measles, Tetanus, Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Scabies.
B. Measles, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Whooping cough, Polio, Diphtheria.
C. Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough, Smallpox, Chicken Pox, Bilharzia.
D. Polio, Diphtheria, Jaundice, Cholera, Diarrhea, Pneumonia.
E. Polio, Tuberculosis, Jaundice, Cholera, Diarrhea, Pneumonia.
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1.6 Primary Health Care consists of:
[1]
A. Simple and effective measures in terms of costs, techniques and organization
which are easily accessible to the people requiring relief from pain and suffering.
B. Simple and effective measures with techniques and health organization which
are easily accessible to the people requiring relief from pain and suffering.
C. Simple and effective measures in human capacity as well as resources, which are
easily accessible to the people requiring relief from pain and suffering.
D. Simple methods measure in human capacity as well as resources, which are
easily accessible to the people requiring relief from pain and suffering.
E. Simple and effective measures in human capacity as well as resources, which are
easily accessible to the people requiring relief from pain and suffering.
1.7 The following is an example of Primary Health Care concept:
[1]
A. Made universally accessible to individuals and families.
B. Made universally appropriate to individuals and families.
C. Made universally acceptable to individuals and families.
D. Made universally available to individuals and families.
E. Made universally availability to individuals and families.
1.8 Primary prevention can be provided by a combination mainly of:
[1]
A. People activities and the environment in which they live.
B. The environment in which they live.
C. Aimed at health care, people and the environment in which they live.
D. Keeping in mind that people can make their own choices.
E. Aimed at people and the environment in which they live.
1.9 The role of Environmental Health Practitioners in Primary Health Care includes:
[1]
A. Give health education on good medical distribution to prevent diseases.
B. Give health education on health issues like communication of diarrheal diseases.
C. Give health education on health issues like personal hygiene, good housekeeping
to prevent diarrheal diseases.
D. Education on prevent diarrheal diseases and health issues like personal hygiene.
E. Give health education on personal hygiene health issues for diarrheal diseases.
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1.10 Which of the following statements does not include the role of Environmental
Health Practitioners:
[1]
A. Prevent pollution to minimise respiratory problems.
B. Prevent water pollution to avoid water related diseases.
C. Prevention and control of locally endemic disease.
D. Prevention of water, pollution of related diseases.
E. Prevent water pollution in order to avoid water related diseases.
QUESTION 2
[10 MARKS]
Match the statement in column A to the corresponding concept(s) in column B.
COLUMN A
2.1. Self-reliance.
2.2 Outbreak of
Diseases.
2.3. Poor health status.
2.4. Factors harming
Health.
2.5. Human behaviour.
2.6. The quality of life.
2.7. The kind of advice.
2.8. Drawings and
1llustrations.
2.9. Health education.
2.10 Objectives of
health education.
COLUMN B
A. Disease or ill health is often due to poor.
Marks
[1]
B. Transforming its attitude from being passive to being of
[1]
an active factor.
C. Use additional learning material.
[1]
D. Simplicity is the key to successful.
[1]
E. A health worker should be able to provide.
[1]
F. Health education should be participatory and aimed at
[1]
encouraging
G. To promote health and to prevent.
[1]
H. Disease, infirmity or disability is among the major factors
[1]
that contribute.
I. It assists people to understand themselves heath status,
[1]
recognize.
J. To promote health and increase.
[1]
K. Number of norms that define how an individual occupying
[1]
a particular status is expected to act.
L. The family exercises a great deal of control on social and
[1]
sexual behavior of the adult and the child.
QUESTION 3
[10 MARKS]
3. Indicate if the following statements are True or False.
3.1 No development of human beings can take place without an acceptable level of health. [1]
3.2 People should be involved in activities they feel are worthwhile.
[1]
3.3 Individuals in the communities do not need to be empowered in order to develop.
[1]
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3.4. The community makes plans to improve certain identified prioritized needs.
[1]
3.5. Empowerment and capacity building imply that community members actively
participate in these processes.
[1]
3.6. A community who is in a poor state of health will be described as developed in the
true sense of the word.
[1]
3.7. Health education is not based on the prevailing health problems.
[1]
3.8. People are being developed when they are herded like animals into new ventures.
[1]
3..9. Simplicity is the key to successful health education.
[1]
3.10. A community does not have to assesstheir own needs
[1]
SECTION B
[30 MARKS]
QUESTION 4
[10 MARKS]
4.1 Describe the concept of Primary Health Care according to Alma Ata Conference's
definition.
[10]
QUESTION 5
[20 MARKS]
5.1 Discussthe basic principles of Community Development.
[10]
5.2 Outline the role of the Health Care Professionals in developing the community.
[10]
SECTION C
QUESTION 6
6.1 Review the basic principles of community development.
[40 MARKS]
[20 MARKS]
[10]
6.2 Elaborate on the Non- directive Approach of Community Development.
[10]
QUESTION 7
7.1 Classify constraints of principles of Community Health in matching
with Community Development.
7.2 Explain the key steps you would follow in planning your presentation to
communicates health message at NUST.
[20 MARKS]
[10]
[10]
Good Luck!!
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