Public Health

The Tridosha theory in Indian medicine consists of which three elements?

• • Blood, bile, phlegm

• • Wind, gall, mucus

• • Air, water, fire

• • Phlegm, bile, wind

According to Winslow, public health is primarily concerned with:

• • Individual medical care

• • Preventing disease and prolonging life through community efforts

• • Treating diseases in hospitals

• • Mental health promotion alone

In the biomedical concept of health, health is defined as:

• • Absence of disease

• • Harmony with the environment

• • Social and economic productivity

• • The ability to adapt to stress

The ecological concept of health is based on:

• • Biological factors alone

• • Psychological well-being

• • The balance between humans and their environment

• • The absence of physical illness

Which of the following is a key principle of primary health care as per the Alma-Ata declaration?

• • Exclusive use of hospital services

• • Curative services for all

• • Advanced technological interventions

• • Equitable distribution of health services

The epidemiological triad model includes which three components?

• • Agent, host, environment

• • Disease, immunity, prevention

• • Prevention, causation, agent

• • Diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation

The concept of causation known as the "Web of Causation" is most applicable in which type of diseases?

• • Infectious diseases

• • Chronic diseases

• • Hereditary diseases

• • Acute diseases

The aim of primary prevention is to:

• • Detect diseases early

• • Prevent the onset of diseases

• • Provide rehabilitation

• • Limit the effects of diseases already present

The social concept of health emphasizes:

• • Disease control only

• • Psychological interventions

• • Individual immune strength

• • Economic and social conditions as determinants of health

Which of the following is not an element of primary health care?

• • Maternal and child health care

• • Promotion of food supply and proper nutrition

• • Specific disease eradication

• • Immunization against infectious diseases