NND-3125-MEDICAL-SOCIOLOGY-AND-ANTHROPOLOGY

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MERU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

P.O. Box 972-60200 – Meru-Kenya


Tel: +254(0) 799 529 958, +254(0) 799 529 959, + 254 (0) 712 524 293,
Website: info@must.ac.ke Email: info@must.ac.ke

University Examinations 2017/2018

FIRST YEAR SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE


OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

NND 3125: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

DATE: JULY 2018 TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS:
All questions are compulsory
Ensure that all your answers are properly numbered
Part 1 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ): Write the correct answer on the
space provided in the answer booklet. Each MCQ is one mark
Part II: Short Answer Questions – Answer questions following each other
on the answer booklet
Part III: Long Answer Questions – Answer each question on the answer
booklet.
PART I: MCQ (20 MARKS)

SECTION A. ANSWER QUESTION I

Q1. A. Explain the following terms

i. Medial sociology (4 marks)


ii. Sociology of medicine (2 marks)
iii. Sociology in medicine (2 marks)
iv. Social medicine (2 marks)

B. Demonstrate with an example the relationship between the following social demographic
factors and health

i. Education and health outcomes (3 marks)


ii. Religion and health outcomes (3 marks)

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iii. Marital status and health outcomes (3 marks)
iv. Age and health outcomes (3 marks)

SECTION B: Choose two questions

Q2. i. Discuss five social impacts of industrialization and show their influence on the health of

People (10 marks)

ii. Define community and explain three possible communities you would work with
in health care (10 marks)

Q3. i. Analyze 5 factors in urban population that predispose them to poor health (10 marks)

ii. Explain five social factors around rural population that boost their health outcomes

(10 marks)

Q4. i. Define a family (4 marks)

ii. Explain the role/place of family in society (10 marks)

iii. Explain four ways in which a family impacts health on disease (6 marks)

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