MFN-6 2024-25 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

Description

ASSIGNMENT 4
TMA-4
Public Nutrition
Course Code: MFN-006
Assignment Code: MFN-006/AST-4/TMA-4/24-25

Maximum Marks: 100

This assignment is based on Units 1 – 18 of the MFN-006 Course.

Section A -Descriptive Questions (80 marks)

There are ten questions in this part. Each question carries equal marks. Answer all the questions.

1. Explain the following briefly
a) Health service delivery system in India
b) Role of any one food-based strategy in combating public nutrition problems in our
country
c) Three goals of SDGs of importance in public nutrition ?

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2. a) Present the WHO classification of PEM in a community.
b) Briefly describe the measures/approaches which are being adopted to prevent
Vitamin A deficiency in the community.
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3. a) Discuss the three indicators of nutrition in the community.
b) Discuss the relationship between fertility, nutrition and quality of life.
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4. a) Present the use of anthropometric measures in nutritional status assessment.
b) Briefly explain indirect assessment of nutritional status in community.
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5. a) Explain the following methods for nutritional assessment:
i) Biochemical assessment
ii) Individual diet survey
iii) Qualitative diet survey
iv) Clinical assessment
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6. a) Enumerate the major agencies involved with nutrition monitoring in our country
b) Why is it important to maintain an efficient nutrition surveillance system in our
country?
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7. a) What do you understand by term ‘Supplementary Nutrition’? Describe the
components of ICDS programme and elaborate on reasons for limited impact of ICDS
on nutritional status.
b) List the various nutrient deficiency control programmes launched by our government.
Enumerate the components of any one of the programmes.
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8. a) What is food fortification ? Explain fortification as a strategy to combat
malnutrition..
b) Comment on the Behaviourist theory of nutrition education.
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9. Describe the various steps required to plan, implement and evaluate a public nutrition
programme.
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10. a) Discuss the role of Face-to-Face method as a channel for Nutrition Communication.
b) Why is community participation important in the implementation of any Nutrition
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Programme ?
Section B – OTQ (Objective Type Questions)
1. Explain the following in 2-3 sentences each:
i)
Self help groups
ii) Village Health Guide
iii) The Delphi technique
iv) Aim of National Nutrition Policy
v) PDS
2. Explain the following terms:
i)
Maternal Mortality Rate
ii) Sample Registration System
iii) Low weight-for-height
iv) Qualitative survey
v) Social Marketing
3. Match the following:
I
II
III
Berberi
Pellagra
Scurvy
IV Rickets
V Bitot’s spot
(20marks)
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A
B
C
D
E
Niacin
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Ascorbic acid
Thiamine