This document contains an end of semester exam for a Primary Health Care course at Kenya Medical Training College Nairobi Campus. The exam consists of 5 questions testing knowledge of key PHC concepts and principles. Question 1 contains 10 true/false statements about PHC. Question 2 asks students to match definitions with PHC strategies and principles. Question 3 asks students to define community participation, list 3 aims, and discuss 5 benefits. Question 4 defines community mobilization, lists 5 reasons for it, and outlines 4 key steps. Question 5 defines intersectoral collaboration, lists 4 networking/partnership skills, and explains 5 partnership principles. The exam covers essential topics in PHC including community involvement, resource allocation, surveillance, equity, and mult

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KMTC/QP/08/TIS
KENYA MEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGE NAIROBI CAMPUS
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROMOTION END OF SEMESTER EXAM
SUBJECT- PHC
DATE- MONDAY, 26TH JANUARY 2015
TIME -8 AM-11AM
READ ALL QUESTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE GIVING ANSWERS.
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
WRITE YOUR COLLEGE NUMBER IN ALL ANSWER SHEETS
Q1 The following statements are either true or false.
For each statement, circle “T” if the statement is “True” or “F” if the statement is false
a) PHC is essential health care based on practical scientifically sound and socially
acceptable methods and technology (2mks)
True False
b) PHC principles can be broken at times when a need arise (2mks) T F
c) Appropriate technology is one that provides the most social and
environmentally acceptable level of service at the least economic cost (2mks)
T F
d) Self-reliance means that, individuals, families and communities must take
responsibility for health care in their respective locations (2mks)
T F
e) Preservation of dignity is not a basic human right of individuals and
communities
T F
f) Essential health care means that services should not always be preventive,
promotive and rehabilitative (2mks)
T F
g) Health care should always be acceptable to the community (2mks) T F
h) Intersectroral collaboration/partnership is not an essential component in the
implementation of PHC (2mks)
T F
i) The magnitude of the problem is not a priority in setting health problem
priority (2mks)
T F

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j) Equity means equality in health care (2mks) T F
TOTAL MARKS 20 marks
Q2 Match correct answer in column A to its correct statement in column B
Column A Column B
i) Health for all K Implement global, national and local surveillance
and monitoring systems (2mks)
ii) New trends hampering
health for all
L Institutionalized medical care (2mks)
iii) Compares this year’s
indicators to last years
M At independent most countries spent three quarter
of the health budget on hospitals which were
mainly urban (2mks)
iv) Principle N All shall be served each according to need (2mks)
v) A factor that supports
PHC in the 21st century
Y Most of the health facilities and capital resources
remained in the urban areas (2mks)
vi) Equity P Global environmental threats to human survival
(2mks)
vii) Discourages traditional
medicine and ignores
culture
Q A vision that recognizes the oneness of humanity
and therefore the need to promote health (2mks)
viii) A strategy created in
1983 to enable political
and administrative
environment for
community involvement
in PHC
S A way of identifying major health problems (2mks)
ix) Disparity between
resource allocation and
population distribution
V A law that is established to preserve a product or a
created thing (2mks)
Total marks 20 marks

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Q3 A women group has approached you as a health promoter to give a talk on community
participation;
a) Define community participation (1mks)
b) List and explain in details three (3) aims of community participation (9mks)
c) Discuss in details five (5) benefits from community participation (10mks)
Q4 Community mobilization is a key strategy in PHC
a) Define community mobilization (2mks)
b) List and discuss at least five (5) reasons for mobilizing a community (10mks)
c) Give four (4) major key steps in community mobilization (8mks)
Q5 Define intersectural collaboration (2mks)
List and discuss four (4) skills for networking and partnership (8mks)
Explain the five (5) principles of partnership (10mks)
Good Luck to you all