UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI College of Medicine Department of Community Health MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH - 2007 ENTRY SOCIAL SCIENCE DEFERRED EXAMINATIONS - SEPTEMBER 2007 DATE: Friday 21 September 2007 TIME: 9.00 am — 12.00 Noon TIME ALLOWED — THREE HOURS STUDENT’S EXAMINATION NUMBER: /f Le: INSTRUCTION: © This paper is divided into thee sections. Section A, B and C. * You must attempt ALL the questions in Section A (The short answer section worth a total of 20 marks) * Attempt ONE question in Section B. Either Q.5 OR 6. (The Essay section is, worth 30 marks) ‘* Attempt the Text Analysis in Section C. (The Text Analysis is worth a total of 50 marks) * Allocated marks are provided for each question,3. 4. ON A —- SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (Attempt all the questions in this seetion) Define Critical Social Sciences. Illustrate the definition with an original example of your own. (4 marks) How would you define the term postmodernism? Iustrate with original ‘examples of your own. (6 marks) Ilustrate with examples the three forms of culture according to MacLachlan (2003). (6 marks) In the case study of STD & HIV/AIDS prevention among sex workers in Singapore, some sex workers succeeded in getting their clients to use a condom every time, What four methods did they use? (4 marks) SECTION B ~ ESSAY QUESTIONS (Attempt ONE question only: EITHER Q.5 OR Q.6. Each question is worth 30 marks). EITHER Utilising a critical perspective, discuss an indigenous approach to the social sciences oR In what ways can a critical social scientific approach be used to promote reproductive health in Malawi?SECTION C- TEXT ANALYSIS (Attempt the text analysis below) In this section you are to analyse the provided text using qualitative research methodology. The translated text comes from the words of a song composed and performed by a popular Malawian artist. Mother, the moment you left, we are facing problems se Diverse You wanted marriage, but one cannot run away from death , Father, we can’t understand why you run away from your own children Hoots nesposehlt, ‘You married another wife and you don't remember us yout children Meaty ‘The children don’t know how their father looks like lvwif nad ‘What keeps you there mama? paren? ‘You don't want to come to see us etree ‘What keeps you there dad? tet Come and see us your children and ate bor bp ‘The children are suffering from malnutrition Since there is no enough and good food Diseases are just part of us ‘Why do you stay away from yout children? At least give them help Volratifly , [ate ‘The devils have also found their chance ‘They take this as their advantage to cause pain to us lth ‘The same grandparents we knew have changed wee, ‘They have taken our garden away from us ‘They claim that they just borrowed us ‘They also have snatched the house from us ‘They have put a tenant in it ‘We stopped going to school because of lack of assistance ‘The same sweet land is becoming bitter Other parents mistreat their step children ‘When there is divorce, the children suffer Childata righ ly ‘They receive treatment like domestic animals ‘That have no permanent housing ‘The children are also divided like things ‘They just wonder and ask why are we suffering? ‘They don’t even know what caused the break up of their parent's marriage V ge 2 Parke 2 Bceareh gabe 4 beley Saceat rake ly Splat? - geasntnds