UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI College of Medicine Department of Community Health MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH - 2008 ENTRY SOCIAL SCIENCE SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS NOVEMBER 2008 DATE: Tuesday 4 November 2008 TIME: 9.00 am ~ 12.00 Noon TIME ALLOWED ~ THREE HOURS STUDENT'S EXAMINATION NUMBE} INSTRUCTIONS Read the instructions carefully. ‘This paper has THREE Sections. Section A (Short Answer Questions worth a total of 20 marks). Section B (Essay Questions worth 30 marks). Seetion C (Discursive Analysis worth a total of 50 marks) * You must attempt ALL the questions in Section A. Attempt ONE question in Section B. Either question 6 OR 7. In Section C attempt the Text Analysis. Allocated marks are provided for each question Make sure your examination number is written clearly on all your answer sheets. Use a black/blue pen, You have a total of 3 hours to complete the examination, ‘You may leave the examination room after the first 30 minutes has elapsed but you will not be permitted to return, Make sure that each answer is clearly labeled. Anything you do not want the examiners to mark, (including rough work) should be clearly crossed out with a single line. © Review your paper before submission as papers cannot be returned once submitted, * Do not communicate with any of the other candidates once the examination has begun and until after you have left the room. ‘+ [fat any time you need assistance raise your hand and the invigilator will come to see you. ‘+ Cell-phones are not allowed in the examination hall.SECTION A - SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS INSTRUCTION Answer ALL questions 1. Define human behaviour. 2 marks) ‘What is meant by the term Mental Model? Illustrate with an original example of your own. (4 marks) 3. What is the link between Medical Anthropology and Health Psychology? Illustrate with an original example of your own, (6 marks) 4. Inthe case study of STD and 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) 5. Why is language considered to be powerful in the critical social sciences? (4 marks) SECTIO} ESSAY QUESTIONS INSTRUCTIONS Attempt ONE question only: Bither question 6 or question 7. * Each question is worth 30 marks, EITHER uss the contribution critical social sciences can make in effecting health seeking behaviours in Malawi, Select a health issue of your choice to illustrate the contribution. (30 marks) oR Utilizing a critical perspective, discuss an indigenous approach to the social sciences, (30 marks)SECTION C~ TEXT ANALYSIS INSTRUCTION Attempt this question. In this section you are to analyse the provided test using discourse analysis. The translated text comes from the words of a song composed and performed by a popular Malawian artist. ‘The goat feeds around the area where it has been tied And when exams are tough it also pains us parents Other teachers have taken this as an advantage They lie to girls telling them, “Tomorrow come at my house because I have the exam papers” ‘When the girl comes, they start saying “One plus one” when it is already obvious that the answer is two “What is agriculture?” when it is already obvious that this is farming When I say “Do not run away from me” You better take this word seriously ‘You will eat what you have worked for Your house has a problem, it has one bedroom But such a big family has to lodge in it An old person like you and your wife including the boys and the girls Now the boys are sleeping in the kitehen And the girls sleep in the sitting room of the house Karly in the morning you heard the message “Dad can you just wake up a bit someone wants to pass” But if its witeheraft you will hate me Of course the beauty is But this is too much in the eyes of the beholder When the child is back from school We desire to see her learning ‘We start teaching the child right at home For few days we ask the child properly Like AETOU But after sometime we change the story completely ‘You say to the child that We should be leading a western life “When I am teaching you You should be close to me” Mama, yesterday when you were out I was being harassed Be said to me that I am beautiful He said that I look like you