UPSC CMS PSM - History, Wellbeing & Concepts of Health

Which description best reflects the WHO concept of health?

Consider the following statements:

1. The WHO definition is positive and multidimensional. It includes physical, mental and social well-being rather than defining health only as freedom from illness.
2. In the context of the question, “Only absence of diagnosed disease” is the most appropriate conclusion.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Primordial prevention is directed primarily at which target?

Consider the following statements:

1. Primordial prevention acts before conventional risk factors become established, commonly through social, environmental and policy measures.
2. In the context of the question, “Detecting asymptomatic disease” is the most appropriate conclusion.
3. In the context of the question, “Preventing the emergence of risk-factor patterns in populations” is the most appropriate conclusion.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A medical officer is explaining the conceptual basis of prevention during a community-health review.

A programme that lowers blood pressure in a patient with established hypertension is an example of:

Select the single best answer.

The 'iceberg phenomenon' of disease means that:

Consider the following statements:

1. In the context of the question, “Every infection produces symptoms” is the most appropriate conclusion.
2. In the context of the question, “Only fatal cases matter epidemiologically” is the most appropriate conclusion.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Disability-adjusted life years are calculated as:

Consider the following statements:

1. DALY is a population health-loss measure combining premature mortality (YLL) and non-fatal health loss (YLD). One DALY represents one lost year of healthy life.
2. In the context of the question, “Life expectancy minus infant mortality” is the most appropriate conclusion.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?