Description

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Table of Contents

SECTION 1: Health and Disease at a Glance
1. History of Public Health and Concept of Community Medicine
2. Health: An Overview
3. Disease Causation and Prevention
SECTION 2: Primary Health Care and its Implementation
4. Concept of Primary Health Care
5. Healthcare Delivery in India
6. Health System in India
7. Health Profile of India
SECTION 3: Planning and Management in Health Care
8. Health Planning
9. Principles of Management in Health Care
10. Health Planning Over the Years in India
11. Health Economics
12. National Health Policy 2002, Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals and National Health Policy 2015 Draft: A Review
13. Evaluation of Health Services
SECTION 4: Health Education and Communication for Behavioural Change
14. Concept of Health Education
15. Techniques of Health Education
16. Role of Audiovisual Aids in Health Education
17. Steps in the Conduct of Health Education
18. Role of Communication in Health Education
SECTION 5: General Epidemiology
19. Epidemiologic Approach to a Disease
20. Measuring Magnitude of a Disease
21. Measures of Disease Frequency
22. Measures of Risk
23. Epidemiological Study Designs
24. Association and Causation
25. Investigation of Epidemic
26. Screening for Diseases
27. Steps in Medical Research
SECTION 6: Infectious Disease Epidemiology
28. Terms in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
SECTION 7: Principles and Practice of Immunization
29. Principles of Immunization
30. Practice of Immunization
31. Vaccination under Special Circumstances
32. Cold Chain System
33. Vaccines in Current Use
SECTION 8: Communicable Diseases
34. Viral Infections
35. Bacterial Infections
36. Parasitic Infections
37. Clinical Syndromes
SECTION 9: Noncommunicable Diseases
38. Hypertension
39. Obesity
40. Coronary Heart Disease
41. Diabetes
42. Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
43. Cerebrovascular Disease: Stroke
44. Blindness
45. Cancer
46. Accidents
47. Mental Health
48. Alcoholism: Epidemiology and Prevention
49. Drug Abuse: Prevention and Contro
SECTION 10: Medical Sociology
50. Introduction to Medical Sociology
51. Role of Psychology in Medicine
52. Sociology and Society
53. Social Class
SECTION 11: Demography and Health Information
54. Demography
55. Health Information in National Health System
SECTION 12: Family Planning
56. Concept of Family Planning
57. Contraceptive Methods
SECTION 13: Maternal and Child Health
58. Care of the Mother
59. Care of the Child
60. Maternal and Child Health Indicators
61. Preventive Geriatrics
62. Social Problems in Childhood
SECTION 14: Nutrition
63. Principles of Nutrition
64. Nutritional Problems in India
65. Nutritional Factors in Chronic Diseases
SECTION 15: Towards a Healthy Environment
66. Water
67. Water Quality Standards
68. Air Temperature and Monitoring
69. Ventilation
70. Lighting
71. Noise Pollution
72. Solid Waste Disposal
73. Excreta Disposal: Urban and Rural Areas
74. Sewage System in India
75. Housing Standards in India
76. Radiation Hazards: Prevention and Control
SECTION 16: Occupational Health
77. Occupational Health Risks
78. Legislative Measures in Occupational Health
SECTION 17: Genetics and Health
79. Genetic Basis of Inheritance
80. Common Genetic Disorders
81. Application of Genetics in Preventive Medicine
82. Prevention and Control of Genetic Disorders
83. Advances in Genetics
SECTION 18: Role of Biostatistics in Medicine
84. Data Collection and Presentation in Research
85. Measures of Central Tendency
86. Measures of Dispersion (Spread)/Variability
87. Concept of Standard Error
88. Sampling Techniques
89. Statistical Tests
SECTION 19: Medical Entomology
90. Bionomics of Mosquitoes
91. Integrated Vector Control
92. Arthropods of Medical Importance
93. Zoonotic Diseases
SECTION 20: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
94. Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: A Global Threat
SECTION 21: Hospital Hygiene
95. Hospital-acquired Infections
96. Infection Control in Healthcare Settings
97. Hospital Waste Management
SECTION 22: Miscellaneous
98. Disaster Management
99. International Health
100. National Health Programs in India: A Review
101. World Health Day Themes
102. Essential Medicines and Counterfeit Medicines
103. Legislations in Public Health
104. Urban Health
Appendices
Index

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      Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/06/2017
      ISBN13: 9789352700349, 978-9352700349
      ISBN10: 9352700341

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      SECTION 1: Health and Disease at a Glance
      1. History of Public Health and Concept of Community Medicine
      2. Health: An Overview
      3. Disease Causation and Prevention
      SECTION 2: Primary Health Care and its Implementation
      4. Concept of Primary Health Care
      5. Healthcare Delivery in India
      6. Health System in India
      7. Health Profile of India
      SECTION 3: Planning and Management in Health Care
      8. Health Planning
      9. Principles of Management in Health Care
      10. Health Planning Over the Years in India
      11. Health Economics
      12. National Health Policy 2002, Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals and National Health Policy 2015 Draft: A Review
      13. Evaluation of Health Services
      SECTION 4: Health Education and Communication for Behavioural Change
      14. Concept of Health Education
      15. Techniques of Health Education
      16. Role of Audiovisual Aids in Health Education
      17. Steps in the Conduct of Health Education
      18. Role of Communication in Health Education
      SECTION 5: General Epidemiology
      19. Epidemiologic Approach to a Disease
      20. Measuring Magnitude of a Disease
      21. Measures of Disease Frequency
      22. Measures of Risk
      23. Epidemiological Study Designs
      24. Association and Causation
      25. Investigation of Epidemic
      26. Screening for Diseases
      27. Steps in Medical Research
      SECTION 6: Infectious Disease Epidemiology
      28. Terms in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
      SECTION 7: Principles and Practice of Immunization
      29. Principles of Immunization
      30. Practice of Immunization
      31. Vaccination under Special Circumstances
      32. Cold Chain System
      33. Vaccines in Current Use
      SECTION 8: Communicable Diseases
      34. Viral Infections
      35. Bacterial Infections
      36. Parasitic Infections
      37. Clinical Syndromes
      SECTION 9: Noncommunicable Diseases
      38. Hypertension
      39. Obesity
      40. Coronary Heart Disease
      41. Diabetes
      42. Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
      43. Cerebrovascular Disease: Stroke
      44. Blindness
      45. Cancer
      46. Accidents
      47. Mental Health
      48. Alcoholism: Epidemiology and Prevention
      49. Drug Abuse: Prevention and Contro
      SECTION 10: Medical Sociology
      50. Introduction to Medical Sociology
      51. Role of Psychology in Medicine
      52. Sociology and Society
      53. Social Class
      SECTION 11: Demography and Health Information
      54. Demography
      55. Health Information in National Health System
      SECTION 12: Family Planning
      56. Concept of Family Planning
      57. Contraceptive Methods
      SECTION 13: Maternal and Child Health
      58. Care of the Mother
      59. Care of the Child
      60. Maternal and Child Health Indicators
      61. Preventive Geriatrics
      62. Social Problems in Childhood
      SECTION 14: Nutrition
      63. Principles of Nutrition
      64. Nutritional Problems in India
      65. Nutritional Factors in Chronic Diseases
      SECTION 15: Towards a Healthy Environment
      66. Water
      67. Water Quality Standards
      68. Air Temperature and Monitoring
      69. Ventilation
      70. Lighting
      71. Noise Pollution
      72. Solid Waste Disposal
      73. Excreta Disposal: Urban and Rural Areas
      74. Sewage System in India
      75. Housing Standards in India
      76. Radiation Hazards: Prevention and Control
      SECTION 16: Occupational Health
      77. Occupational Health Risks
      78. Legislative Measures in Occupational Health
      SECTION 17: Genetics and Health
      79. Genetic Basis of Inheritance
      80. Common Genetic Disorders
      81. Application of Genetics in Preventive Medicine
      82. Prevention and Control of Genetic Disorders
      83. Advances in Genetics
      SECTION 18: Role of Biostatistics in Medicine
      84. Data Collection and Presentation in Research
      85. Measures of Central Tendency
      86. Measures of Dispersion (Spread)/Variability
      87. Concept of Standard Error
      88. Sampling Techniques
      89. Statistical Tests
      SECTION 19: Medical Entomology
      90. Bionomics of Mosquitoes
      91. Integrated Vector Control
      92. Arthropods of Medical Importance
      93. Zoonotic Diseases
      SECTION 20: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
      94. Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: A Global Threat
      SECTION 21: Hospital Hygiene
      95. Hospital-acquired Infections
      96. Infection Control in Healthcare Settings
      97. Hospital Waste Management
      SECTION 22: Miscellaneous
      98. Disaster Management
      99. International Health
      100. National Health Programs in India: A Review
      101. World Health Day Themes
      102. Essential Medicines and Counterfeit Medicines
      103. Legislations in Public Health
      104. Urban Health
      Appendices
      Index

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