Community Medicine: Practical Manual

Description

The book is designed with many figures and tables for easy understanding. Practical part of the book includes spotters with coloured figures, exercises with solutions and clinicosocial case with details of specific cases. Additionally, chapters such as dietary assessment, family study proforma and visits to various centres are included.

Viva part includes important sample theory viva questions with answers. This book is provided with online content which includes additional practical and viva questions, answers to practice exercises, links to health programmes and useful websites, and images in community medicine. Topics such as OSCE/OSPE, food adulteration and tips for PowerPoint presentation are also included in the online content.

Table of Contents

1. PART A: PRACTICAL
   1. Section 1: Spotters
      1. Vaccination
      2. Nutrition
      3. Contraception
      4. Medical Entomology
      5. Disinfectants
      6. Drugs of Public Health Importance
      7. Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
      8. Insecticides
      9. Environment
      10. Miscellaneous Spotters
   2. Section 2: Exercises
      1. Biostatistics
      2. Epidemiology
      3. Demography
      4. Nutrition
      5. Water
   3. Section 3: Clinicosocial Case
      1. Introduction to Clinicosocial Case
      2. Proforma for Clinicosocial Case
      3. Details of Specific Clinicosocial Cases
   4. Section 4: Miscellaneous
      1. Dietary Assessment of Individual and Family
      2. Family Study Proforma
      3. Field Visits to Health Establishments/Centres
2. PART B: VIVA-VOCE
   1. History of Medicine and Public Health
   2. Concepts of Health and Disease
   3. General Epidemiology
   4. Screening for Disease
   5. Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases and Related National Health Programmes
   6. Epidemiology of Noncommunicable Diseases and Related National Health Programmes
   7. Environment and Health
   8. Biomedical Waste Management
   9. Disaster Management
   10. Occupational Health
   11. Nutrition and Health
   12. Demography and Family Welfare
   13. Maternal and Child Health, Geriatrics
   14. Health Education and Communication
   15. Mental Health and Drug Abuse
   16. Genetics and Health
   17. Health Information and Biostatistics
   18. Medicine and Social Sciences
   19. Health Care of the Community
   20. Health Planning and Management
   21. International Health
   22. Miscellaneous Annexure
   23. I Important Health Days Annexure
   24. II Health Related Important Indicators of India