COMMUNITY MEDICINE

1. General concepts of health and diseases, health determinants , with reference to natural history of disease with propathogenic and pathogenic phases. The role of socio economic and culture environment in health and disease. Epidemiology, emerging demographic changes, definition and scope.
2. Introduction to community health.
3. Public health administration an overview of health administration set up at Central and state levels.

1.      The national health programme – highlighting the role of social, economic and culture factors in the implementation of the national programme.

2.      Health problems of vulnerable groups- pregnant and lactating woman, infant and pre – school children, occupational groups.

3.      CBR and Institutional based rehabilitation and strategies to intervene in rural health system.

CBR in relation to different medical & surgical conditions.

1. Occupational Health – definition scope occupational disease  prevention of  occupational diseases and hazards.
2. Social security and other measurement for the protection from occupational hazards accident and diseases. Details of compensation acts.

1. Family planning – objectives of national family planning programmes and family methods. A general idea of advantage and disadvantage of the methods.
2. Mental health emphasis on community aspects of mental, role of occupational therapist in mental health problems such as mental retardation etc.

1.      Communicable disease- an overall view of communicable role of insect and other factors.

2.      International health agencies.

3.      Community medicine and rehabilitation epidemiology, habitat nutrition, environment anthropology.

a.       The philosophy and needs of rehabilitation

b.      Principles of physical medicine

Basic principles of administration of organization