Concept of Health and Disease:
Concept of Health, Dimensions of Health, Determinants of Health, Indicators of health, Communicable & non- Communicable Diseases and their sources. Classifications, Methods of communication and control of diseases.
Community Health and Sanitation:
Importance of Community Health, Environmental Sanitation, Rural and urban Sanitation, Classifications of Health as per WHO guidelines, Physical, Mental, Social Health Science.
Principles of Epidemiology:
Epidemiology and Aims of Epidemiology, Basic measurements, Common Sources of Epidemics and Control measures, Uses of Epidemiology.
Concept of Diseases and Prevention:
Concept of prevention and Levels. Preventive and Social medicine. Screening for diseases, Concept of screening and uses.
Dynamics of Disease Transmission:
Dynamics and Sources of diseases and Reservoirs of Human, Animal and non-living things. Routes of Disease Transmission.
Classifications of Respiratory infections;
Small pox and Chicken pox and their differences.
Intestinal infections;
measles and rubella.
Prevention and Control of Diseases:
Source of Infection, Routes of disease Transmission; Malaria, Dengue fever, Chicken Gunya fever, Cholera, Typhoid and Yellow Fever. Disinfection and Types.
Insect Control:
Mosquito and House fly; study on their Life cycle, Transmission of diseases and control measures.
Nutrition and Health:
Food Poisoning, Types and sources. Prevention and Control. Milk products, Milk Sanitation, Essentials for milk sanitation and Test for milk quality, Pasteurization, Cattle Born Diseases.
Occupational Health:
Health of worker, Occupational Environment, Hazards and Diseases.