2017 Community Medicine PHD Syllabi
2017 Community Medicine PHD Syllabi
2017 Community Medicine PHD Syllabi
Concept of Health & Public Health. Public health in developed and developing countries.
Determinants, dimensions, spectrum of health
Concept of diseases, natural history of diseases, Iceberg phenomena
Health promotion, protection, prevention and control of diseases
Measuring Health & disease Measuring tools, Health indicators
Contemporary issues in public health
HEALTH INFORMATICS
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BIOSTATISTICS
Introduction
Collection/ Organization of data / Measurement scales
Presentation of data
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of variability
Sampling and planning of health survey
Sampling methods, sampling errors and sample size calculations
Probability, Normal distribution and inductive statistics
Estimating population values
Tests of significance (Parametric/Non-parametric including qualitative methods)
Introduction to multivariate analysis , Analysis of variance
Association, correlation and Regression , interaction
Vital statistics
Evaluation of health and measurement of morbidity / mortality
Life table and its uses
4 ] EPIDEMIOLOGY
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Occupational Epidemiology
Risk Assessment
Screening for occupational diseases
Industrial toxicology & Hygiene
Occupational ergonomics
Occupational safety
Workers Compensation
Agencies & Organizations
4. Selected groups of workers
Factories Act , Employees State Insurance Act , Workmens Compensation Act , Mines Act ,
Plantation Labour Act
6] COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Introduction and epidemiology of communicable diseases
Epidemiological transition of communicable diseases
Emerging & re-emerging diseases
Principles of prevention & control of communicable diseases
Respiratory Diseases such as Chicken Pox, Measles, Mumps,
Rubella, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Influenza, Tuberculosis, ARI etc.
Intestinal Infections such as Poliomyelitis, Hepatitis, Food Poisoning, gastro-enteritis , cholera,
Enteric Fevers, Amoebiasis, Worm Infestations etc.
Arthropod Borne Infections such as Malaria, Filaria, Dengue , chikenguinea , JE etc.
Zoonotic Diseases such as Rabies, Leptospirosis, Brucellosis, Rickettsial Diseases, hydatid
diseases etc.
Surface Infectious Diseases of Public Health Importance e.g. Leprosy, STI , HIV/AIDS
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8] HEALTH SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
Introduction to various Health System Models
Stakeholders in health care delivery
Concept & Delivery of Primary Health Care
Development of decentralized health care delivery system
Sustainable Grassroots Comprehensive Health Models
Health Systems research - 10/90 Gap in medical research
2. Communication Skills
Principles of Communication , Communication blocks , Body Language
5. Evaluation of impact
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2. Components and services of Reproductive and child health
C. Care of children
Care of the neonate & an infant
Low Birth Weight , Preterm babies , small for date babies
Growth and Development
Childhood Infections
Preventive services
4. Family Welfare
Concept of Family Planning & Family welfare, Methods of family planning, Small family norm
Unmet Need
5. Evaluation of M C H & FP Services
Evaluation of MCH care services , Evaluation of Family Planning Services
6. Social Pediatrics
Juvenile Delinquency , Child Abuse , Child Labour, Street Children, Child Guidance Clinic
Child Marriage ,Child Placement
7. Social issues related to women
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National Diabetes Control Programme
Reproductive Child Health (RCH) including Child Survival and Safe Motherhood (CSSM) and
Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)
National Water Supply and Sanitation Programme
Minimum Needs Programme
National Rural Health Mission
The implementation of NHPS at a programme level and in the community
13] HEALTH CARE FOR SPECIAL GROUPS (SCHOOL CHILDREN, ADOLESCENT, AGED AND THE
CHALLANGED GROUPS
School Health services
Concept
Common Adolescent Problems including Psychosocial problems
Changes during Adolescent
Teenage Pregnancy
Safe Abortion
Adolescent Health Services in India
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Innovative Approaches in the Voluntary Effort in Health
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ( PPP)
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8. Hunters Diseases of Occupations, Edited by P.A.B.Raffle, P.H.Adams, P.J.Baxter and
W.R.Lee Edward Arnold Publishers (1994), Great Britain.
9. Text book of PSM : A P Kulkarni and Dr. Baride
10. Committee Reports And Policy Documents Medical Education And Health Policy
11. Epidemiology and Health Management: By Dr.P.V.Sathe
12. National Health Programmes of India : J.Kishore
13. Text Book of Infection Diseases : Christae
15. Statistics : K.Vishvesh Rao
17. Oxford Text Book of by Public Health : Holland & Detel