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PUBLIC HEALTH AND HYGIENE (Theory)
Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to –
1. Understand the significance of public health and hygiene.
2. Distinguish between communicable and non-communicable disorders.
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24SZOL601 |
Public Health and Hygiene (Theory) |
CO1: Understand and apply the emerging concepts and issues to health, hygiene and sanitation CO2: Promote evidence based health promotion and education practices CO3: Formulate the concept of Plan health promotion and education actions CO4: Acquire knowledge on communicable and non communicable diseases CO5: Analyze the social health problems CO6:Contribute effectively in course- specific interaction |
The approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Chart preparation |
Assessment Strategies Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation. |
Introduction to Public health and Hygiene
Significance of Public health and Hygiene, Nutrition and health, classification of foods
Major nutritional Deficiency diseases -Protein Energy Malnutrition (kwashiorkor and marasmus), Vitamin deficiency disorders, Iron deficiency disorders, Iodine deficiency disorders
Environmental degradation: Definition, examples and causes
Environmental Pollution-Air, water, soil and noise; Associated health hazards
Different types of communicable diseases and their control measures–Tuberculosis, Measles, Dengue, Leprosy
Lifestyle related Non-Communicable diseases
Different types of Lifestyle related non-communicable diseases : Hypertension, Coronary Heart diseases, Stroke, Diabetes mellitus, Obesity and Mental ill Health -their causes and prevention through dietary and lifestyle modifications
Smoking, alcoholism, drug dependence
Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) -their causes, treatment and prevention
ESSENTIAL READING:
● Aschengrau A, Seage G.R., (2013) Essentials of Epidemiology In Public Health, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc; (3rd ed.) ISBN-10: 1284028911; ISBN-13:978-1284028911. ∙
● Bamji M.S. (2019).Textbook of human nutrition. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. (4th ed). ISBN-10: 9788120417908; ISBN-13: 978-8120417908.
● N.S. Subba Rao. (2017) Soil Microbiology. Medtech, India. (5th ed.) ISBN-10: 938647994X; ISBN-13: 9789386479945
SUGGESTED READINGS:
● Jiménez et al. infrastructure function and hygiene. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65, 432– 437. doi:10.1136/jech.2009.091637
● Bailie, R. S. et al. (2011). Evaluation of an Australian indigenous housing programme: Community level impact on crowding, 288
● Collard, K. S. et at. (2005). Mutual”obligation in indigenous health: Can shared responsibility agreements be truly mutual? Medical Journal of Australia, 182, 502–504
● Craps, M., Dewulf, A., Mancero, M., Santos, E., & Bouwen, R. (2004). Constructing common ground and re-creating differences between professional and indigenous communities in the Andes. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 14, 378–393. doi:10.1002/casp.796
● Sullivan. L.M. (2017) Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc; (3rd ed.) ISBN-10: 1284108198; ISBN-13: 978-1284108194.
● Gibney M.J., Margetts B.M., Kearney, J.M., Arab L. (2004). Public health nutrition. WileyBlackwell. ISBN-10: 0632056274; ISBN-13 : 978-0632056279
● N. Okafor. (2011) Environmental Microbiology of Aquatic and Waste Systems. Springer. ISBN13: 978-9400714595
e-CONTENT:
Water, Sanitation and Culture, http://www.sswm.info/content/water -sanita tion-and culture
