SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE S: PUBLIC HEALTH & HYGIENE

Paper Code: 
SZOL601 T
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

SZOL601 T

 

Public health & hygiene

 

 

The students will be able to-

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: Analyse the social health problems

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

Class test

Semester end examinations,

 Quiz,

Assignments,

Seminar Presentation

Individual and group projects

 

6.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I
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
 
6.00
Unit II: 
Unit II
Environment and Health Hazards 6 Hrs
Environmental degradation
Environmental Pollution-Air, water, soil and noise; Associated health hazards
6.00
Unit III: 
Unit III
Communicable diseases 6 Hrs
Different types of communicable diseases and their control measures–
Tuberculosis,
Measles, 
Dengue, 
Leprosy
6.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV
Life Style related non-Communicable diseases 6 Hrs
Different types of Life style 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
 
6.00
Unit V: 
Unit V
Social health problems
Smoking, alcoholism, drug dependence
Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) -their causes, treatment and prevention
 
Essential Readings: 
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
 
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Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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