Community Medicine with Recent Advances (5th Edition)

DescriptionThoroughly revised and updated, this new edition encompasses recent advances in the field of community medicine to help students learn how to not only prevent disease, but also promote health. The text is presented in a bulleted format for easy reading. The text is supported by easy-to-reproduce flowcharts, tables, life cycles of parasites, treatment algorithms, well-drawn figures, concept maps, graphs. The distribution of diseases is depicted through the use of maps.Key FeaturesThe epidemiology of stressThe epidemiology of LeptospirosisThe epidemiology of Asian Lineage Avian Influenza H7N9 virus.Health strategies for malaria elimination.Oral health programmes.Floods and health.Nipah virus disease.Daily allowances of nutrients.Global vaccination action plans.Operational guidelines on the introduction of measles Rubella vaccine.Global health strategies on viral hepatitis.Immunisation schedules: zoonoses, Zika vaccine, Mycobacterium indicus pranii vaccine, and post-exposure Prophylaxis for leprosy.Table of ContentsPrelimsAnnexure 919-924Index 925-954Chapter-01 Introduction to Community Medicine 1-5Chapter-02 Concept of Health 6-10Chapter-03 Concept of Disease 11-14Chapter-04 Concept of Prevention 15-18Chapter-05 Environment and Water 19-40Chapter-06 Air and Ventilation 41-45Chapter-07 Noise 46-47Chapter-08 Light 48-49Chapter-09 Radiation 50-54Chapter-10 Housing 55-57Chapter-11 Meteorology 58-64Chapter-12 Disposal of Wastes 65-79Chapter-13 Management of Hospital Waste 80-92Chapter-14 Electronic Waste Management 93-96Chapter-15 Medical Entomology 97-130Chapter-16 Nutrition and Health 131-184Chapter-17 Occupational Health 185-212Chapter-18 Principles and Practice of Epidemiology 213-234Chapter-19 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases 235-276Chapter-20 Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases 277-467Chapter-21 Epidemiology of Noncommunicable Diseases 468-500Chapter-22 Maternal and Child Health Services (Preventive Obstetrics and Pediatrics) 501-551Chapter-23 Demography 552-564Chapter-24 Family Planning 565-586Chapter-25 Biostatistics 587-628Chapter-26 Social Science 629-645Chapter-27 Information, Education and Communication 646-655Chapter-28 Human Genetics 656-660Chapter-29 Preventive Geriatrics 661-665Chapter-30 Mental Health 666-668Chapter-31 Adolescent Health 669-673Chapter-32 Alcoholism and Drug Addiction 674-678Chapter-33 Health for All 679-682Chapter-34 Millennium Development Goals 683-695Chapter-35 Sustainable Development Goals 696-698Chapter-36 Health Care 699-710Chapter-37 National Health Mission 711-734Chapter-38 Health Planning and Management 735-738Chapter-39 National Health Planning 739-746Chapter-40 National Health Policy 747-755Chapter-41 National Voluntary Health Agencies/Organizations 756-758Chapter-42 International Health Organizations 759-765Chapter-43 Bilateral Agencies 766-769Chapter-44 National Health Programmes 770-866Chapter-45 Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases 867-876Chapter-46 Disaster Management 877-882Chapter-47 Integrated Disease Surveillance Project: 2004–2009 883-885Chapter-48 Bioterrorism 886-888Chapter-49 Global Warming 889-891Chapter-50 Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness 892-893Chapter-51 Integrated Management of Childhood Illness 894-904Chapter-52 Telemedicine in Public Health 905-909Chapter-53 Tobacco and Health 910-913Chapter-54 Internet and Health 914-915Chapter-55 Public Health Acts 916-918