Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology

As a mid level health care provider you are expected to play a key role instrengthening the health care delivery at grass roots level, ensuring quality healthcare services to community with specific reference to the most deprived and vulnerable sections of society. This block will help you to improve and update your knowledge and skills regarding various aspects of community health ,health care delivery system, measures for improving environmental health and sanitation, epidemiological aspects of the diseases, their causes, pattern of occurrence and effects on the health and well being of the population , surveillance ,data interpretation, bio-medical waste management and infection control This will enable you to provide effective need based care to community at grassroots level.

This block comprises of 6 units as given below

Unit 1 : Concepts of Community Health

Unit 2 : Health Care Planning and Organization of Health Care at various levels

Unit 3 : Environmental Health and Sanitation

Unit 4 : Introduction to Epidemiology, Epidemiological Approaches and Processes

Unit 5 : Demography, Surveillance and Interpretation of Data

Unit 6 : Bio-Medical Waste Management and Infection Control

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