Block 01  Public Healthcare Skills




The practical course on public health and primary health care skills will enable
you to undertake community need assessment and help in prioritizing services as
per health status of community. The focus of this course is to enable you to do
anthropometric assessment using correct technique, identify nutritional deficiency
disorders, plot and interpret growth chart, carry out investigation of an outbreak
e.g. cholera, dengue, chikungunya, zika virus etc. in participate actively to contain
the disease outbreak, institute preventive and control measures as per protocols
and submit the report to appropriate authority.


Unit 1 : Community Need Assessment and Identification of Common Health Problems





 




Unit 2 : Nutritional Assessment










Unit 3 : Investigation of an Outbreak










Unit 4 : Organizing and Conducting Special Clinics










Unit 5: Social Mobilization Skills










Unit 6: Health Education and Counselling









Unit 7: Report Writing and IT Skills including Interpretation & use of data