Syllabus – Public Health Administration
Public Health Administration
- Historical background of public health concepts of health and disease.
- Social services & Principles of epidemiological methods, uses with special reference to health care delivery, planning and conduct of epidemiological studies, epidemiologi surveillance and epidemic preparedness, investigation of epidemic, disease screening.
- Biostatistics & Hospital and health information systems
- Demography: Basic principles, problems of population explosion, indices of fertility.
- Health Administration & Health Planning management.
- National Health Programs: Details of implementation and evaluation.
- Hospital Management & Hospital Pharmacy
- Epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable disease
- Occupation health & Environmental health & Nutrition
- MCH and family welfare & Mental Heath
- Genetics and heredity
- International health and regulation
- Public health laws
- Health education, communication process and methods planning and organization of health education activities
- Voluntary health agencies and NGOs.
- Entomology and Parasitology – vectors and parasites of public health importance.
- Microbiology: Important diagnostic and screening tests, methods of collection and transpiration of specimens and sample vaccines.
- Disinfection procedures & Public Health chemistry.
- Public Health Laboratory service.
- Interpretation and utilization of surveillance data for effective prevention and management of epidemics.
- Carrying out investigation of outbreaks
- Organizing and conducting surveys as part of programme evaluation
- Organizing and conducting health care service companions such as national immunization days.
- Formulation of strategies and organization IEC activities at various levels from the district level to the periphery.
- Acquiring clinical skills at the generalist level in relation to common health problems and MCH
- Acquiring skills to use computer as an aid to their routine functions.
- Entomology: Identification of common parasites and vector species interpretation and use of water quality analysis kits.