Total Hrs:36 Hrs
The course provides the students a basic insight into the main features of Indian health
care delivery system and how it compares with the other systems of the world. Topics
to be covered under the subject are as follows:
- Introduction to healthcare delivery system
- Healthcare delivery system in India at primary, secondary and tertiary care
- Community participation in healthcare delivery system
- Health system in developed countries.
- Private Sector
- National Health Mission
- National Health Policy
- Issues in Health Care Delivery System in India
- 2. National Health Program– Background objectives, action plan, targets, operations, achievements and constraints in various National Heath Program.
- Introduction to AYUSH system of medicine
- Introduction to Ayurveda.
- Yoga and Naturopathy
- Unani
- Siddha
- Homeopathy
- Need for integration of various system of medicine
- 4. Health scenario of India– past, present and future
- 5. Demography & Vital Statistics
- Demography – its concept
- Vital events of life & its impact on demography
- Significance and recording of vital statistics
- Census & its impact on health policy
- Epidemiology
- Principles of Epidemiology
- Natural History of disease
- Methods of Epidemiological studies
- Epidemiology of communicable & non-communicable diseases, disease transmission, host defense immunizing agents, cold chain, immunization, disease monitoring and surveillance.