Short Book of Public Health

Contents
Section 1: Introduction
1. Concepts in Health Care
Evolution of Medicine and Public Health
Health for All and Primary Health Care
Causation of Diseases
Concepts in Prevention of Diseases
Determinants of Health
Dimensions of Health
Measurement of Health
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Global Disease Elimination and Eradication
12
as Public Health Strategies
13
Candidate Diseases for Elimination or Eradication
15
Emerging Infectious Diseases
22
Vaccination for International Travel
29
International Certificate of Vaccination
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Section 2: Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases
Part A: Principles of Control and Prevention
2. ommon Terms and Concepts....
Common Terms
Modes of Spread of Communicable Diseases
Routes of Transmission of Infectious Diseases
Immunity
Immunizing Agents
Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases
Surveillance
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Part B: Specific Infections
3. Respiratory Infections....
Smallpos
Chickenpox
Measles (Rubeola)
German Meastes (Rubella)
Mumps
Influenza
Common Cold
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in Humans
Swine Influenza
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Diphtheria
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Tuberculosis
Meningococcal Meningitis
Acute Respiratory Infections
4. Intestinal Infections...
Poliomyelitis
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis E
Cholera
Acute Diarrheal Diseases
Typhoid Fever
Food Poisoning
Escherichia coli (Diarrhea)
Amebiasis
Ascariasis
Hookworm Infestation
Guinea Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis) on the Verge of Eradication
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5. Arthropod-borna Infections
Arbootrus Dies
Arbo Parasitic Diseases
Lymphatic Filariasis
Malovin
6. Zoonoses.................
Viral Zoonoses
Rabies
Japanese Encephalitis
Kyasanur Forest Disease
Chikungunya Fever
Yellow Fever
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Rickettsial Zoonoses
Scrub Typhus (Mite-borne Typhus)
Murine Typhus (Endemic Typhus or Flea-borne Typhus)
Indian Tick Typhus
Q fever
Other Rickettsial Infections
Bacterial Zoonoses
Brucellosis
Leptospirosis
Plague
Anthrax
Salmonellosis
Parasitic Zoonoses
Teniasis (Tapeworm Infestation)
Hydatid Disease
Leishmaniasis
Toxoplasma gondii
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7. Surface Infections.
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Телание
Leprosy
Parenterally Transmitted Hepatitis B, C,
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Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis G
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Scabies
Pediculosis
Section 3: Non-communicable Disease:
8. Coronary Heart Disease.
Risk Factors
9. Hypertension and Stroke..
Hypertension
Stroke
10. Diabetes Mellitus
Screening, Complication, Prevention
11. Obesity
Body Mass Index
12. Cancer.
Risk Factors, Prevention Strategies
13. Rheumatic Heart Disease and Accidents....
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Accidents
14. Mental Health..
Determinants
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Central Bures of Health Intelligesor
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Voluntary Health Agencies
478
Ford FoundaHom
486
Rockefeller Foundation
487
Came
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30. National Health Programs in India
National Health Programs
Guinea Worm Disease Erailication
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Section 9: Health Care in India: Vision and Mission
31. National Health Policy and Rural Health Mission.....
National Health Policy 2002
National Rural Health Mission (2005-2012)
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Section 10: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
32. Epidemiological Methods in Health Care.
Epidemiological Studies
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Rate, Ratio and Proportion
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Descriptive Studies
Case-control Studies
Cohort Studies
Experimental Studies
Association and Causation
33. Basic Statistics in Health Care
Collection of Statistics
Presentation of Statistics
Sources of Health Information
International Population Statistics
Measures of Central Tendenc
Measures of Variability (Dispersion)