A short book of public health

This book is an attempt to bring out a smaller volume on public health especially to cater to the needs of students and public health personnel like sanitary inspectors, nurses and doctors. The language of the text is easy to understand and enhances the clarity of the principles and concepts. The co...

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Main Author: Muthu, V.K (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd 2014
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Call Number :med W 6 .M88 2014
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Summary:This book is an attempt to bring out a smaller volume on public health especially to cater to the needs of students and public health personnel like sanitary inspectors, nurses and doctors. The language of the text is easy to understand and enhances the clarity of the principles and concepts. The contents have been organized into 9 chapters. The initial chapters discuss strategies for providing health care, concepts in preventing diseases, epidemiology of communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases. Includes demography, family planning and maternal, child health, nutrition, school health service and principles of health education. The last chapters deal with health systems and health care programmes, basic statistics in health care, disinfection procedures, vector control methods, immunization schedule, etc
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:627 pages illustrations 21 cm
ISBN:9789351522287