Main description:

Reflecting author's experience as a teacher, guide and examiner this book is primarily for the MBBS students to face the practical examination and viva; however, it is also useful for the students pursuing MD/DNB (Community Medicine), MPH, DPH and other relevant disciplines.

The book is designed with many figures and tables for easy understanding.
Practical part of the book includes spotters with coloured figures, exercises with solutions and clinicosocial case with details of specific cases. Additionally, chapters such as dietary assessment, family study proforma and visits to various centres are included.
Viva part includes important sample theory viva questions with answers.
This book is provided with online content which includes additional practical and viva questions, answers to practice exercises, links to health programmes and useful websites, and images in community medicine. Topics such as OSCE/OSPE, food adulteration and tips for PowerPoint presentation are also included in the online content.

Contents:

PART A: PRACTICAL Section 1: Spotters 1 Vaccination 2 Nutrition 3 Contraception 4 Medical Entomology 5 Disinfectants 6 Drugs of Public Health Importance 7 Maternal and Child Health (MCH) 8 Insecticides 9 Environment 10 Miscellaneous Spotters Section 2: Exercises 11 Biostatistics 12 Epidemiology 13 Demography 14 Nutrition 15 Water Section 3: Clinicosocial Case 16 Introduction to Clinicosocial Case 17 Proforma for Clinicosocial Case 18 Details of Specific Clinicosocial Cases Section 4: Miscellaneous 19 Dietary Assessment of Individual and Family 20 Family Study Proforma 21 Field Visits to Health Establishments/Centres PART B: VIVA-VOCE 22 History of Medicine and Public Health 23 Concepts of Health and Disease 24 General Epidemiology 25 Screening for Disease 26 Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases and Related National Health Programmes 27 Epidemiology of Noncommunicable Diseases and Related National Health Programmes 28 Environment and Health 29 Biomedical Waste Management 30 Disaster Management 31 Occupational Health 32 Nutrition and Health 33 Demography and Family Welfare 34 Maternal and Child Health, Geriatrics 35 Health Education and Communication 36 Mental Health and Drug Abuse 37 Genetics and Health 38 Health Information and Biostatistics 39 Medicine and Social Sciences 40 Health Care of the Community 41 Health Planning and Management 42 International Health 43 Miscellaneous Annexure I Important Health Days Annexure II Health Related Important Indicators of India

Content available online at www.MedEnact.com:

Answers to "Exercises for Practice"
Add-on Spotters, Exercises, Viva and Miscellaneous
Links to Important Documents
Additional Images