Health & Development

Health & Development

1 Health and Development

  1. Concept of Health and Development
  2. Indian Context
  3. Determinants of Health

2 Demographic Indicators- Transition and Challenges

  1. Demography: Meaning and Components
  2. Demographic Measures
  3. Fertility: Meaning and Measures
  4. Mortality and Its Measures
  5. Age and Sex Structure
  6. Demographic Challenges

3 Prevention and Management of Diseases

  1. Common Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
  2. Common Diseases in Children
  3. Common Diseases in Adolescents
  4. Common Diseases in Women
  5. Common Diseases in Old Age
  6. Prevention of Common Diseases
  7. National Health Programmes for Control of Communicable Diseases
  8. National Health Programmes for Control of Non-Communicable Diseases
  9. Other National Health Programmes

4 Health and Population Policy

  1. National Health Policies: Concept and Evolution
  2. National Health Policy – 1983
  3. National Health Policy – 2002 and 2017
  4. National Population Policies: Concept and Evolution
  5. National Population Policy-2000
  6. Interfaces between Health and Population Policy

5 Reproductive and maternal Health Care

  1. Reproductive Health: Concept and Process
  2. Venereal Diseases in Reproductive Health
  3. Maternal Health: Meaning and Components
  4. Stages of Mother and Child Health: Ante-Natal Care, Intra-Natal Care and Post-Natal Care
  5. Safe Abortion and Changed Fertility Behaviour

6 Child Health Care

  1. Phases of Childhood
  2. Growth of Child
  3. Child Health Care Package
  4. Neonatal Care
  5. Routine Care of Newborn
  6. Immunisation
  7. Childhood Diseases and Their Management
  8. Nutrition Education for Child Health Care

7 Adolescent Health Care and Life Cycle Approach

  1. Concept and Phases of Adolescence
  2. Life Cycle Approach and Importance of Adolescent Health Care
  3. Physiological Issues of Adolescence
  4. Adolescent Health Problems and Health Education
  5. Role of Health Care Providers and Adolescents Health
  6. Awareness of Adolescent Health Care

8 Care of Elderly

  1. Concept of Elderly
  2. Scenario of Elderly: Global and Regional
  3. Health Problems of the Elderly
  4. Who Cares for the Elderly in India?
  5. Policy and Programmes for the Elderly
  6. Challenges Before the Elderly
  7. How to Improve Health Status of the Elderly

9 Primary Health Care Delivery System

  1. Primary Health Care: Concept and Components
  2. Structure of Primary Health Care System
  3. Functions of Primary Health Care Centres
  4. India’s Primary Health Care and Challenges
  5. Suggestions for Development of Primary Health Care

10 Civil Society and Health Care

  1. Concept and Role of Civil Society
  2. Civil Society and Health in India
  3. Civil Society Organisations and Health Care
  4. Scope of CSOs in Health Care

11 Behavioural Change Communication in Health Care

  1. Behavioural Change Communication in Health Care: Meaning and Benefits
  2. Channels of Behavioural Change Communication
  3. Strategies of Behavioural Change Communication
  4. Guidelines for Successful Behavioural Change Communication
  5. Barriers to Behaviour Change of Communication in Health Care

12 Inter-Sectoral Co-ordination in Health Care

  1. Co-ordination – Meaning and Related Concepts
  2. Intra- and Inter-Sectoral Co-ordination in Health
  3. Guiding Principles for Inter-Sectoral Co-ordination
  4. Historical Perspective of ISC under Primary Health Care Model
  5. Areas of Inter-Sectoral Co-ordination in Health
  6. Co-ordination Mechanism and Benefits of ISC
  7. Requisites for Effective Inter-Sectoral Co-ordination

13 Health Manpower Development

  1. Concept and Common Principles of Health Manpower Development
  2. Health Manpower Planning
  3. Production Process and Institutional Arrangement
  4. Issues and Challenges of Training and HMD Status in India
  5. Suggestions for Health Manpower Development

14 Data Sources for Health Care

  1. Data Sources: Concept, Types and Agencies
  2. Census of India
  3. Civil Registration System (CRS)
  4. Sample Registration System (SRS)
  5. National Family Health Surveys (NFHS)
  6. District Level Household Survey (DLHS)
  7. National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)
  8. Central Statistical Organization (CSO) and Other Statistical Divisions

15 Health System Research

  1. Health System Research: Concept and Significance
  2. Health System Research: Objectives, Features and Scope
  3. Global Status of Health System Research
  4. History of Health System Research in Indian Context
  5. Health System Research in India: Priority, Utilisation and Funding
  6. Challenges and Prospects of Health System Research

16 Management Information System (MIS) in Health

  1. MIS for Health: Concept and Importance
  2. Structure of MIS for Health in India
  3. Function of Health Management Information System (HMIS)
  4. Steps in Developing a HMIS
  5. Major Issues and Challenges with Current HMIS

17 Social Status of Women and Health

  1. Women and Health Concepts
  2. Status of Women’s Health
  3. Determinants of Women’s Health
  4. Women’s Social Empowerment and Health
  5. Women’s Cultural Empowerment and Health
  6. Measures to Promote Women’s Health

18 Education and Health

  1. Health Education: Meaning, Significance and Need
  2. Principles of Health Education
  3. Content of Health Education
  4. Agencies of Health Education
  5. Communication in Health Education
  6. Strategies in Health Communication
  7. Case Studies in Health Education

19 Poverty and Health

  1. Economy and Health
  2. Poverty and Health Linkages: Past and Present
  3. Challenges of Poor Health
  4. Poverty and Health Status in India

20 Health Care of the Marginalised

  1. Marginalisation: An Overview
  2. Marginalisation and Marginalised Groups
  3. Marginalisation and Health Inequalities
  4. Factors Influencing Health Status of the Marginalised
  5. Measures to Improve Health Status of Marginal Groups