Community medicine and health

Abstract

The Foundations of Community Medicine in its present form has a number of distinguishing traits that are explored throughout this book. These characteristics are what set it different from other publications that cover comparable topics. It contains material that is properly organized, which is free from duplication, confusion, and uncertainty, and which assures that all of the important information about a topic is accessible in one area. Places an adequate emphasis on the practical aspects of preventive medicine and public health, with a major attention on the circumstances that prevail in the Indian context. Contains an in-depth overview of numerous methods used in public health, including immunization, disinfection and sterilization, notification, isolation and quarantine, population screening, and public health monitoring. This book applies a management approach to the discussion of health organizations, health programs, and health care systems that are already in place in the nation. Contains in-depth discussions of the physical, social, and biological surroundings, with an emphasis on environmental contamination and how to combat it. In light of the fact that the rate of industrialization in India is accelerating, this book provides sufficient information on occupational dangers and industrial difficulties.