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The first edition was published in the year
2006. It had a good initial response (or wide acceptance of readers) from the market apart from few lacunae which has been added in this second edition to make it more relevant and updated for undergraduate medical students.
Designed primarily for undergraduate medical students, this edition includes an elaborate discussion on public health problems of Indian significance, namely, population overgrowth, human disasters, and emerging and re-emerging diseases. It also provides detailed description of public health practices, namely, immunization, disinfection and sterilization, notification, isolation and quarantine, public health surveillance, and population screening.
It contains well organized material which is free from repetition, confusion and uncertainty and which ensures availability of all the relevant information on a topic at one place.
It has a unique style of narration that appeals to medical students because of its simplicity, lucidity, readability, retainability and enjoyability.
It extends a managerial treatment to the description of health organizations, health programmes and health care systems of relevance to Indian situation.
It incorporates a comprehensive coverage of physical, social and biological environments laying due stress on environmental pollution and its control.
It presents a uniquely simplified and readily intelligible discourse on basic concepts of epidemiology and statistics which are usually abhorred by medical students.
It incorporates a detailed description of national population policy and national health policy in consideration of their crucial importance in the formulation of national health care programmes for the country.
It contains numerous comparison tables, flowcharts, graphs and diagrams to improve the comprehension and facilitate retention of the subject matter.
It encloses multiple solved examples on epidemiology, vital statistics and basic statistics to enable the students to calculate rates, ratios and statistical values of applied significance.
New to this Edition
A new section on âPublic Health Problemsâ has been added that includes chapters on âPopulation Problem in India and its Containmentâ, âHuman Disasters and their Managementâ and âEmerging and Re-emerging Diseases and their Behaviourâ.
A chapter on âAdolescent Health Careâ has been added to the section on âPersonal Health Careâ.
The chapter on âNational Health Programmesâ has been reorganized into two chapters designated as âNational Health Programmes: Disease Orientedâ; and âNational Health Programmes: Service Orientedâ; both of them have been thoroughly updated.
New programmes added to the chapter on disease-oriented National Health Programmes are âDengue and Chikungunya Fever Controlâ; âNational Programme for Prevention and Control of Diabetesâ; âCardiovascular Disease and Strokeâ; and âNational Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafnessâ.
A sub-chapter on âIndian Hospital Systemâ has been added to the chapter on âHealth Care in the Indian Contextâ. The sub-chapter includes discussion on hospital acquired infection and hospital waste management.
A sub-chapter on âNational Rural Health Missionâ has been included in the chapter on service-oriented National Health Programmes.
A sub-chapter on âMental Disordersâ has been included in the chapter on âNatural History of Non-Communicable Diseases, Disorders and Accidentsâ.
A sub-chapter on âVital Statisticsâ has been added to the chapter on âApplied Statisticsâ to provide room for numerical examples in this area.
Information on âMillennium Development Goalsâ has been included in the chapter on Primary Health Care.
Information on RCH-II has been added to the sub-chapter on this topic.
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