Community Health, Hygiene and Sanitation

Introduction to health

• Dimensions and scope
• Physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and vocational health
• Concept of positive health and wellbeing
• Community health

Hygiene:

• Introduction to  hygiene
• Factors influencing hygiene
• Care of skin, hair, hands, feet, nails and mouth

Basic Sanitation and Environmental Sanitation

• Basic sanitation and its need in villages, towns, and semi urban areas
• Disinfection
• Sterilization
• Sanitary and health measures for special situations
• Control and preventive care
• Home care of the patient

Youth health

• Reproductive health
• Healthy lifestyles
• HIV AIDS, drugs and substance abuse
• Home nursing and first aid
• National health programmes
• Definition for family planning, Methods (Permanent, Temporary)

• Safe drinking water, water borne diseases
• Food borne infections and intoxications, naturally occurring toxins in food, methods of prevention of food born diseases