1. Concept of health-Definition of physical health, mental health, social health,
spiritual health, determinants of health, indicators of health, concept of
disease, natural history of diseases, the disease agents, concept of prevention
of diseases.
2. Nutrition and health- Classification of foods requirements, disease induced
due to deficiency of proteins, Vitamins and minerals-treatment and prevention.
3. Demography and family planning-Demography cycle, fertility, family
planning, contraceptive methods, behavioural methods, natural family
planning method, chemical method, mechanical methods, hormonal
contraceptives, population problem of India.
4. First aid-Emergency treatment in shock, snake-bite, burns poisoning, heart
disease, fractures and resuscitation methods. Elements of minor surgery and
dressings.
5. Environment and health-Sources of water supply, water pollution, purification
of water, health and air, noise light-solid waste disposal and control-medical
entomology, arthropod borne diseases and their control, rodents, animals and
diseases.
6. Fundamental principles of microbiology classification of microbes, isolation,
staining techniques of organisms of common diseases.
7. Communicable diseases-Causative agents, modes of transmission and
prevention.
(a) Respiratory infections-Chicken pox, measles, influenza, diphtheria,
whooping cough and tuberculosis.
(b) Intestinal infections: Poliomyelitis. Hepatitis. Cholera. Typhoid, Food
poisoning, Hookworm infection.
(c) Arthropod borne infections -plague, Malaria, Filariasis.
(d) Surface infections -Rabies, Trachoma, Tetanus, and Leprosy.
(e) Sexually transmitted diseases –Syphilis, Gonorrhea, AIDS.
8. Non-communicable diseases-Causative agents, prevention, care and control;
Cancer, Diabetes, Blindness, Cardiovascular diseases.
9. Epidemiology-Its scope, methods, uses, and dynamics of disease transmission,
immunity and immunization: Immunological products and their dose schedule.
Principles of disease control and prevention, hospital acquired infection,
prevention and control. Disinfection, types of disinfection, disinfection
procedures, for faeces, urine, sputum, room linen, dead-bodies, instruments.