GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Pharmacy
Subject Code: BP802TT
SEMESTER: VIII
Subject Name: Social and Preventive Pharmacy
Scope: The purpose of this course is to introduce to students a number of health issues and their
challenges. This course also introduced a number of national health programmes. The roles of the
pharmacist in these contexts are also discussed.
Objectives: Upon completion of the course the student shall be able to
1. Acquire high consciousness/realization of current issuesrelated to health and pharmaceutical
problems within the country and worldwide
2. Have a critical way of thinking based on current healthcare development
3. Evaluate alternative ways of solving problems related to health and pharmaceutical issues.
Teaching scheme and examination scheme:
Teaching Scheme Evaluation Scheme
Theory Tutorial Practical Total Theory Practical
External Internal External Internal
3 1 0 4 80 20 0 0
Sr No Topics %
weightage
1. Concept of health and disease: Definition, concepts and evaluation of public 10
health. Understanding the concept of prevention and control of disease, social
causes of diseases and social problems of the sick.
Social and health education: Food in relation to nutrition and health, Balanced
diet, Nutritional deficiencies, Vitamin deficiencies, Malnutrition and its
prevention.
Sociology and health: Socio cultural factors related to health and disease,
Impact of urbanization on health and disease, Poverty and health
Hygiene and health: personal hygiene and health care; avoidable habits
2. Preventive medicine: General principles of prevention and control of diseases 10
such as cholera, SARS, Ebola virus, influenza, acute respiratory infections,
malaria, chicken guinea, dengue, lymphatic filariasis, pneumonia, hypertension,
diabetes mellitus, cancer, drug addiction-drug substance abuse
3. National health programs, its objectives, functioning and outcome of the 10
following:
HIV AND AIDS control programme, TB, Integrated disease surveillance
program (IDSP), National leprosy control programme, National mental health
program, National programme for prevention and control of deafness, Universal
immunization programme, National programme for control of blindness, Pulse
polio programme
National health intervention programme for mother and child, National family 8
4. welfare programme, National tobacco control programme, National Malaria
Prevention Program, National programme for the health care for the elderly,
Social health programme; role of WHO in Indian national program
5. Community services in rural, urban and school health: Functions of PHC, 7
Improvement in rural sanitation, national urban health mission, Health
promotion and education in school.
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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Pharmacy
Subject Code: BP802TT
Recommended Books (Latest edition):
1. Short Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, Prabhakara GN, 2nd Edition, 2010, ISBN:
9789380704104, JAYPEE Publications
2. Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine (Mahajan and Gupta), Edited by Roy Rabindra
Nath, Saha Indranil, 4th Edition, 2013, ISBN: 9789350901878, JAYPEE Publications
3. Review of Preventive and Social Medicine (Including Biostatistics), Jain Vivek, 6th Edition,
2014, ISBN: 9789351522331, JAYPEE Publications
4. Essentials of Community Medicine—A Practical Approach, Hiremath Lalita D, Hiremath
Dhananjaya A, 2nd Edition, 2012, ISBN: 9789350250440, JAYPEE Publications
5. Park Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, K Park, 21st Edition, 2011, ISBN-14:
9788190128285, BANARSIDAS BHANOT PUBLISHERS
6. Community Pharmacy Practice, Ramesh Adepu, BSP publishers, Hyderabad
Recommended Journals:
1. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Elsevier, Ireland
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