JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY

BACHELOR OF PHYSIOTHERAPY

SEMESTER IV

SUBJECT - COMMUNITY MEDICINE

SUBJECT CODE-BPTCMCO403T22

Hrs\ wk Credits Total Marks Total

L T P L T P Theory Practical

100
3 0 0 3 0 0 100 --

1. Overview: Physiotherapy in community medicine conditions involves the description of the

assessment and treatment of patients with community medicine conditions.

2. Course Objectives: The concept of team approach in rehabilitation. Observation and

identification of diagnostic features. Medical and surgical aspects of disabling conditions.
Identification of residual potentials in patients with partial and total disability. Formulation of
appropriate goals in treatment and rehabilitation

3. Course Outcomes: The student will be able to conduct a safe and effective treatment of
patient with cardiopulmonary conditions.
The students will be shown patients of relevant diseases and disorders for:

CO1 Understanding the concepts of determinants of health, well-being, disease

prevention and control.
CO2 Summarizing the concepts of epidemiology and methods, Acquire the
knowledge in screening for disease.

CO3 Explaining the concepts of epidemiology of communicable & non

communicable disease.
CO4 Summarizing the concepts of epidemiology, different levels of public health
administration.

CO5 Discuss various Health program in India.

CO6 Explaining the concepts of demography, family planning, maternity, child health
care, nutrition, occupational & mental health and approaches of health education.

CO7 Describe the nutrition and health.

CO8 Discuss about Various occupational health hazards.

CO9 Discuss mental health, mental retardation, role of physiotherapy in mental

health.

CO10 Understanding the concepts of health education.

4. CONTENT

UNIT I: Health and disease

UNIT II: Principles of epidemiology and methods
UNIT III: Epidemiology of communicable & non communicable disease.
UNIT IV: Public health administration
UNIT V: Health programs in India
UNIT VI: Demography and family planning
UNIT VII: Nutrition and health
UNIT VIII: Occupational health
UNIT IX: Mental health
UNIT X: Health education
5. Session Plan:

Topics Class
Exercise/Assignments
HEALTH AND DISEASE Assignments
a) Definitions, Concepts, Dimensions and Indicators of Health, Concept
of well-being,
b) Spectrum and Determinants of Health, Concept and natural history of
Disease,
c) Concepts of disease control and prevention, Modes of Intervention,
Population
d) Medicine.
e) The role of socio-economic and cultural environment in health and
disease.

PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND METHODS Assignments

a) Components and Aims, Basic measurements, Methods, Uses of
Epidemiology
b) Infectious disease epidemiology, Dynamics and modes of disease
transmission
c) Host defenses and Immunizing agents, Hazards of Immunization
d) Disease prevention and control, Disinfection
e) Screening for Disease: Concept of screening, Aims and Objectives,
Uses and types of screening.
EPIDEMIOLOGYOFCOMMUNICABLE&NON- Assignments
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
a) Respiratory infections, Intestinal infections, Arthropod- borne
infections, Zoonoses, Surface infections.
b) Hospital acquired infections.
c) Coronary heart disease, Hypertension, Stroke, Rheumatic heart
disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Obesity, Blindness, Accidents and Injuries.
PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. Assignments

Health Care Delivery system at Central and state levels, Role of social,
economic and cultural factors in the implementation of the national
program

HEALTH PROGRAMMES IN INDIA Class quiz

Vector borne disease control program, National leprosy eradication
program, National tuberculosis program, National AIDS control
program, National program for control of blindness, Iodine deficiency
disorders (IDD) program Universal Immunization program,
Reproductive and child health program National cancer control program,
National mental health program. National diabetes control program,
National family welfare program, National sanitation and water supply
program, Minimum needs program
DEMOGRAPHY AND FAMILY PLANNING Assignments

Demographic cycle, Fertility, Family planning-objectives of national

family planning program and family planning methods, A general idea
of advantage and disadvantages of the methods.

NUTRITION AND HEALTH Assignments

Classification of foods, Nutritional profiles of principal foods,

Nutritional problems in public health, Community nutrition program

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Class quiz

Occupational environment, Occupational hazards, Occupational

diseases, Prevention of occupational diseases. Social security and other
measures for the protection from occupational hazard accidents and
diseases. Details of compensation acts.

MENTAL HEALTH Assignments

Characteristics of a mentally healthy person, Types of mental illness,

Causes of mental ill health, Prevention, Mental health services, Alcohol
and drug dependence. Emphasis on community aspects of mental health.
Role of Physiotherapist in mental health problems such as mental
retardation.

HEALTH EDUCATION Class quiz

Concepts, aims and objectives, Approaches to health education, Models

of health education, Contents of health education, Principles of health
education, Practice of health education

6. Pedagogy: Lectures, Case Methods, Presentations, Video Clips, Quiz, Assignments, Project &
Field Visits.

7. Recommended Readings:

1. Preventive and Social Medicine: K. Park; 26th Edition; 2021

8. Assessment Plan

Components Weightage (in percentage)

1. Case Presentation 20%
2. Topic Presentation 15%
3. Assignments 15%
4. Internal Exam 50%

9. Plagiarism: Academic honesty is an essential aspect of teaching and learning in Jaipur

National University programs where action is based on inquiry and reflection. Jaipur National
University takes academic honesty seriously and practices like this are often avoided. This
School of Physiotherapy verifies that no plagiarism, copying or falsification of data has been
performed while designing the curriculum.