Public Health Sociology

Meena Kumari Shrestha

Course Description
Public Health Sociology and Social Psychology
• Public health practice is being influenced by the ways people
behave.
• Both beneficiary population and practitioners on health
matters backed by sociological and social psychological
phenomena prevalent in the society.
• Therefore, planning and implementation of an effective
public health actions, namely promoting and protecting
health; preventing health risk factors , injuries and diseases;
controlling epidemics; encouraging people for early detection,
treatment
Course Description
Public Health Sociology and Social Psychology

and compliance to treatment resume (P3CE); and intervention

programs namely, health education, health promotion, public
health law and acts, infrastructure development should
consider the health and disease related sociological and social
psychological phenomena prevalent in the communities and
among the people.
• Therefore, this course under public health behavioral science
strand has been prepared to develop basic concept of public
health sociology and social psychology.
Course Description
Public Health Sociology and Social Psychology

It is anticipated that students completing this course will be

able to:
discuss public health sociological and psychological
aspects and apply them adequately an appropriately during
their public health education process and professional
practice.
Course Description
Public Health Sociology and Social Psychology

Objective of the course :

• To provide introductory knowledge on sociological and
social psychological concepts and their application in
understanding of public health thematic domain and public
health core action and planning and implement of public
health intervention programs.
Course Description
Public Health Sociology and Social Psychology

Objective of the course is to provide introductory knowledge

on sociological and socialpsychological concepts and their
application in understanding of public health thematic domain
and public health core action and planning and implement of
public health intervention programs:namely thematic, core
actions and interventions,
• •st and describe various components of public health
sociology and social psychology
• in relation to the three domains of public health,
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Course Description
Public Health Sociology and Social Psychology

• Learning Objectives:Upon the completion of the course

students will be able to:
• •Define sociology and social psychology in relation to the
three domains of publichealth, namely thematic, core
actions and interventions, and describe various components
of public health sociology and social psychologyin relation to
the three domains of public health
• Differentiate between public health sociology-social
psychology and medical sociology-psychology,
Course Description
Public Health Sociology and Social Psychology

• objective of the course is to provide introductory knowledge

on sociological and socialpsychological concepts and their
application in understanding of public health thematic
domainand public health core action and planning and
implement of public health intervention programs.
• Learning Objectives:
• Upon the completion of the course students will be able to:
• •Define sociology and social psychology in relation to the
three domains of publichealth, namely thematic, core
actions and interventions,and describe various components
Course Description
Public Health Sociology and Social Psychology

• •Differentiate between public healthsociology-social

psychologyandmedicalsociology-psychology,
• •Identify and describe various public health themes related
sociological and socialpsychological components prevalent in
Nepalese societies, and
• •Relate and apply the various public health sociological and
social psychologicalcomponents with public health core
actions such as promoting health, prevention ofhealth risk
factors and diseases and in planning and implementation of
prototype public