Community health is an emerging and growing discipline of public health and it focuses on the physical, social, and mental well-being of the people of specific districts. This interdisciplinary field brings together aspects of health care, economics, environment, and people interaction. This handbook is a comprehensive reference on public health for higher education students, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers of health care. There are five key thematic sections in the book: perspectives in public health; community health in practise; planning, built, and social environment and community health; digital and mobile health; and, towards sustainable health in the community. Each theme explores the leading research and trends. This book aims to help achieve the shared goal of healthier communities and quality of life for the residents. This collaborative work should be a very useful handbook to health professionals and government bodies in the planning of initiatives to improve population health, prevent chronic diseases, control infectious diseases and outbreaks, and prepare for natural disasters. This handbook integrates research and practise of public health in the community.

This is the first international and inter-disciplinary social science Handbook on health and medicine. Five years in the making, and building on the insights and advice of an international editorial board, the book brings together world-class figures to provide an indispensable, comprehensive resource book on social science, health and medicine. Pinpointing the focal issues of research and debate in one volume, the material is organized into three sections: social and cultural frameworks of analysis; the experience of health and illness; and health care systems and practices. Each section consists of specially commissioned chapters designed to examine the vital conceptual and methodological practice and policy issues. Readers recei

Community Medicine Preparatory Manual for Undergraduates, 3rd Edition - E-Book

This book fulfills the unmet need of quick review question answer book and at the same time cover the entire syllabus of Community Medicine, spread over 30 chapters. Each chapter has 1 or 2 solved long questions, 8 to 10 solved short notes, viva voce and MCQs related to that chapter. These long / short questions cover the complete syllabus laid down for that chapter by Medical Council of India / reputed medical universities, thus giving the student adequate and complete knowledge of the subject, besides enabling them to effectively undertake a quick & comprehensive exam preparation. The answers to long questions, short notes are crisp, though at the same time, containing all essential details. In this new edition digital assets are also included.