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1. Foundations for public health expertise
Dr R.R.Shinde
Professor & Head
Dept of PSM
Seth G.S.Medical College
Mumbai
Concepts in Public Health

2. TERMINOLOGIES
◼ Preventive & Social Medicine
◼ Community Medicine
◼ Public Health

3. Definition of Health
World Health Organization defines :
◼ Health as a state of complete physical,
mental, social and spiritual well-being,
and not merely absence of disease.

4. What Health Means ?
◼ Health is a dynamic state
◼ All variables in health are not measurable
◼ Health is a medium of socio-economic development
◼ Health cannot be practiced in isolation
◼ Health is mutually linked with all developmental
sectors

5. Concept of Prevention
◼ Primordial
◼ Primary
◼ Secondary
◼ Tertiary

6. Modes of Intervention
◼ Primordial
◼ Primary
◼ Secondary
◼ Tertiary
◼ Health Promotion
◼ Specific Protection
◼ Screening
◼ Early diagnosis &
treatment
◼ Disability limitation
◼ Rehabilitation

7. Control of Disease
◼ Control
◼ Elimination
◼ Eradication

8. Control of Disease contd…
◼ Elimination of source
◼ Breaking channels of transmission
◼ Protection of the host

9. Elimination of Source
◼ High index of suspicion
◼ Early diagnosis & treatment
◼ Active & Passive Surveillance
◼ Isolation & Quarantine
◼ Environmental sanitation

10. Breaking Channels of transmission
◼ Isolation & Quarantine
◼ Disinfection – Air, Water, Food
◼ Treatment of cases & carriers
◼ Environmental sanitation
◼ Personal hygiene

11. Protection of the host
◼ Personal hygiene
◼ Nutrition
◼ Chemoprophylaxis
◼ Immunoprophylaxis