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Preventive and social medicine

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Preventive and social medicine is a branch of medicine dealing with providing health services in areas of prevention,promotion and treatment of rehabilitative diseases. Studies in Preventive and social medicine are helpful in providing Guided care, medicine in environmental health, offering scholarly services, policy formulation, consulting, research in International work. While other fields of medicines deals with individual health,preventive medicines deals with community health.

History and Objective

Preventive and Social medicine primarily deals with providing a complete health services in the field of rehabilitation,curative,preventive and promotion in the field of health sector[1][2][3]. Preventive and Social medicine has been designed at community level unlike other fields of medicines which deals at individual level[4]. This branch of medicine deals with improving the public health.

Responsibilities

Practice of Preventive and social medicine involves managing and assessing of surroundings[5]. Their main responsibilities include offering specialize services for people health and defined populations[6], helping in preventing disease through protection and maintainence of health[7] helping in preventing disability and premature death. and involving management and assessment of health surrounding environmental or occupational factors[8]. The field of preventive medicine covers a wide range of medical practice[1][9][10]

Education

A person can pursue education in Preventive and Social Medicine if after completion of 12th standard in science stream and had completed MBBS. They should have completed MD or a diploma course with specialisation in this field. It is also recommended to have undergone training for practical exposure with community organisation.[1]

There are various universities offering degress in this field.

See Also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Social Medicine" (in Hindi). Navbharat Times. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ^ "What is Global Social Medicine?". News-Medical.net. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Need For Dedicated Public Health Cadre: Learnings From Covid-19 Pandamic". Rising Kashmir. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. ^ Thakur, H. P.; Pandit, D. D.; Subramanian, P. (1 October 2001). "History of preventive and social medicine in India". Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 47 (4): 283. ISSN 0022-3859. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Remembering Jeremiah Stamler, MD, Founding Chair and Professor Emeritus of Preventive Medicine". News Center. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Preventive Healthcare Market 2022 Comprehensive Research Study and Forecast to 2030". Designer Women. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  7. ^ Deshp, Chaitanya (5 March 2022). "Preventive and social medicine key to control future pandemics: Experts | Nagpur News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  8. ^ "How Big Data Analytics Can Support Preventive Health". HealthITAnalytics. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  9. ^ Miller, Jake (30 September 2021). "Care, Cure, and Context". hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Medicine, the Pandemic and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara". NewsClick. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

External links

Category:Public health Category:Medical humanities


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