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| Section | Topics Answered |
|---|---|
| A - Fundamental Concepts | Community medicine, preventive medicine, social medicine, public health (definition, functions, history - global & India) |
| B - Health, Disease & Causation | 14 definitions of health, biomedical/ecological/holistic models, germ theory, Koch's postulates, epidemiological triad, web of causation, BEINGS model, predisposing/precipitating/reinforcing/enabling/risk factors, natural history of disease |
| C - Nutrition | Nutrition/food/diet/nutrients, nutrient classification, food functions, RDA/EAR, reference man/woman, all vitamins (A, B1, B2, B3, B6, B9, B12, C, D, E, K) with sources/functions/deficiency/prevention, all minerals (Ca, Fe, I, F, Zn), PEM, malnutrition types/measurement/assessment, nutritional surveillance, 24-hour recall, ICDS, POSHAN Abhiyaan, Mid-Day Meal |
| D - Food Safety | Food safety & hygiene (5 keys), milk hygiene (LTLT/HTST/UHT, lab tests), meat hygiene, food additives (classification, FSSAI), food fortification (India programmes), food preservation, food toxicants (aflatoxin, lathyrism, epidemic dropsy), food processing |
| E - Environment & Health | Water (sources, purification, quality standards, fluoridation, JJM), sanitation (handwashing 6 steps, 5 critical times), solid waste management (Swachh Bharat), biomedical waste (BMW Rules 2016, colour coding), air pollution (AQI, health effects, NCAP), housing (standards, overcrowding), radiation (ionising/non-ionising, ALARA), temperature (heat stroke, hypothermia, frostbite), high altitude illness, climate change |
| F - Social & Behavioural Health | Health behaviour, illness behaviour, sick role (Parsons), health risk behaviour, behaviour change theories (HBM, TTM, Bandura, TPB), health-seeking behaviour barriers, medical sociology, social determinants of health, community types (Brint), community engagement, health infrastructure (SC/PHC/CHC/DH/FRU), BEMOC/CEMOC |
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