Rural Development

Block 1 – Understanding Health
Health: Concepts, Determinants and Dimensions
Public Health: Genesis and Development
Environmental Health: Issues and Challenges
Health Practices: Indigenous and Modern

Block 2 – Health in Rural India
Rural Health: Need and Significance
Health Infrastructure and Delivery System
Health and Nutrition: Behaviour and Practices
Health of Women, Children and Vulnerable Groups

Block 3 – Diseases and Prevention
Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases in India: Prevention and Control
Hygiene, Sanitation and Waste Management
Food Safety: Issues and Alternatives
Practices of Health Management: Selective Experiences

Block 4 – Health Care: Planning, Policy and Management
Health Care: Historical Perspective
Health Policy in India
Role of Technology: Health Statistics, GIS and Health Information Systems
Health Care: Governmental and Non-Governmental Initiatives