Community Medicine: A Student’s Manual

Community medicine is the application of medical science to the society at large.<br><br> It covers such diverse areas ranging from vaccination and control of epidemics to sanitation and town planning.<br><br> This textbook is an attempt to present the subject of community medicine at a most introductory level to undergraduate medical students.<br><br> It provides solid conceptual foundation of biostatistics.<br><br> Major areas of community medicine including communicable and noncommunicable diseases environmental health mother and child’s health immunization nutrition and national health programs are covered extensively.<br><br> However care has been taken as not to burden the memory of the student with irrelevant details at any point.<br><br> Regarding style the book shapes into an easy-to-learn format.<br><br> Important definitions presented in an information and simple manner emphasizing on keywords.<br><br> Consistent use of highlight boxes improve the readability of the text and underline key facts.<br><br> It is written in a manner akin to classnotes with a basic framework which every student can follow while also providing additional material for the interesting areas.<br><br> The book is enriched with only the latest facts figures and guidelines from international (WHO CIA UNICEF etc.<br><br>) and national (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) agencies.<br><br> Website references to topics online libraries and sources of reliable information are provided in the references to each chapter.<br><br> Profusely illustrated both by original and public domain artwork and imagery it is also a very pleasant read.<br><br>