Social Pharmacy Syllabus

Social Pharmacy subject has been newly added to D. Pharm 1st Year. D Pharm syllabus for Social Pharmacy subject given below:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Social Pharmacy

Scope and Definition. The discipline of Social Pharmacy, Role of Pharmacists in Public Health
Concept of Health – Various Dimensions, Health Indicators, WHO Definition and Determinants
Indian Perspective of National Health Policy
Private Health System in India, Public Health System, National Health Mission
Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals and FIP Development Goals

Family Planning and Demography
Importance of Breastfeeding, Mother and child health,
Bad effects of infant milk substitute bottle-feeding
Bad effects of bottle-feeding
Types of Immunity, Types of Immunization, Overview of Vaccines
Effect of Environment on Health – the importance of safe drinking water, Water pollution, waterborne diseases, noise pollution, sewage and solid waste disposal, air pollution, occupational illnesses, Environmental pollution due to pharmaceuticals
Psychosocial Pharmacy – Drugs of Misuse and Abuse: narcotics, tobacco products, psychotropics, alcohol, Social Impact of these bad habits on social health and productivity and suicidal behaviours

Basics of Macronutrients and Basics of Micronutrients.
Importance of fibre and water in the diet
A balanced diet, nutrition deficiency diseases, calorific and nutritive values of various foods, Malnutrition, ill effects of junk foods, fortification of food
Introduction to food safety, effects of artificial ripening, genetically modified foods, adulteration of foods, use of pesticides
Dietary supplements, food supplements – benefits and indications, Drug-Food Interactions, nutraceuticals

Epidemiology: Introduction and Application of Epidemiology, Understanding of terms such as a pandemic, epidemic, mode of transmission, quarantine, outbreak, isolation, contact tracing, incubation period, mortality, and morbidity.
Causative agents, clinical presentations, epidemiology and the role of Pharmacists in teaching people to prevent the below given communicable disease.

Respiratory infections – measles, mumps, diphtheria, meningococcal meningitis, tuberculosis, chickenpox, rubella, influenza (including H1N1, MERS, Avian-Flu, SARS)
Intestinal infections – viral hepatitis, acute diarrheal diseases, amebiasis, food poisoning, poliomyelitis, cholera, typhoid, and worm infestations
Arthropod-borne infections – malaria, chikungunya, dengue and filariasis
Surface infections – tetanus, trachoma and leprosy
AIDS/HIV, STDs

Introduction to health systems
- Introduction to all ongoing National Health programs and their functioning, role of pharmacists, objectives and outcome