Social Pharmacy

ChaptersTopic Name
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
Chapter -2
Preventive Healthcare – Role of Pharmacists
Family Planning and Demography
Importance of Breastfeeding
Mother and child health
Bad effects of infant milk substitute bottle-feeding
Bad effects of bottle-feeding
Immunity
Overview of Vaccines
Pollution
Psychosocial Pharmacy
Chapter – 3
Nutrition and Health
Basics of Macronutrients and 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
Chapter – 4
Introduction to Microbiology and common microorganisms
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.
Chapter – 5
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
Chapter – 6
Pharmacoeconomics
Introduction, the importance of pharmacoeconomics and basic terminologies