Comprehensive Community Medicine for Undergraduate Students, is the first of its kind textbook, designed meticulously according to the latest National Medical Commission (NMC) Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) Curriculum 2024. It empowers undergraduate medical students to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies required of the Indian Medical Graduate.

Though designed for undergraduate medical students, this book will also be of immense help to postgraduate students of community medicine. This comprehensive compendium seamlessly integrates all relevant topics and concepts of community medicine and public health. The entire content is spread across 40 chapters and divided into eight broad sections, namely, Health and its Determinants, General Epidemiology, Communicable Diseases, Non-communicable Diseases, Reproductive and Child Health, Health Care for Specific Conditions, Health Care Delivery, and Other Important Topics.

Whether preparing for university examinations, competency assessments, PG entrance preparation, clinical postings, or future medical practice, this book serves as a trusted companion in developing the vision and capabili-
ties of a socially accountable physician. The book will act as an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers, and public health professionals.

Salient Features

• Chapters are logically sequenced to ensure smooth flow while strictly adhering to the curriculum.
• Content is presented in an illustrative, concise, and easy-to-understand format, facilitating better comprehension and retention. 
• Each chapter begins with clearly stated CBME competencies and a list of topics covered.
• Scenario-based questions and short questions at the end of every chapter enable self-assessment and performance evaluation.
• The book addresses important contemporary and public health-relevant topics, including:
  • Hygiene and sanitation in public facilities and mass gatherings
  • Health risks and their mitigation in international travel
  • Health concerns of marginalized and vulnerable populations (street children, people with disabilities, sexual minorities)
  • Emerging concepts such as digital technology in public health including artificial intelligence, organ transplantation, and health tourism
    Major 21st-century public health milestones, including policies and goals, eliminated and eradicated diseases, epidemics and pandemics, and newly introduced vaccines
• Chapter-wise compilation of key definitions in community medicine and public health aids quick revision and exam preparation.

About the Author : 

Bratati Banerjee, MBBS, DPH, DNB (SPM), MNAMS, PGDH&HM, WHO Fellowship in Non-Communicable Diseases, is a fellow of the Indian Public Health Association and the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine. Serving the Government of India as Director Professor of Community Medicine, formerly at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, and currently at All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, she has 30 years of experience in community medicine and public health. She has authored/edited six textbooks, a digital e-book for postgraduate students of community medicine, and contributed 30 chapters in textbooks and training modules. She has written two health education books for children and three chapters for school-level health educa- tion books. With over a hundred publications in national and international journals, she has led several funded research projects as Principal Investigator.

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