Social Pharmacy
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01Unit 1
Chapter 1

Introduction to Social Pharmacy

Definition and Scope. Social Pharmacy as a discipline and its scope in improving the public health. Role of Pharmacists in Public Health.

Concept of Health – WHO Definition, various dimensions, determinants, and health indicators.

National Health Policy – Indian perspective Introduction to Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals, FIP Development
Goals

02Unit 2
Chapter 2

Preventive healthcare

Role of Pharmacists in the following

Demography and Family Planning

Mother and child health, importance of breastfeeding, ill effects of infant milk substitutes and bottle feeding

Overview of Vaccines, types of immunity and immunization.

Effect of Environment on Health – Water pollution, importance of safe drinking water, waterborne diseases, air pollution, noise pollution, sewage and solid waste disposal, occupational illnesses, Environmental pollution due to pharmaceuticals

Psychosocial Pharmacy: Drugs of misuse and abuse – psychotropics, narcotics, alcohol, tobacco products. Social Impact of these habits on social health and productivity and suicidal behaviours.

03Unit 3
Chapter 3

Nutrition and Health

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

04Unit 4
Chapter 4

Introduction to Microbiology and common microorganisms

Epidemiology: Introduction to the terms Epidemiology, its applications, terms such as epidemic, pandemic, endemic, mode of transmission, quarantine, isolation, incubation period, contact tracing.
Causative agents, epidemiology and clinical presentations and Role of Pharmacists in educating the public in prevention of the following communicable diseases:
Respiratory infections – chickenpox, measles, rubella, mumps, influenza (including Avian-Flu, H1N1, SARS, MERS, COVID-19), diphtheria, whooping cough, meningococcal meningitis, acute respiratory infections, tuberculosis, Ebola
Intestinal infections – poliomyelitis, viral hepatitis, cholera, acute diarrheal diseases, typhoid, amebiasis, worm infestations, food poisoning (8)
Arthropod-borne infections – dengue, malaria, filariasis and, chikungunya (4)
Surface infections – trachoma, tetanus, leprosy
STDs, HIV/AIDS

05Unit 5
Chapter 5

Introduction to health systems and all ongoing National health programs in India, their objectives,
functioning, outcome and the role of pharmacists.