Social Pharmacy and Public Health (Theory)

Introduction to Social Pharmacy and Public Health a) Social Pharmacy: Definition, scope, historical development, and importance. Social pharmacy as a multidisciplinary field. b) Public Health: Definition, concepts, history, core functions, and ethical considerations. c) Interplay between Social Pharmacy and Public Health: The evolving role of the pharmacist in the public health arena. d) Concept of Health and Disease: WHO definition of health; dimensions of health physical, mental, social, spiritual, and environmental. e) Determinants of Health: Social, economic, environmental, lifestyle, and healthcare service determinants and their impact on population health. f) Health Indicators: Indicators used to measure health status and health outcomes in a population.

Health Systems, Policy, and Pharmacoepidemiology a) Healthcare Delivery Systems: Overview of global healthcare systems. b) Indian Healthcare System: Structure, public and private sectors, primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of care. c) Health Policy: Introduction to health policy formulation and analysis; d) National Health Mission (NHM): NRHM and NUHM goals, strategies, and impact on public health indicators. e) Pharmacoepidemiology: Definition, aims, scope, and applications. f) Measures of Disease Frequency and Distribution: Incidence, prevalence, endemic, epidemic, pandemic; morbidity and mortality rates, Odds ratio and relative risk. g) Introduction to Biostatistics: Role in public health; types of data; basic data presentation methods.

Preventive Healthcare, Health Promotion, and Communicable Diseases a) Levels of Prevention: Primordial, primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention with examples. b) Role of Pharmacists in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Immunization services, screening programs, lifestyle counselling. c) Health Education: Definition, principles, methods, and importance; development of effective health education materials. d) Mother and Child Health (MCH): Antenatal care, postnatal care, breastfeeding, immunization schedules. e) Communicable Diseases: Modes of transmission, prevention, and control of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria, dengue, typhoid, influenza;

Non-Communicable Diseases, Nutrition, Mental Health, and National Programs a) Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs): Diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer; prevention and management. b) Nutrition and Health: Balanced diet, macro- and micronutrients, malnutrition, nutritional deficiency disorders, food safety, and adulteration. c) Mental Health: Common mental disorders, stigma, promotion of mental well-d) National Health Programs in India: Programs related to MCH, NCDs, communicable diseases, tobacco control, and deafness prevention.

Pharmacoeconomics, Rational Use of Medicines, Professional Roles, and Future Trends a) Pharmacoeconomics: Introduction, significance; Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA), Cost-Utility Analysis (CUA). b) Rational Use of Medicines (RUM): Definition, importance, problems of c) Medication Adherence: Factors affecting adherence, consequences of non-adherence, improvement strategies. d) Drug Misuse and Abuse: Alcohol, tobacco, opioids, prescription drug e) Professionalism and Ethics in Social Pharmacy: Ethical dilemmas in public health pharmacy. f) Disaster Management: Role of pharmacists. g) Emerging Trends: Telepharmacy, digital health, personalized medicine, expanding public health responsibilities of pharmacists.