Syllabus
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Course Code: M-GEO-403 (ii) (elective) Course Name: Health Geography with Special Reference to India |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. History and development of Medical/Healthcare Geography. 2. Concept of health, its measurement and data source. 3. Environmental, ecological and social approaches in study of human health. |
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| 2 | 4. Demographic change and diseases: epidemiological and demographic transition. 5. Epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases. 6. Climate change and human health. |
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| 3 | 7. Healthcare infrastructure: spatial organization and pattern in India. 8. National health policies in India since independence. 9. Health financing in India. |
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| 4 | 10. Food security, nutrition and hunger index. 11. Anthropometric health outcome and its pattern in India: malnutrition. 12. Demographic health outcomes in India: mortality and life expectancy. |
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