Must know topics for

university exam
Chapter 2
• Definition and Dimensions of health
• Concept of well being
• PQLI , HDI
• Self care in health
• Kerala as a yardstick for judging health
• Indicators of health
• Disability rates
• SDG
• Levels of health care
Chapter 2
• Germ theory of disease
• Epidemiological triad
• Triangle of epidemiology
• Multifactorial causation
• Web of causation
• Natural history of disease
• Iceberg of disease
• Concept and differences between Control, Elimination and Eradication
• Monitoring and surveillance
Chapter 2
• Levels of prevention
• Modes of Intervention
• Differentiate between Impairment, Disability and Handicap
• Community Diagnosis
• Community Treatment
• ICD-11
Chapter 3
• Epidemiology definition
• Tools of measurement
• International death certificate
• Mortality Rates
• Incidence and prevalence
• Descriptive epidemiology – Cross sectional study steps
• Time distribution- Epidemic types. Epidemic curve
• Spot maps, Migration studies
• Analytical study- Case control and Cohort study
Chapter 3
• RCT- Steps, randomisation, Blinding, Types
• Association and causation
• Criteria for judging causality
• Uses of Epidemiology
• Endemic, Epidemic, Sporadic, Pandemic, Nosocomial- Definitions
• Carriers types
• Modes of transmission
• Incubation period, Serial Interval, Generation Time
• Secondary Attack Rate
Chapter 3
• Cold chain
• VVM
• Adverse Events Following immunisation (AEFI)
• Quarantine and Isolation
• Types of disinfection
• Steps in investigation of an epidemic
Chapter 4
• Difference between screening and diagnostic tests
• Lead time
• Uses of screening
• Types of screening
• Sensitivity, specificity, Predictive value
• Validity and Reliability
• Yield of a test