Textbook of Community Health Nursing - I

UNIT 1 HEALTH AND COMMUNITY
Chapter 1 Introduction to Health and Community.......................................................................................................................3
UNIT 2 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Chapter 2 Introduction to Determinants of Health......................................................................................................................21
Chapter 3 Eugenics..................................................................................................................................................................................24
Chapter 4 Environment: AIR..................................................................................................................................................................33
Chapter 5 Light..........................................................................................................................................................................................37
Chapter 6 Ventilation...............................................................................................................................................................................42
Chapter 7 Water.........................................................................................................................................................................................46
Chapter 8 Housing....................................................................................................................................................................................60
Chapter 9 Sanitation: Solid Waste Disposal.....................................................................................................................................65
Chapter 10 Excreta and Sewage Disposal ..........................................................................................................................................73
Chapter 11 Disposal of Dead Bodies....................................................................................................................................................83
Chapter 12 Forestation..............................................................................................................................................................................86
Chapter 13 Noise.........................................................................................................................................................................................89
Chapter 14 Climate.....................................................................................................................................................................................93
Chapter 15 Communication: Infrastructure Facilities................................................................................................................. 101
Chapter 16 Acts Regulating Environment....................................................................................................................................... 108
Chapter 17 Bacterial and Viral: Agents, Host, Carriers and Immunity ................................................................................... 113
Chapter 18 Arthropods.......................................................................................................................................................................... 123
Chapter 19 Food Hygiene ..................................................................................................................................................................... 132
Chapter 20.1 Sociocultural Aspects of Community ........................................................................................................................ 148
Chapter 20.2 Marriage ............................................................................................................................................................................... 151
Chapter 20.3 Family Structure................................................................................................................................................................. 154
Chapter 20.4 Status of Special Groups................................................................................................................................................. 158
Chapter 20.5 Hygiene................................................................................................................................................................................. 166
Chapter 20.6 Lifestyle: Physical Activity .............................................................................................................................................. 170
Chapter 21 Financial Management ................................................................................................................................................... 183
UNIT 3 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Chapter 22 Epidemiology ..................................................................................................................................................................... 189
UNIT 4 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND NURSING MANAGEMENT OF COMMON
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Chapter 23 Respiratory Infections...................................................................................................................................................... 231
Chapter 24 Intestinal Infections.......................................................................................................................................................... 255
Contents
Chapter 25 Arthropod Infections...................................................................................................................................................... 273
Chapter 26 Zoonoses.............................................................................................................................................................................. 282
Chapter 27 Bacterial Zoonoses............................................................................................................................................................ 291
Chapter 28 Rickettsial Diseases........................................................................................................................................................... 300
Chapter 29 Parasitic Zoonoses............................................................................................................................................................ 305
Chapter 30 Surface Infections............................................................................................................................................................. 309
UNIT 5 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Chapter 31 Malnutrition ........................................................................................................................................................................ 325
Chapter 32 Iron-Deficiency Anemia .................................................................................................................................................. 336
Chapter 33 Hypertension...................................................................................................................................................................... 339
Chapter 34 Stroke Cerebrovascular Accident ................................................................................................................................ 341
Chapter 35 Rheumatic Heart Disease .............................................................................................................................................. 344
Chapter 36 Coronary Heart Disease ................................................................................................................................................. 347
Chapter 37 Cancer.................................................................................................................................................................................... 350
Chapter 38 Diabetes Mellitus.............................................................................................................................................................. 354
Chapter 39 Blindness.............................................................................................................................................................................. 357
Chapter 40 Accidents.............................................................................................................................................................................. 360
Chapter 41 Mental Illness...................................................................................................................................................................... 363
Chapter 42 Obesity.................................................................................................................................................................................. 367
Chapter 43 Iodine-Deficiency Disorder............................................................................................................................................ 370
Chapter 44 Fluorosis................................................................................................................................................................................ 372
Chapter 45 Epilepsy................................................................................................................................................................................. 374
UNIT 6 DEMOGRAPHY
Chapter 46 Demography....................................................................................................................................................................... 379
UNIT 7 POPULATION AND ITS CONTROL
Chapter 47 Population and Its Control............................................................................................................................................. 397
Index ..................................................................................................................................................................421
CONTENTS OF PROCEDURE MANUAL
I. Home Visit ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................1
II. Steps Involved in Home Visit...........................................................................................................................................................................3
III. Community Health Nurses Bag......................................................................................................................................................................7
IV. Maternal and Child Health............................................................................................................................................................................37
V. Cold Chain Maintenance-Equipment.......................................................................................................................................................55
VI. Care Study Guidelines....................................................................................................................................................................................61