Community Medicine

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

Scope of Community Medicine:

1. To train medical graduates in preventive, promotive, and rehabilitative services besides curative care for common health problems. 
2. To teach them about, socio-cultural demographic factors and their role in health outcomes.
3. To orient about national health programs and health care services and sensitize them about health care activity for preventive, promotive, curative, and rehabilitative services.

• The Department of community medicine came into existence in the year 2016 with the admission of 100 students. They are taught both theories as well as clinical aspects, especially those related to public health.
• MBBS students are trained in different aspects of public health like health sector planning, management, screening, Diagnosis, Prevention of Clinical infection, Communicable and Non- Communicable Diseases (NCD), and Biostatistics.
• Apart from MBBS training, the department is also actively involved in research and epidemiological investigations for the state government as well as independent research activities with National and International organizations under college administration and doing health-related surveys, health camps, and epidemic investigations for the state, working in collaboration with Director of Medical Education and Directorate of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Objectives of our Department

To produce Indian Medical Graduates in modern medicine who will be well-versed and equipped with the knowledge, skill, and attitude to combat the various health problems faced by the peoples of various strata.

• List of Teaching staff.

• List of Non-teaching staff.

Departmental Activity Information

* State-level Effective vaccine management (EVM) assessment in 28 districts of Chhattisgarh. Team member Dr. Md. Naushad alam & Dr Abha Ekka. From 16th to 27th November 2021 in collaboration with UNICEF & Govt. of Chhattisgarh.

* Verification of  SNC for TB-free status in the district Korea as district nodal officer Dr. Md. Naushad Alam Associate Professor.

• CME – 
  Dated: 06/12/2019 - CME organized Recent updates in the Revised National Tuberculosis Program (RNTCP), 
                                    Host – Prof. Dr. Hemlata Thakur – Introduction Note.

                          Name of Speakers – Dr. Manish, Dr. Pralhad

         Dated: 13/03/2020 -  CME organized on Recent updates in coronavirus (RNTCP), 

                         Panelists- Prof. Dr. Hemlata, Prof. Dr. R. Murthy, Prof. Dr. Lakhan, Dr. Roshan

                         Name of Speakers – Dr. Manish, Dr. Pralhad

        Dated: 24/03/2021 -  CME organized on Tuberculosis: The clock is ticking, 

                         Host – Prof. Dr. Hemlata Thakur – Introduction Note.

                         Name of Speakers – Dr. Manish A Prasad

• Workshop -
  * Revised Basic Course Workshop – 

Resource Person – Prof. Dr. Hemlata Thakur

Attended by – Dr. Manish, Dr. Abha, Dr. Pralhad 

         * CISP-II ATCOM – 

Attended by – Dr. Manish, Dr. Abha, Dr. Pralhad

          * Basic Course in Biomedical Research – 

Attended by – Dr. Harshal, Dr. Manish, Dr. Pralhad, Dr. Bhavana

          * Online Training Course on Statistical Data Analysis using R software held in NIHFW, New Delhi, From 1^st to 3^rd March 2021

Attended by – Dr. Abha, Mr. Akash Raj

  Conference –

     *  IAPSMCON 2021: 48^th Annual National conference of Indian association of preventive & social Medicine “Public Health in 21^st century: current challenges & future opportunities” March 19-                 21,2021 PGIMER Chandīgarh.

Attended by – Prof. Dr. Hemlata, Dr. Abha, Dr. Bhavana

     *  22^nd Annual Maharashtra state joint conference of IAPSM & IPHA – 2021 3^rd & 4^th April 2021, Theme: “Covid-19 Pandemic: An Eye Opener for Strengthening of Public Health” Participated by              Dr. Pralhad Potdar.

Camp – 

• Dated: 07/12/2019 - Camp at Nawapara UHTC: Anemia awareness campaign.
• Dated: 13/12/2019 - Camp at middle school Lahapatra RHTC: Diarrhea prevention campaign.
• Dated: 16/12/2019 - Camp at medical college hospital: Oral cancer screening and general health check-up.
• Dated: 26/03/2021 - Camp at UHTC Nawapara: Non-communicable disease Screening camp and blood donation in collaboration with the department of pathology.
• Dated: 08/04/2021 - Camp at RHTC Darima: Testing, Diagnosis, Treatment, Counseling, and Health Awareness in collaboration with the Department of Ophthalmology and Obstetrics &                                                  Gynecology. Health checkup Camp.
• Dated: 31/08/2021 - Camp at Govt. High school, Ajirma, Ambikapur under School Health Programme for general Health checkup.

Epidemic Investigation - 

• Dated:                    - Diarrhea investigation Verbal Autopsy at Kusmi Balrampur by Dr. Pralhad 
• Dated: 25/12/2019 - Bird flu investigation at Baikunthpur (korea) by Dr. Pralhad.
• Dated:                    - Containment of Covid-19 at Surajpur by Dr. Manish & Dr. Pralhad. 
• Dated: 20/04/2021 - Containment Plan Training by Community Medicine by Dr. Pralhad.
• Dated: 21/04/2021 - Containment & Surveillance Plan Training by Community Medicine by Dr. Pralhad.
• Dated: 19/02/2021 - Bird flu Epidemic investigation at Sargawan, Surguja by – Dr. Harshal, Dr. Manish & Dr. Pralhad.
• Dated: 18/09/2021 - Outbreak Investigation of Panda Tribal in district of Balrampur and Ramanuj ganj by team member Dr. Harshal Mendhe & Mr. Akash Raj Verma and other                                                                  doctors from department of Paediatrics and medicine.

Research Paper

Year 2018

• Potdar PS. A five year retrospective study of paediatric tuberculosis patients registered in Nanded Municipal Corporation. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2018 May;5 (5):2016.
• Potdar PS. Study of some epidemiological aspects of seizure disorders among children in rural area of a district. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2018 Jul; 5(7):2888.
• Potdar P. A retrospective study of febrile seizures among children admitted in a tertiary care hospital. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2018 Jul; 5 (7):3121-4.
• Shubhra Agrawal Gupta, Mini Sharma, Abha Ekka, Nirmal Verma Effect of health education on breastfeeding initiation techniques among postnatal mothers admitted in a tertiary care centre of Raipur city, Chhattisgarh Vol 5,No10 (2018) IJCMPH.

Year 2019

• Sachin Pandey, Hemlata Thakur, Sumit Dhruv & Ashish Baghel. Estimation of perinatal mortality rate of India by using multiple regression method: Published in malla reddy journal, Vol-7, issue-1, April 2019.
• V K Manwani, Hemlata Thakur & Sachin Pandey. Awareness and practice of biomedical waste management guidelines 2016 among health care personnelin a tertiary care hospital of Bilaspur, CG, India. International Journal of Scientific Journal of Research (IJSR), Vol-8, issue-6, June 2019.
• Sachin Pandey, Hemlata Thakur, Sumit Dhruv & Ashish Baghel. Estimation of perinatal mortality rate of Chhattisgarh using multiple regression method. Indian Journal of Preventive Medicine (IJPM), Vol-7, issue-1, Jan-June 2019.
• Shubhra Agarwal Gupta1 , Mini Sharma1 *, Abha Ekka2 , Nirmal Verma1 Factors affecting breastfeeding techniques among postnatal mothers: an experience in a tertiary care centre ,International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health | July 2019 | Vol 6 | Issue 7
• Abha Ekka1 *, Shubra A. Gupta2 , Divya Sahu1 , Anmol Madhur Minj3 , G. P. Soni4 Assessment of infrastructure of first referral unit facilities in Surguja division: a responsibility of providing emergency obstetric care ,International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health   2019 Dec;6(12):5168-5173
• Divya Sahu1 , Shanta P. Khes Beck2*, G. P. Soni1 , Abha Ekka3 , Srishti Dixit4 , Tripti Chandrakar A study to assess receipt and utilization of janani suraksha yojana cash incentive among mothers in urban slums of Raipur city, Chhattisgarh, IndiaInternational Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 2019 Dec;7(12):4768-4773.
• Sachin Pandey, Dr.Hemlata Thakur, Praveen Shrivastav & Dr. Bhavana Pandey. Method for estimation of perinatal mortality rate of Chhattisgarh by using multiple Regression Approch: Published in malla reddy journal, Vol-2, issue-1, January-June 2019.

Year 2020-21

• Dr. Santosh Ekka ,  Dr. Abha Ekka*Socio-demography study of non healing corneal ulcer in admitted patients at tertiary eye care centre- pt.j.n.m.medical college dr.b.r.a.m.raipur (c.g ) international journal of scientific researchVolume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2020 |
• A study on adverse effect following immunization COVID-19 vaccination Covishield among MBBS student s of a tertiary care institution in a rural area of Chhattisgarh, India. M. N. Alam, Shagufta Khatoon, Nirmal Verma DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20213785.
• Comparative evaluation of internet addiction amongst arts, commerce, engineering and medical students. Kartik Soni, M. N. Alam, Prangyada R. Joshi, Navinchandra M. Kaore, Sukhendra P. Singh.
•  a cross-sectional study on contributing risk factors and health seeking behaviour among diabetic patients attending the NCD clinic at urban health and training centre of a tertiary care institute in Durg District of Chhattisgarh, India M. N. Alam, Shagufta Khatoon, Nirmal Verma, Laxmikant Umate DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20213772.
• Dr. Santosh Ekka ,  Dr. Abha Ekka*Etiological factors of non-healing corneal ulcer among admitted patients at tertiary eye care centre. international journal of scientific research Vol10, issue2, feb-2021.
• Dr. Sumit Dhruve,  Dr. Bhavana Pandey, Dr. Omprakash Raj. A study of factor affecting the use of temporary and permanent method of contraception among married women. international journal of applied research Vol11, issue7, july-2021.

List of Health Centers Catered by Department 

RURAL HEALTH TRAINING CENTRE (PHC DARIMA)

• Upgraded Community health centre Darima which caters to a large area of 15,954 population, is only 19 km. from medical college and serves as RHTC for college.
• The facility is used for teaching and training the MBBS students, possible regarding practical aspects of various national health programs & health administrative systems promotive & preventive health services to the patient and community along with curative services and Orientation about planning, organizing, and monitoring various important national health programs/services in the community settings. 

Staff consists of:- 

• Medical Officer of Health-cum-Lecturer/Assistant Professor — Dr. Abha Ekka (Associate Professor)
• Supporting Medical technical/Non-technical staff no. – 12
• Hospital services available in PHC: 
• MCH               -           Normal Delivery, Family Planning Services, Referrals           
• NPCDCS          -           Screening Treatment & Referrals
• OPD                -           30-40 patients per day
• IPD                  -           10-15 patients per day
• Delivery conducted    - 30-35 per month
• Immunization             - All days (Immunization under open vial policy (on each Tuesday & Friday)
• Free drug distribution for various ailments.
• Specialist visit day on 1^st & 3^rd Tuesday of every month.
• Facilities under the national programme:
• RNTCP - Sputum microscopy, Drug distribution, Referrals.
• NLEP    - Microscopy, Drug distribution. 
• UIP       - Every Day.
• NVBDCP - Testing, Treatment, Referrals. 
• NACP - Testing, Referrals.

UHTC HEALTH TRAINING CENTRE (CHC DARIMA)