Social Pharmacy – Theory (ER20-15T): Chapter 2 - 2A: Preventive Healthcare I

Preventive healthcare – Role of Pharmacists in the
following
 Demography and Family Planning (3)
 Mother and child health, importance of breastfeeding, ill
effects of infant milk substitutes and bottle feeding (2)
 Overview of Vaccines, types of immunity and
immunization (4)
 Effect of Environment on Health – Water pollution,
importance of safe drinking water, waterborne diseases,
air pollution, noise pollution, sewage and solid waste
disposal, occupational illnesses, Environmental pollution
due to pharmaceuticals (7)
 Psychosocial Pharmacy: Drugs of misuse and abuse –
psychotropics, narcotics, alcohol, tobacco products.
Social Impact of these habits on social health and
productivity and suicidal behaviours (2)