The bachelor of public health program (BPH) aims to prepare professional public health specialists with the highest technical and managerial competence in district level health programs, including problem identification, planning, implementing, training, health education, and research.
Such specialists can serve in various types of positions at national, regional, zonal, district or local levels. They will be needed in various kinds of governmental or non-governmental health agencies, hospital, schools and institutions, other possible area of absorption may involve special responsibilities, e.g. working directly with local communities and individuals, working primarily with school teachers, administering health education services, and preparing health workers in public health fields.
In general, the graduates of BPH program should be able to carry out the responsibilities designed for the district public health officer.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
The objective of bachelor of public health (BPH) program is to produce competent graduates with advanced knowledge and practical skills necessary to deliver high quality health services needed for the country. Specifically, the program entails the following objectives:
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Provide advanced knowledge and practical skills in Public Health for graduates of certificate level programs in general medicine, nursing (staff nurse) and health sciences and for certificate graduates in science with biology.
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Develop required skills in designing, analyzing and evaluating applied public health science research and management.
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Equip public health specialists with communication and group organization skills for promoting community participation in health and development activities ultimately leading to the individual and community self-reliance in health services and improvement in health status of people.
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Enable public health professionals to deal with existing realities in district public health management issues, concern and problems.
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Foster positive attitudes in health professionals and encourage them to provide more accessible and equitable Primary Health Care services for disadvantaged groups and communities.
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Develop the leadership capabilities of public health professionals in the management of Primary Health Care and district level public health programs.
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Enhance vocational competence of public health professionals through advanced education in health strategies, health promotion and health programming.
ADMISSION CRITERIA
To fulfill the entry-level requirement for admission to this course, the candidates should have proficiency certificate in general medicine, any other recognized certificate level course in health sciences, or intermediate science certificate or ten plus two with biology with second division in aggregate in certificate final examination and a pass in the entrance examination conducted by Purbanchal University.
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
An entrance examination is conducted each year during the month of October. There is one paper carrying one hundred and fifty marks consisting of general sciences, health sciences and English (50 marks in each). All questions are multiple choices. The duration of examination is three hours. The candidates must secure at least 50 % mark to pass the entrance examination. The candidates are selected from the merit list in descending order
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Curriculum for BPH Program
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First Semester
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Paper Code
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Course Title & Units
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Aps-301
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Applied Sciences & First Aid
Unit-1: Anatomy
Unit-2: Physiology
Unit-3: Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Unit-4: Pathology
Unit-5: First Aid
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STAT-311
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Bio-Statistics & Computer Application
Unit-1: Bio- Statistics
Unit-2: Computer Application
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EPID-321
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Fundamentals of Epidemiology
Unit-1: Basic Epidemiology
Unit-2: Infectious disease Epidemiology
Unit-3: Field Epidemiology
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PHL-331
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Public Health Laboratory Science-I
Unit-1: Microbiology
Unit-2: Arthropods & Rodents of medical
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PHL-341
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Public Health Laboratory Science-II
Unit-1: Biochemistry
Unit-2: Virology
Unit-3: Immunology
Unit-4: Toxicology
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PHC-341
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Public Health, Primary Health Care & Community Health Development
Unit-1: Introduction to Public Health
Unit-2: Primary Health Care
Unit-3: Community Health Development
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FN-351
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Food & Nutrition
Unit-1: Introduction to basic Food Science & Nutrition
Unit-2: Nutritional requirement of various age & sex group
Unit-3: Assessment of Nutritional Status
Unit-4: Nutritional Intervention
Unit-5: Food Hygiene, Food processing & Food adulteration
Unit-6: Nutritional Programs in Nepal
Unit-7: Nutrition Survey
Unit-8: National Plan & Polices
Unit-9: Socio_ Cultural aspect of Food & Nutrition
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Second Year
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Paper Code
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Course Title & Units
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SA-401
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Applied Sociology & Anthropology
Unit-1: Applied Medical Sociology
Unit-2: Applied health psychology
Unit-3: Health Politics
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Applied Sociology & Anthropology
Unit-1: Introduction
Unit-2: Echo- System approach to human health
Unit-3: Common Environmental health problems in Nepal
Unit-4: Water Resource Management & Conservation
Unit-5: Solid Waste Management
Unit-6: Human excreta
Unit-7: Food produce & quality
Unit-8: Shelter
Unit-9: Air Pollution & Management
Unit-10: Environment law
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EPID-421
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Applied Epidemiology
Unit-1: Applied Epidemiology of infectious disease prevalent in Nepal
Unit-2: Applied Epidemiology of non- infectious disease & health problem in Nepal
Unit-3: Health & Medical aspect of Disaster Management
Unit-4: Applied Field Epidemiology
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PHA-431
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Public Health Administration & Health Economics
Unit-1 : Introduction to public Health Administration & Management
Unit-2: Health Economics / Financing / Budget Control
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HE-441
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Introductory Health Education & School Health
Unit-1: Introduction to Health Education
Unit-2: Fundamental Factors in Health Education
Unit-3: Health Education Methods & Media
Unit-4: School Health
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FHD-451
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Family, Reproductive Health & Demography
Unit-1: Concept of Family Health
Unit-2: Maternal Health
Unit-3: Child Health
Unit-4: Family Planning
Unit-5: Introduction to Demography
Unit-6: Population Structure, Characteristic & Components
Unit-7: Population Theories & Population Projection
Unit-8: Population Explosion, Ecology & Development
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CHD-461
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Community Health Diagnosis
Unit-1: Introduction to Community Health Diagnosis
Unit-2: Overview of various components of community Diagnosis
Unit-3: Residential Field Program
Unit-4: Presentation
Unit-5: Report Writing & Evaluation
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Third Year
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Paper Code
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Course Title & Units
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Phr-501
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Public Health Research
Unit-1: Introduction to Research
Unit-2: Type of Research & Research Methodology
Unit-3: Steps of the Research Process
Unit-4: Process of Writing research paper
Unit-5: Preparation of Report
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ENVH-511
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Applied Environment Health, Occupational Health & Safety
Unit-1: Environment biology & ecology
Unit-2: Biodiversity and its preparation of Report
Unit-3: Environmental Pollution & Hazardous pollutants
Unit-4: Occupational Health and safety Development
Unit-5: Ergonomics
Unit-6: Environment of Toxicology
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HRD-521
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Human Resource Development
Unit-1: Fundamentals to HRD
Unit-2: Educational planning and Curriculum Development
Unit-3: HRM Training
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PHA-531
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Health Services Management in Nepal
Unit-1: History of Health Services in Nepal
Unit-2: National Health Policy and Management
Unit-3: Central Health System Management
Unit-4: International Health and International Health Problems
Unit-5: Peripheral Health Services Management
Unit-6: Grassroots Health Services Management
Unit-7: Quality assurance in Health
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HE-541
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Applied Health Education and Oral Health
Unit-1: Health Education in Nepal
Unit-2: Planning of Health Education Program
Unit-3: Overview of Health education Program development in selected Health Problems
Unit-4: Implementation of Health Education Program
Unit-5: Oral Health
Unit-6: Evaluation of Health Education Program
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PHM-255
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Applied Family Health, Reproductive Health & Mental Health
Unit-1: Responsible Parenthoods
Unit-2: Women, Gender & Health
Unit-3: Violence and Family Health
Unit-4: Gerontology
Unit-5: Mental Health
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CFPP-561
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Comprehensive Field Practice
Unit-1: Orientation to Program Activities
Unit-2: Preparation of management profile of district health problems
Unit-3: Critical appraisal of health management profile
Unit-4: Community based micro-health project
Unit-5: Preparation and submission of Written field Study reports
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