University of Madras - Syllabus of Bachelor of Science (BSc) Geography - Semester VI Application Oriented Subject - Medical Geography - I
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN GEOGRAPHY
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)
Semester VI Application Oriented Subject - Medical Geography - I
Duration: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4
(90 hrs)
APPLICATION ORIENTED SUBJECTS
Medical Geography - I
Unit I
Medical Geography - Introduction - Scope - Contents - components of medical geography
Unit II
Environment and diseases - water borne diseases - air borne diseases - mineral enrichment and deficiencies - diseases
Unit III
Ecology and diseases - diseases epidemics communicable and contagious diseases
Unit IV
Disease mapping : disease related data - disease mapping - disease analysis
Unit V
Health Planning - Health Care Centres and planning. Family and community health planning