Name: Public Health Education, Management, System and Practices in the Context of the Indian Subcontinent
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Public Health Education, Management, System and Practices in the Context of the Indian Subcontinent

Edited By: Krishnendu Sarkar, Reeti Debnath, Pinaki Sensarma

£70.99

Written by leading experts, this book explores public health in the Indian context. It covers diverse topics from cancer treatment to m-health, with case studies on challenges and solutions. This is an essential resource for learners, researchers, and policymakers.

The contributors to the present book comprise senior doctors, public health practitioners, scientists, educators, and researchers. Their contributions cover a diverse range of areas from…

The contributors to the present book comprise senior doctors, public health practitioners, scientists, educators, and researchers. Their contributions cover a diverse range of areas from holistic cancer treatment, to mental and physical well-being, coping, child malnutrition, dietetics, rehabilitation, neuro chemistry, impacts of COVID-19, immunization, public health policy, planning, delivery systems, health surveillance, diagnostic algorithms, m-health technology, social determinants, sustainability aspects, interlinking of built environment, public health and IT among others. Each chapter is written within an Indian context with case studies and discussions of important issues, challenges, and solution approaches in the realm of public health.

In particular, this book shall help the learners, teachers, researchers, policy makers, development agencies, workers and all participants in the fields of Oncology, Health Psychology, Health Economics, Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Personal & Public Health, Health Systems & Services, Dietetics & Nutrition, Psychiatry, Child Care, Infectious & Contagious Diseases, Data systems, Pharmacology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Systems, Mobile Health technology, Built Environment, and Human-Machine Interactions, among others.

Krishnendu Sarkar, PhD, is Chief of Academics, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata, India. He previously served as Scientist (Informatics), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India. He has also worked in process automation areas and is involved with social development. He was accorded with the title of ‘Master Educator’ by Dr Edward de Bono of Lateral Thinking fame. He has contributed policy briefs for G20 India 2023, among others.

Reeti Debnath, PhD, is Associate Professor at NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata, India. She serves also as the Foreign Research Advisor at Kazakhstan Medical University, guiding PhD students at national and international level. She has numerous publications with research interests in Disease Epidemiology, Migration Studies & Quality in Healthcare.

Doctor Pinaki Sensarma is Associate Professor at NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata, India. He is an MBBS from Calcutta University with a post graduate degree in maternal and child welfare. He has previously worked with UNICEF as a consultant and has vast expertise in RCH, Vaccination monitoring and Gender Studies. Besides, notable works on immunization matters.

Ruby Ahluwalia, Lina Bandyopadhyay, Rivu Basu, Kamalesh Sarkar, Reeti Debnath, Manisha Choudhury, Sangita Saikia, Udipta Hazarika, Kamini Verma, Sukanto Sarkar, Sukriti Mukherjee, Chitrani Pandey, Moulika Mandal, Prabal Mukherjee, Paramita Sengupta, Satabdi Mitra, Jayita Pal, Jitumoni Rajkonwar, Anoop Velayudhan, Anjan Adhikari, Nipanjana Saha, Pallavi Tiwari, Anna Laura Petrucci, Krishnendu Sarkar, Pinaki Sensarma, Prakash Singh

Hardback

ISBN: 1-0364-4540-2
ISBN13: 978-1-0364-4540-9
Date of Publication: 2025-06-26

Ebook

ISBN: 1-0364-4541-0
ISBN13: 978-1-0364-4541-6
Date of Publication: 2025-06-26

Categories: Health Science, Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Health

Pages: 276

Subject Codes:

BIC: MBN, MBNH, VFJS
THEMA: MBN, MBNH, VFJS

Pages: 276

"[…] reader-friendly narrative including disease epidemiology, public health challenges post pandemics, incorporation of technology among other key issues affecting public health system in India that exemplifies the multidisciplinary nature of Public Health."
- Dr Debasish Bhattacharya Director of Medical Education (retd. May 2024), Government of West Bengal, India
“[...] the book should excite educators, learners, researchers, and practitioners of public health with its array of thought-provoking essays on immunization, nutrition, technology, built environment among others”
- Ajay B Ponkshe MD, FAAP Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, USA.
"[The book] considerably addresses the gaps in realising the Sustainable Development Goals in theory and practice and is highly recommended as a reference book / text book for Public Health Educators, Researchers, Practitioners and Policy makers."
- Dr Surajit Ghosh President, Indian Public Health Association, West Bengal
“The book, with fourteen chapters, makes a significant contribution towards the use of data and technology for the effective delivery of public health.”
- U. Dinesh Kumar Dean Faculty, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore