Hello Smita,

Master of Public Health is a 2 years postgraduate medical programme. It deal with a wide variety of topics dealing with public health. They cover topics such as public health management, handling diseases, communicable and non-communicable diseases, social and mental health, primary health care, health care research and many more.

Syllabus of MPH-

- Concept of Primary Health Care, Community

- Ecology of Health

- Public Health Biology - Introduction

- Sampling Methods and Techniques

- Statistical Methods in Public Health Research

- Human Psychology

- Introduction to Epidemiology

- Demographic Transition

- Introduction to Project Planning and Management in Health Care & Public Health

- General Overview of Communicable Diseases

- Mental Health: Classification

- Definition and Concept of Vulnerable Populations

-  Health Inequality and Health Care Disparities among Vulnerable Populations

- Environment - Definition, Concept, Components

- Fundamentals of Occupational Health

- Healthcare Legislation in India

- Health Planning - History, Concept, Models

- Principles of Human Nutrition

- Digestive Absorption, Metabolism of Carbohydrates, Proteins and Lipids

- Introduction to Various Health System

- Socio-cultural Perspectives of International Health

- Public Health in Developing & Developed Countries

- Ethical Issues in International Health Research.

MPH entrance exam will be generally of 120 minutes duration. Questions will be of objective type pattern.

Syllabus for MPH Entrance exam-

General Aptitude

- Tests of Comprehension

- Analysis Reasoning

Public health

- Social Sciences and Health

- National Health

- Nutrition-Deficiency Conditions Including Micro-Nutrient Malnutrition

- Policy and National Health Programmes

- Screening for Diseases

- Hospital-Acquired Infections

- Health Planning and Management

- Environment and Health

- Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases

- Concept of Health and Disease

- Demography and Family Welfare

- Disaster Management

- Biostatistics

Allied Health Sciences

- SARS and Tuberculosis

- Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

- Vector Bionomics & Ecology and Bioenvironmental Vector Control

- Zoonosis

- Public Health Laboratory

- Nutrition and Metabolism

- Molecular Diagnosis

- Laboratory Aspects of Water-Borne and Vector-Borne Diseases

- Immunology

- Arthropods of Public Health Importance

- Basic Genetics

- Chemical and Bacteriological Quality of Water

- Clinical Biochemistry

- Fluorosis and Arsenicosis

- Acute Respiratory Infections Including Influenza

HOPE THIS WILL HELP YOU

GOOD LUCK!