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Predisposing Factors of Infant Mortality Biological Factors •    Birth weight, Age of the mother, Birth order, Birth spacing, multiple births, …

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Childhood is divided into following age-periods: •    Infancy ( up to 1 year of age) •    Neonatal period (first 28 …

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Maternal mortality is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of …

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Maternal & child health is one of the important elements of primary health care. Maternal & child health refers to …

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Community Medicine may be defined as: “The art and science of application of technical knowledge and skills to the delivery …

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Public health may be defined as: “The science and art of Preventing disease, Prolonging life and Promoting Health and Efficiency …

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Primary health care is the essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound, and socially acceptable methods and technology made …

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Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely absence of disease or infirmity …

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Prevention may be: 1.       Primordial Prevention 2.       Primary Prevention 3.       Secondary Protection 4.       Tertiary Prevention   The goals of prevention …

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Webster defines disease as a state in which body health is impaired, a departure from a state of health, an …

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