SERVICES

• Comprehensive health care provided to Community at  Village Palsora through Rural Health Training Centre recently inagurated building by Administrator and to the Urban people through Urban health Training Centre at Sector 44, Chandigarh.

• Investigation for Complete Blood Picture, Peripheral Smear for Malaria Parasites, Sputum for AFB, Lipidogram, Renal Function Test, Liver Function Test, ECG are available.

• UHTC-44 & RHTC, Palsora are recognized as Microscopy Centre under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme.

• Epidemiological Investigations of Outbreaks of communicable diseases.

• Imparting Health education/training to community & health functionaries

FUNCTIONS

• Teaching and training to the Undergraduate (MBBS) students, interns and Postgraduate (MD) students.
• Providing complete health care through Urban Health Training Centre, Sector 44 and Rural Health Training Centre Palsora.
• Carrying out research
  - Departmental Projects;
  - Sponsored projects funded by national agencies
  - PG(MD) thesis

Various National Programmes viz Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Reproductive and Child Health, Pulse Polio Immunization etc are also implemented through the centres.

Location                    :       Urban Health Training Centre, Sector 44-B, Chandigarh, (Near Sanjay Public School)

Type of Facility

 i) Inauguration of Women's clinic on 10th May 2008.
ii) Emaciation of Eye Clinic from Oct.2008.    

Lab Facility (Tests)

B. Rural Health Training Centre, Sector 56, Palsora
Rural Health Training Centre is providing Comprehensive Health Care to the Community and Catering to population of village Palsora, Sector 56, adjoining J J Colonies and as well as Mohali, Phase 2.

Location                   :       The Rural Health Training Centre is situated in Sector 56, Palsora

Following functions are being provided in Phases :-

Phase - I

1. OPD Services

2. Lab Facility (Tests)
1.          Complete Haemogram (Hb, TLC, DLC, ESR)
2.          Lipid profile, LFT, RFT
3.          Blood Sugar
4.          ABO Blood Grouping
5.          Urine Routine Examination
6.          Slide for Malarial Parasite
7.          Sputum for AFB (Tuberculosis)

• National programmes - All the national programmes are implemented in catchment area through RHTC with the involvement of students and other para medical staff.

• Demographic population profile will be made on user friendly computer software for early identification and need for any health related event and services.
  

RESEARCH & TRAINING

Faculty members of the department have more than hundred of publications in various National and International Journals of repute, and continuously attending and presenting papers in various National and International Conferences every year, and some of them also got awards for best presentation.

• A number of research projects in the Department have been completed and are under progress.

• Department of Community Medicine is committed for better community health by means of teaching, training of UG, Interns & PGs and patient care at community level.

• Department celebrated “World Cancer Day” on 4^th Feb.2008 with theme on ‘Smoking Free Environment for Children’. 

• Department celebrated  Breast Cancer Awareness Week ‘ Paint Life Pink’ on 10^th October 2008 with the objective of creating awareness regarding prevention of Breast  Cancer, poster competition of school  students was held. There were 120 participants from 19 Government/ Public Schools of Chandigarh both of Hindi Medium and English Medium. Speakers from Department of Community Medicine and Members of IPHA –GMC Chapter presented talks and discussed various issues related with Breast Cancer. Interactive sessions were held and prizes were given for best posters in various categories.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS IN LAST ONE YEAR - INTERNATIONAL

1. Galhotra A, Abrol A, Agarwal N, Goel NK, Swami HM. Impact of Community based awareness campaign on breast feeding among lactating women in Chandigarh. Internet Journal of Health, 2008.

2. M.K.Sharma, Dinesh Kumar. Health Care Utilization Pattern for  Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases  in a Tertiary Care Health Facility in Chandigarh, India. The    Internet Journal of Health, Sept 2008(2).

3. Goel Naveen K, Abrol Amrit, Pathak Rambha, Sharma Munish, Gulati Sangeeta, Swami Hari  Mohan. Status of Routine Immunization in Chandigarh (UT). Internet J  Health., 2008:07:01

4. Goel Naveen K, Walia Dinesh, Pathak Rambha, Sharma Munish K, Kalia Meenu, Swami Hari  Mohan. Opinion of Health Care Providers Regarding Spiritual Dimension of Health in India. Internet J  Health., 2008:07:01

5. Goel Naveen K, Kalia Meenu, Galhotra Abhiruchi, Pathak Rambha, Hari Mohan Swami. Awareness regarding maternal and infant feeding practices among mothers of  medical undergraduate . Internet J Health., 2008:07:01

6. Rajiv Kumar, Naveen K Goel. Current Status of Cardiovascular Risk due to Stress. Internet J Health., 2008:07:01

7. Kumar Dinesh, Goel NK, Kalia Meenu, Swami HM, Singh Ruchi. Gap Between Awareness and Practices Regarding Maternal and Child Health Among Women in an Urban Slum Community. Indian J Paediatrics., 2008:75:5;451-454.

8. Puri Sonia,Sharma Menu, Mangat Chetna, Goel NK,Abhimanu, Swami HM. Profile of Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly of Chandigarh. Int. Journal of Geriatric and Gerantology,2008.

9. Puri Sonia, Sehgal Alka,Mangat Chetna. Imparting knowledge of emergency contraception in female college students. Is dangerous. Int. Journal of Epidemiology, 2008.

10. Puri Sonia, Bhatia V, Mangat Chetna . Perception of Menopause  and post menopausal bleeding in women of Chandigarh. Int. Journal of Family Practice, 2008.

11. Puri Sonia, Bhatia V, Sharma Menu, Swami HM,Mangat Chetna. Comparison of Prevalent newborn raring practices in urban and slum population of UT Chandigarh. Int. Journal of Paediatrics and Neonatology, 2008.

12. Dinesh Kumar, Naveen K. Goel, Meenu Kalia, Poonam C. Mittal, Priyanka Srivastava: Working Status Of Women And Their Fertility Pattern In An Urban Community. The Internet Journal of Health. 2008. Volume 8 Number 1.

13. Naveen Krishan Goel, Rahul Bansal, Rambha Pathak, D.K. Walia, Sangeeta Gulati, MK Sharma: Rapid assessment procedure: The role in assessing morbidity pattern in rural community of India. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology. 2008. Volume 6 Number 1.

14. N.K. Goel, Rambha Pathak, Abhiruchi Galhotra, Chandrika Dankal and H.M. Swami, Pulse Polio Immunization in District Panipat: a Process Evaluation. Indian Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 75-December 2008.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS IN LAST ONE YEAR - NATIONAL

1. Bhatia SPS, Gupta Anil, Goel NK, Thakur JS, Swami HM.  Trends in Cause specific mortality in Chandigarh. Ind J Comm Med. 2008;33(01):60-62.

2. Goel NK, Pathak R, Galhotra A, Dankal C, Swami Hm. Status of Cold-chain Maintenance in Chandigarh. Ind J Pub Health. 2008:52(1):37-39.

3. Kaur Gurpreet, Goel NK, Swami HM, Kumar Dinesh, Janmeja A K, Kalia M. Treatment outcome among tuberculosis cohort placed on treatment under DOTS. Lung India,2008;25:75-77.

4. R.L.Agarwal, Dinesh Kumar, G.Kaur, D.K. Aggarwal, G.S.Chabra. Diagnostic Values of Electrocardiogram in COPD. Lung India,2008

5. A Verma, R.Pathak, Dinesh Walia,  H.M.Swami, S.Puri, N.K.Goel. Monograph: Essentials of Family Planning Methods-Adolescents should know for their planned parenthood. DST, Chandigarh (UT).

CME PROGRAMMES, CONFERENCES & ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• ICMR Sponsored -Correlates of Improvident Maternity in Urban Slums of Chandigarh, 2008

• DST Sponsored - Socio-cultural aspects of Menstrual problems among unmarried girls in UT, Chandigarh, 2008

• DST Sponsored - Acceptability & Utilization of Emergency Contraception among married Women of urban slums of Chandigarh, 2008

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENT 

• Professor Naveen Krishan Goel has recently been awarded Felllowship of Indian Public Health Association (IPHA) in Calcuttain January, 2007.

• Dr. Sonia Puri won Best Poster Award at Indian Public Health Association (IPHA) North Zonal Conference held in April 2008, New Delhi.

• Faculty members of the Department have been invited to deliver lectures in various courses sponsored by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi and  different other agencies.