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The discipline of Social and Preventive Medicine started, as a part time subject, functioning in State Health Institute (SHI) as "State Medicine" in 1915. On 15thMarch, 1958, the full time Department of Social & Preventive Medicine was developed and started its functioning in a three room complex in southern side of Administrative Block and was consequently shifted to the new five stories building.

It offers course in MD and PhD degrees, IGNOU-PGDMCH and Certificate Course in Health Care Waste Management (CHCWM).In recognition of the excellent work of the department, the Government of India, upgraded the department in 1972. It is a great honour to note that Prof. B.G. Prasad, the first full time Head of the Department has earned recognition and respect for the department not only in the state, but throughout the country and abroad.

MD in SPM was started in 1961.This is the second institution in the country to start the Diploma in Public Health (DPH) course in 1963.. Community Medicine Subject is taught to MBBS students from first year to part I & later Interns also go through training for two months.

Infra Structure of Department

Areas of expertise:

Epidemiology
Public Health Administration
Hospital Management
Environmental Health including Bio Medical Waste Management
Social and Behavioural Sciences
Health Education
Biostatistics
Sanitary and Public Health Engineering
Occupational Health
Maternal and Child Health

Activities:

The department has four outreach centers, which are being used for training, research, and community health work. Besides teaching in Community Medicine, the department provides Preventive, Promotive and Curative Health services at 4 health centers attached to it at P.H.C., Sarojini Nagar, Banthra, Mati and Alambagh. These consist of OPDs and inpatient services at Sarojini Nagar PHC and Experimental Teaching Health Sub Centres (ETHSC) at Mati and Banthra.
The department was a recognized training centre for in-services training of Medical Officers working in Integrated Child Development Service Scheme of the Department of Social Welfare and nucleus of National Services Scheme of the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
The department is also a nodal centre for study on Maternal and Child Nutrition in Uttar Pradesh.
The department has taken over administrative control of Primary Health Centre Sarojini Nagar (PHC) in the year of 2003 and started weekly clinic in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Family Planning in collaboration with the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology KGMU in addition to routine OPD services , inpatients and field programs.
5. Consultancy services by senior faculty in the field of MCH, Epidemics, HIV Surveillance, Integrated Disease Surveillance Project and other health related activities at International, National and State level.Ratriya Bal SurkshaKaryakram, Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness, International Classification of Diseases-10, International Classification of Functioning and Disability.
Study Centre for IGNOU-PGDMCH and CHCWM Programme.
ECHO Project (Extension for Community Outcome) was started in the department in August, 2018 and is providing training to MOs and CHOs across the state. for Community Health outcomes) was statndard in the department in August 2018 and its providing training to MO’s and CHO’s across the state.
Standard Telemedicine Hub for PHC, Sarojini Nagar.
Standard Telemedicine Hub for Centre of three districts i.e. Fatehpur, Shravasti and Lucknow of UP.

Facilities/Services Offered:

Outdoor Clinics:Urban Health Centre, Alambagh, Primary Health Centre Sarojini Nagar and ETHSC of Mati and Banthra. Routine Health Labroratory facilities are also available at these centers.
Indoor Facility: at Primary Health Centre Sarojini Nagar, ETHSC Mati and ETHSC Banthra
Speciality Clinicsof Ophthalmology, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Dentistry are available at PHC Sarojini Nagar. Biweekly MCH Clinic at UHC Alambagh, ETHSC Mati and Banthra.
Immunization Clinicsat all the four centers attached to department as well as at New OPD Block.
Community basedComprehensive Medical Care: To selected group of families at Urban Health centreAlambagh, RHTC Banthra, ETHSC Mati through mobile clinics as part of Intern training Program.
Family Medicine OPD at KGMU.
Community Dentistry
Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre: Every Monday, Thursday & Saturday from 09:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Ground Floor of Department of Community Medicine & Public Health, KG Medical University UP, Lucknow. Registration timing 9:00AM to 10:00AM, Vaccination Timing 10 AM to 1:00 PM

Previous Heads:

Heads of The Department

Milestones of the Department

1911	KG's Medical college , Lucknow was established
1915	Part- time Department of State Medicine was established in erstwhile Provincial Hygiene Institute and the first part- time professor of hygiene was appointed
1952	The part time department was redesignated as Social medicine and Public health
1957	The Department of Social and Preventive Medicine was created by GO of Govt. of UP dated 26.12.1957
1958	The department of Social and Preventive Medicine was established with full time professor, and a Rural Field Practice Area at Sarojini Nagar, 22 Kms. From Lucknow on Kanpur Road.
1960	Residential Rural Internship was started at Sarojini Nagar.
1961	First M.D. Social and Preventive Medicine was awarded
1963	DPH course was started. Urban Health Center at Alambagh, 8 Kms from KGMU Lucknow was established and additional teaching and field staff recruited.
1996	PGDMCH-IGNOU, New Delhi started
2008	Department has been identified by NACO/UPSACS as Centre of Excellence for STI/RTI Trainings.
2009	The name of Upgraded Department of Community Medicine was changed to Upgraded Department of Community Medicine & Public Health
2010	MD Seats increased three to five
2010	Study Centre for IGNOU-CHCWM Programme started
2011	Department has been recognised by GOI/NCDC as one of the ten National Institutes for training in IDSP
2011	The Department has been recognised by WHO-SEARO as Training Institute for conducting Public Health Management Programme for WHO Fellows
2012	Department has been identified as Regional Centre for Trainings of NVBDCP
2013	MD Seats increased from five to seven
2015	Family Medicine OPD started functioning
2016	Advanced Centre for Data Learning and Analysis
2016	Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre established.
2017	MD Seats increased from seven to ten.
2017	Epidemiology, Environmental and Sanitary Engineering Units established.
2018	ECHO Project (Extension for Community Outcome) was started in the department in August, 2018
2020	Primary Health Centre, Sarojini Nagar, Lucknow received the award of “Best PHC in Uttar Pradesh” from National Quality Assurance Certificate, Govt. of India.
2021	Increase in recognition of MD (Community Medicine) seats from 7 to 10 by National Medical Council.
2021	Establishment of Rural Health Training Centre, Banthra
2021	Standard Telemedicine Hub for PHC, Sarojini Nagar.

Gold Medals in Community Medicine

Prof. B.G. Prasad Gold Medal for highest number of marks in the Final Professional Part- I, MBBS Examination.
Smt. Sushila Devi Bhatnagar Gold Medal for getting highest marks among girl student in SPM/Community Medicine.
Dr. C. Mani Gold Medal for the best work on Rural Health at Rural Health Training Centre, Sarojini Nagar while undergoing training as an Intern in the Department of Community Medicine & Public Health.
Rajwanti Rani Harihar Narayan Tickoo Gold Medal for putting up the best Infant Family Study, while undergoing training in the Department passing both Final Professional Part-I and Final Professional Part II examination in first attempt.
Gold Medal in the memory of (Late) Dr. Pushpa Sharma was instituted by Prof. N.L. Sharma for the best MD candidate in the department on considering the performance in examination and standard of thesis and also passing the MD examination in first attempt.
MD Postgraduates Gold Medal in Social & Preventive Medicine instituted in 1967 for the best MD (Social & Preventive Medicine/Community Medicine) students who obtain the degree in the first attempt.
Silver Medal /Certificate of Honour for MBBS Final Professional Part-I examination
Bhagwan Das Wadhwa Memorial Gold Medal in Public Health Administration for Scholars of Diploma in Public Health Part II Examination" who has passed the DPH Part I and DPH Part II examination in the first attempt securing highest total aggregate marks, but not less than 60% marks in Oral and Practical examination of 'Public Health Administration' Sanitary Law and Community Health Organisation.
DPH Post Graduate Gold Medal in Community Medicine & Public Health for those scholars who has passed the DPH Part I and Part II examination in the first attempt securing highest total aggregate marks but not less than 60% marks in the total aggregate marks.

Awards and Achievements

Prof. J.V. Singh attended workshop on Cohort Harmonization: Development of detailed protocol and study instruments at World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Prof. J.V. Singh received Best Teacher Award on Teachers Day on 05.09.2012.
Dr. Jamal Masood received Best Paper Award at National Conference of IPHA on 11.02.12 at KOCHI Kerala.
Dr. Jamal Masood received Bharat Jyoti Award from IIFS on 28.09.2012 at New Delhi.
Dr. O.P. Singh received Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award August 2012 at New Delhi.
Dr. O.P. Singh received Bharat Jyoti Award from IIFS on Feb. 2012 at New Delhi.
Prof. Reema Kumari working as Additional Proctor in Proctorial Board and Assistant Warden (Provost).
Dr. Reema Kumari received Special Recognition Award & Certificate of Excellence for contribution in transforming KGMU into a Regional Model Institution for sound Bio-Medical Waste Management practices and as Programme Incharge IGNOU-CHCWM, UNDP/GEF Global Healthcare waste management Project supported by WHO & HCWH on March,13; received Certificate of Honour "Neera Nursing Home Best IMA Member of the Year Award" from IMA, Lucknow in Oct. 2012; received Certificate of Appreciation" for organizing World Breast Feeding Week 2012" and won the prize of Best Organization Category Breast Feeding Promotion Network of India, New Delhi.
Dr. Naim Ahmed elected General Secretary of KGMU Teacher's Association for two consecutive terms i.e. 2007 to 2009 & from 2009 to 2011 and again elected as General Secretary in March 2013.
Prof. J.V. Singh appointed as Director, U P Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Saifai,Etawah in 2013 for one year.
Organised IAPSM National Conference in February, 2015.
Prof. Uday Mohan elected as Vice President of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine in 2015.

Participation in National Health Programme

National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
Reproductive Child Health Programme
National AIDS Control Programme
Vitamin A Prophylaxis Programme
Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP)
Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP)
ICDS programme
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP)
RBSK, IMNC, F-IMNCI, Routine Immunisation.

Teaching Facility

Teaching of MD and DPH students with modern facilities
Short term posting of DPH Students in Department of Microbiology, State Health Institute (SHI), Nagar Nigam and CMO office etc
Postings at Rural Health Training Centers /Urban Health Centre
Casualty posting/Infectious Diseases Hospital posting/ Trauma Centre/Trauma-2
Lab for Bacteriological Testing and Water Analysis
Well equipped Computer Lab with 12 computers with internet facilities
Lecture Theatre, Seminar Room, Conference Hall
Air-conditioned Library facilities
Power backup by generator
Smart Class teaching available

Statistical Unit

A full fledged statistical unit with 12 latest configuration computers is fully functional for PG students & faculty. The lab has a IBM Server, internet, network printing facility and latest STATA software for statistical analysis.

A	Total number of books published by existing permanent faculty in the last two years (Aug 2017 to July 2019)				01
A1	Please provide details of books published by existing permanent faculty in the last two years (Aug 2017 to July 2019):
S.N	Name of Faculty Member	Name of the Book	ISBN No.	Name of the Publisher		Year of Publication
1	Prof. Jamal Masood	Chapter on Community Medicine - KGMU Book of Clinical Cases in Medical Sciences	-	PARTRIDGE		2016

B		Total number of research publications of existing permanent faculty in the last two years in national journals (Aug 2017 to July 2019)
B1		Please provide details of research publications of existing permanent faculty in the last two years in national journals: (Aug 2017 to July 2019)
S.N		Name of authors (with faculty name in bold)	Name of the Research Paper			Name of Journal	Year of publication		Page no.
1		Prof. Jamal Masood	Assessment of risk factors for developmental delays among children in a rural community of North India : A cross-sectional study.			J EDU Health Promot	2019		112
2		Er. MK Manar	Auditory Effect of Noise Exposures among Commercial and Non-Commercial Light Motor Vehicle Drivers: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study in Lucknow City			J Fam Med Prim Care	2019		2023-2028
3		Er. MK Manar	Validation of a questionnaire to identify noise-induced hearing loss among drivers			J Fam Med Prim Care	2019		1196-1201
4		Dr. Naim Ahmed	Burden of Care Perceived by the Principal Caregivers of Autistic Children and Adolescents Visiting Health Facilities in Lucknow City			Indian Journal of Public Health	2019		282-287
5		Prof. Reema Kumari	Clinical Characterization of Influenza A and Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus			Journal of Medical Virology	2018		49-54
6.		Prof. Jamal Masood	Assessment of Knowledge of Caregivers/Parents regarding Developmental Milestones in Children :A Cross-Sectional Study in a rural area of�Lucknow District			National Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences Vol 7 Issue	2018		81-88
7.		Er. MK Manar	Epidemiology of stress among nursing undergraduate students.			Indian J Community Health.	2018		233 - 238
8.		Er. MK Manar	Tobbaco Use Among Government Medical Students of Lucknow: Need of Formal Cessation Training			Natl J Res Community Med	2018		190 - 1955
9.		Prof. Reema Kumari	A cross-sectional pilot survey of sharp injuries among dental students in a tertiary care dental hospital			Journal of patient safety & infection control	2017		78-82
10.		Dr. VK� Singh	Determinants of Non Use of Family Planning Methods by Young Married Women (15 - 24 Years) Living in Urban Slums of Uttar Pradesh			Indian Journal of Community Health	2017		55 - 66
C	Total number of research publications of existing permanent faculty in the last two years in international journals (Aug 2017 to July 2019)
C1	Please provide details of research publications of existing permanent faculty in the last two years in international journals: (Aug 2017 to July 2019)
S.N	Name of Faculty Member			Name of the Research Paper	Year of Publication	Name of the Journal		Page no.
1.	Er. MK Manar			An Epidemiological Study of Hearing Loss among Taxi Drivers of Lucknow City	2019	Int J Med SciCurrReseharc.		90-98
2.	Dr. VK Singh			Gender difference in health seeking behaviour among mothers of under five children in Lucknow.	2018	International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health		272-4
3.	Dr. VK Singh			Antenatal, Intranatal and Postnatal care: a Tertiary Centre Study of North India	2018	International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health		2500-5
4.	Prof. Anish Khanna			Antenatal, Intranatal and Postnatal care: a Tertiary Centre Study of North India	2018	International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health		2500-5
5.	Er. MK Manar			Drinking water hygiene practices in caregivers of under 6 year children: a cross sectional study in urban Lucknow, India.	2018	Int J Community Med Public Heal.		3829-3834
6.	Er. MK Manar			Dirty detergents: A study on north Indian detergents	2018	Int J Recent Sci Res		27665 - 27668
7.	Dr. VK Singh			Disability and mortality following road traffic injury: a follow-up study from a tertiary care centre of India	2017	International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health		4712-7
8.	Dr. VK Singh			Assessment of satisfaction level and quality of life in patients undergoing oncoplastic breast surgery.	2017	International Journal of Health Science and Research		20-33.
9.	Prof. S P Patel			Utilization and Parental Perception towards AnganwadiServices in Rural Lucknow- A Cross Sectional Study	2017	International Journal of Health Sciences & Research		22-30
10.	Prof. Anish Khanna			Knowledge and Practices about Massage and hygienic practices of mothers regarding Infant Care in Lucknow	2017	International Journal of Community Medicine & Public Health		4(9)