Preventive and social medicine
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Preventive and social medicine is a branch of medicine dealing with providing
History and objectives
Preventive and social medicine primarily deals with providing a complete health service in the fields of rehabilitation, curative medicine, preventive medicine, as well as health promotion.[1][2][3] Preventive and social medicine operates at the community level unlike other fields of medicine that are concerned with individuals. This branch of medicine often deals with improving public health.[4]
Responsibilities
The practice of preventive and social medicine frequently involves managing and assessing surroundings.[5] The main responsibilities of a preventative medicine practitioner include:
- Offering specialized services for people's health in defined populations[6]
- Helping to prevent disease through protection and maintenance of health[7]
- Assisting in preventing disability and premature death
- Managing and assessing health related to environmental or occupational factors[8]
The field of preventive medicine covers a wide range of medical practices.[1][9][10]
Education
Preventative medicine physicians must acquire a doctoral degree in medicine - MD, DO, or MBBS. A preventative medicine physician undergoes a multi-year residency program similar to physicians specializing in other fields, such as surgery or radiology.[11]
Other professionals in preventative and social medicine may have a bachelor's degree, master's degree, or other form of doctoral degree. The field is multi-disciplinary, and thus has a mixture of specialists and roles, such as forensic medicine specialists.[12]
See also
References
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- ^ "What is Global Social Medicine?". News-Medical.net. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Need For Dedicated Public Health Cadre: Learnings From Covid-19 Pandamic". Rising Kashmir. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- PMID 11832652. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Remembering Jeremiah Stamler, MD, Founding Chair and Professor Emeritus of Preventive Medicine". News Center. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Preventive Healthcare Market 2022 Comprehensive Research Study and Forecast to 2030". Designer Women. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Deshp, Chaitanya (5 March 2022). "Preventive and social medicine key to control future pandemics: Experts | Nagpur News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "How Big Data Analytics Can Support Preventive Health". HealthITAnalytics. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Miller, Jake (30 September 2021). "Care, Cure, and Context". hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Medicine, the Pandemic and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara". NewsClick. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Preventive Medicine Residency Programs | ACPM". www.acpm.org. Archived from the original on 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- PMID 13066765.
Further reading
- Deodhar, N. S.; Adranvala, J. K. (June 16, 2022). "Basic preventive and social medicine". CAB Direct. 766 pages.
- Abelin, Theodor (1993). "Social and preventive medicine: A scientific approach to questions of practical relevance". Sozial- und Präventivmedizin. 38 (5). Springer Science and Business Media: 257–258. S2CID 26421583.