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unit Consumer’s Health and
9 Community Health

Estimated Teaching Periods: 18

Learning Outcomes
Learning Objectives
After completing the study of this unit, students will be able to:
i. introduce consumer’s health and community health.
ii. state the types of heath services.
iii. list the health problems in Nepal.
iv. explain the effects of drugs, tobacco and alcohol.

Course Outline

9.1 Concept of Community Health
9.2 Health Services Providing Agencies
9.3 Major Health Problems in Nepal
9.4 Policies and Programmes of Health Sectors
9.5 Unhygienic Health Habits, Effects and Preventive Measures
9.6 Smoking and Narcotic Drugs

Glossary

consumer : a person who buys goods and services
inspection : the act of looking at something closely in order to learn more about it, find
problems, etc.
malnutrition : the unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough food or not
eating enough healthy food
curative : able to cure diseases or heal people
rehabilitate : to bring (someone or something) back to a normal, healthy condition after
an illness, injury, drug problem, etc.
narcotic : a drug that affects the brain and that is usually dangerous and illegal.
nook : a small space or corner that is inside something
famine : a situation in which many people do not have enough food to eat
detrimental : causing damage or injury

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