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 Diploma in Pharmacy 1st Year
Social Pharmacy
Important Questions
Chapter 1 : Introduction to Social Pharmacy
Questions Page No
Q1. Discuss social pharmacy in details with the 3
scope.
Q2. Enlist the Role of pharmacists in public health. 3
Q3. Write down the various determinants of health 3
? Discuss the Dimension of health.
Q4. Write about various indicators of health ? 5
Q5. Write note on 6
 National Health Policy
 Millennium Development Goals ( MDGS )
 Sustainable Development Goals
 FIP ( International Pharmaceutical
Federation ) Development Goals.

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 Chapter 1
Introduction to Social Pharmacy
IMP
IMPORTANT Questions
Q1. Discuss social pharmacy in details with the scope.
Ans. The displine that deals with the medicinal role by considering the social, scientific and
humanistic perceptions. It includes health psychology and all the social factors
influencing
fluencing the use of medicines eg. Medicine related brief , regulations, medicine
information etc.
Scope of social pharmacy in improving public health
1. The information present in social pharmacy is very important to link the clinical and
fundamental knowledge to the pharmacist
2. A proficient
nt pharmacist is certified to incorporate his/her knowledge and social /
communication skills for improving patient’s behaviour , treatment outcomes and
diseases managment .
Q2. Enlist the Role of pharmacists in public health.
Ans. Role of pharmacist in public
ublic health

 They Provide population based care.

 They conduct diseases prevention & control program in their institution and
communities
 They develop health education policy and program
 They contribute in health promotion and education
 They participate in formulation of drug policy

Q3. Write down the various determinants of health ? Discuss the

Dimension of health.
Ans. Determinants of health
The factor influencing of the health are known as the determinants of health
Health and social services contribute to health while the main Health determinants
eg. Education, employments, housing and environment are not directly influenced by
health and social care The world health organisation has identified the some
determiants of health.
1. Income and social status : As the income and social hierachy increase the health of
an individual improves Living conditions like safe housing and ability to buy good food
are determined by high income
2. Employment : Poor health arises due to unemployment, underemployment and
workingg under stressed condition. Such individual also live longer in comparsion to
those who have stressed
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 3. Education : Health of an individual is aldo determines by the education live.
Education also increases opportunities for income and job security and provides
prov with a
sense of control over life circumstances Poor health , more stress, and labour self
confidence often result due to low education levels.
4. Social environment : Values and norms of a society also affect an individual’s health
and well being in different
fferent ways Social stability, diversity recognition, safety, good
working relationships also establish a supportive society that reduces or avoid the
potential risks to good health
5. Physical environment : Air and water quality are the physical factor in the t natural
environment which put their impact on health
6. Healthy child development : The effect of pre-natal natal and early childhood experiences
has a very powerful impact on health, well being Children born in families having low
income have low birth weight eat less nutritious food and have more difficulty in school
with comparison to those born in families having a high income
7. Social support network : A better health results from support provide by families,
friends, and communities
8. Gender : Men and Women as different ages suffer from different types of diseases

Dimension of health.
Health is complex as it involves various factors, The world health organisation in 1948
recognised some parameters for measuring an individual’s functionality Physical, social,
and mental dimensions were the three measure identified initially while emotional ,
spiritual,, and environmental dimension identified lately

1. Physical health
Physical health is defined as a state indicating perfect functioning of the body In
biological terms, health can be defined as a state in which body cells and organs as
functioning properly
I. Clean skin
II. Bright eyes
III. Proper breath etc
Smoothh and easy coordinated movements are the sign of physical health In an
individual the size and functioning of all the organs should be normal

2. Mental health
Mental health is defined as a state of balance between the individual and the
surrounding world including the environment.
The characteristics of an individual who is mentally fit
 The individual should have no internal conficts
 The individual should be well adjucted with the surrounding
 The individual should kn know
ow himself, his needs, problems and goals
 The individual should have a good self control
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 3. Social health
 Social health is defined as a quantity and quality of an individual inter personalities and
the extent of involement with the community.
 Sociall health indicates harmony and intergation with in the individual between the
individual and other member of society
 Development good social skills improve an individual’s relationship with other people
helps in making friends helps in career and also to live independelnly in adult life

4. Spiritual health
Spiritual health is defined as a personal matter involving value and beliefs providing a
purpose in an individual’s life

5. Emotional health
Mental and emotional dime
dimensions
nsions were seen one in the same thing but as more
research becomes available a definite differents is emerging mental health can be
seen as “ knowing” “cognition”, while emotional health refer to “feeling”
Q4. Write about various indicators of health ?
Ans. Health Indicators
A characteristic of an individual, population, or environment which is measured either
directly or indirectly, and is used for describing any health features of the
th individual or
population is termed a health indicator.
The status of a health can be measured using the following indicators
1. Mortality Indicators : This include
a) Crude Death rate : It is the number of death per 1000 population per year in a
community
b) Life expectancy : It is the average number of the year a new born will live in a
population
c) Child Mortality rate : It is the number of death of 1-4 years old childrans in a
given year per 100 children of the same age group at the mid
point of the same year
d) Under 5 proportionate Mortality Rate : It is the proportion of btotal deaths of
children below 5 year of age
e) Maternal Mortality rate : It is the Proportion of deaths of women of
reproductive
ive age in most of the devrloping country
2. Morbidity Indicators : These Indicators are used for improving the mortality data so that
the health status of a population can be properly described
3. Born with Nutritional Status Indicators : Health and weight of children at school entry
& the low birth weight ( less than 2.5 kg)
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4. Healthcare Delivery Indicators : Doctor : Population ratio population : Hospital bed ratio
Population covered by a health centre
5.Indicators
Indicators of social and mental Health : There are the rates of suicides , alcohol &
drug abuse Smoking, road traffic accidents etc These Indicators
provides guidance for social action, in improving the health status
Q5. Write note on
National Health Policy
Millennium
um Development Goals ( MDGS )
Sustainable Development Goals
FIP ( International Pharmaceutical Federation ) Development
Goals.
Ans. National Health Policy

A national strategy for controlling and optimising the social user of its health knowledge
knowledg of
proposed objectives is called health policy

Accorting to WHO, Health policy is defined as decisions, plane, and action that are
undertaken to achieve specific health care goals with in a society

National health policy, 1983

o The ministry of health and family welfare of government of india evolved a National
health policy in 1983 In 1983 , India got its first National health policy after 36 years of
Independence

National health policy 2002

 Government of india introduced a revised health policy Nation

Nationalal health policy in 2002
to carry out better health care and incompleated goals .
 According to this revised ploicy government and health professional are forced to
provide good health care to the society.
 The NHP 2002 leads to enhance the use of health seservice
rvice to a large group rather than a
small group.

National health policy 2017

On 15th march, 2017 the ministry of health and family welfare established the national health
policy 2017 The main aim of the ploicy is to focus on “ Sickcare “ to “ Wellness “

 Seven priority areas are also identified by NHP 2017 for improving the environment
for health The swachh bharat Abhiyan
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  Balanced, healthy diets and regular exercises
 Addressing tobacco, alcohol & substance abuse
 Yatri suraksha : preventing dealths due to rail and road traffic accidents
 Nirbhaya nari : Action against violence
 Reduce stress and improved safely in the work place
 Reducing indoor and outdoor air pollution

Millennium Development Goals ( MDGS )

 The MDG are eight goals to be achived by 2015 tthat

hat respond to the worlds’s main
development challenges and signed under the united national millennium declaration
in sep 2000

8 Millelium Development Goals

 To achive universal Primary education

 To promote gender equality and empower women
 To reduce child mortality
 To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
 To improve material health
 To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, And other diseases
 To ensure environment sustainability
 To develop a global partnership for development

Sustainable Development Goals

 The united
ed national sustainable development goals also known as the global goals, were
adopted by the united national in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverity ,
protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 are people enjoy peace
peace.
 Targets of SDG by the year 2030
 To decrease the global material mortality rate to less than 70 per 100000 live birth
 To end the epidemis of AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria etc
 To reinforce prevention and treatment of substance abuse, comprining narcotic drugs
abuse and harmful usese of alcohal
 To confirm universal access to sexual and reproduction heaqlth care service for family
planning , information & education of reproduction health into national strategies and
programmes

FIP ( International Pharmaceutical Federation Development Goals )

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  The FIP Development goals are a major global initiative in the pharmacy field There
were formed on the innovation responsible for the launch of FIP Pharmaceutical
worhforce Development Goals ( PWDG’s )in nov 2016

FIP Development Goals

 Academic capacity
 Early Career Training Stretegy
 Quality Assurance
 Advanced and Specialist Development
 Competency Development
 Leadership Development
 Advancing Integrated services
 Working With Other Continuing
 Professional Development
 Equity and Equality
 Impact and outcomes
 Pharmacy Intelligence
 Policy development
 People Centred Care

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