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GENETICS AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to :
- Understand the role of heredity and environment in development.
- Understand problems and solutions regarding child bearing.
- Understand postnatal psychological problems and treatment.
Course Outcomes (COs):
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Student will–
COHD57: Value and support the importance of sex education and reproductive health education. COHD58: Investigate the role of heredity and environment in lifespan development and different types of hereditary and sex-linked syndromes COHD59: Examine the diagnostic and preventive methods for genetic disorder and role of genetic counselling in preventing them COHD60: Examine the factors causing infertility and appraise various assisted reproductive methods. COHD61: Support for post-partum and HIV/AIDS care.
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Approaches in Teaching: Interactive Lectures, Brain storming sessions, Power Point Presentation,
Learning activities for the Students: Self learning assignments, field practicals. |
Quiz. PPT, Group projects, Poster making,assignments, CA test , Semester End Examination. |
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- Basic concept of reproductive health and its importance
- Sex Education: meaning & importance
- Family Planning Methods
- Genes & Chromosomes, Structure & Function
- Identical and Fraternal Twins
- Risk Factors: Sexually transmitted diseases, suicide, Teen age pregnancy
- Meaning & interaction of heredity and environment in determining intelligence, personality and behavior
- Hereditary diseases/ gene linked syndromes- Sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, PKU, autism, alzheimer’s, apert, sticklers and ushers syndrome, cystic fibrosis, Huntington, spina bifida, tay- sachs.
- Sex linked syndrome-Fragile X, XYY, down, cat cry, turners, klinefelter syndrome
- Genetic Disorders, diagnosis and treatment- Human Karyotype, pedigree construction and its analysis
- Prenatal screening methods
- Genetic counseling-need, essential qualities of genetic counselor.
- Prevention of genetic disorders and gene therapy.
- Factors causing infertility- Stress, problems in ovulation, blocked or scarred fallopian tubes, endometriosis and low sperm count, drugs, alcohol- treatment
- Assisted reproduction- In-vitro fertilization and test tube baby, surrogate mothers- legal and ethical issues.
- Post partum depression-Types, causes and treatment.
- Maternal and infant mortality- present status and major causes
- HIV/AIDS in India- Prevalence, sign and symptoms, causes and prevention
SUGGESTED TEXTBOOKS:
- Michael. A. Koenig, Shireen Jejeebhay, John. C. Cleland and Bela Ganatra, 2016, Reproductive Health in India: A New Evidence, Sage India
- Shireen. J. Jejeebhay, P.M. Kulkarni and K.Gh. Santhya, 2014, Population and Reproductive Health in India: An Assessment of the Current Situation and Future Needs, Oxford University Press
- Barbara A. and Anderson, (2010), Reproductive Health: Women and Men's Shared Responsibility, Indian Council (INC) publisher Pvt. Ltd.
- Sharma, (2016) Reproductive health in India new edition, Taylor and Fancis Ltd. 5. Kobo, (2012) Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Kamal publisher.
Fundamentals of Genetics by R.P.Meyyan, Saras Publication
SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS:
- Genetics by Strickberger Monroe W. Prentice-Hall; 3 edition (1995)
- Development Through the Lifespan, Books a la Carte Edition (6th Edition) Loose Leaf – August 15, 2013, by Laura E. Berk
E-RESOURCES:
- NCERT Book on Reproductive Health available at https://ncert.nic.in/ncerts/l/lebo104.pdf
- e-book on Concept of Genetics available at https://1lib.in/book/5291190/a14b77
REFERENCE JOURNALS
- Frontiers in Reproductive Health available at https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/reproductive-health
- Reproductive Health available at https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/reproductive-health
