WOMEN HEALTH AND NUTRITION

Paper Code: 
HFN 144L
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the student

  • To be acquainted with status of women in family & society
  • Understand how various factors influence the health & nutritional status of women
  • Understand how health of women influence family, community & national development

 

12.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I
  1. Role of Women in National Development
  • pre and post-independence
  • present scenario
    1. Women in family and community
  • Demographic changes as per the latest census report (2011)
  • Sex ratio
  • Life expectancy
  • Literacy rate
    1. Fertility related statistics

Birth Rate, General Fertility Rate, General Marital Fertility Rate, Age-Specific Fertility Rate, Total Fertility Rate, Gross Reproduction Rate, Net Production Rate, Child Women Ratio, Pregnancy Rate, Abortion Rate, Abortion Ratio, Marriage Rate

 

12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II

1.    Women as a reproductive unit

2.     Girl child and gender bias

3.    Family planning

·        Definition

·        Health aspects

·        National population policy

·        Fertility regulating methods

·        Post- conceptional methods

  • National Family Welfare Programme 
12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III

·        Life Cycle Approach to Women’s Health – Health status of women in India, factors influencing health and Nutritional status.

·        Maternal and Child Health (MCH) to Reproductive and Child health approaches.

·        Issues of declining Child Sex Ratio, Widowhood and old age.

·        Occupational and mental health.

  • Health, Hygiene and Sanitation
12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

1.    Special Care during certain physiological conditions (mental- social support and food fads and myths)

·        Menarche

·        Pregnancy

·        Lactation

·        Menopause

2.    Special Care in chronic degenerative diseases (Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases , Cancer) (mental- social support and food fads and myths)

·        HIV and AIDS

·        Cancers- breast cancer and cervical cancer

  • Overview to the funding agencies for the same (national & international)
Unit V: 
UNIT V
  1. Policies and Legislations
    • CEDAW (Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women)
    • WRLH (Women’s Right to Life and Health)
    • Safe motherhood & child survival
    • Ministry of Women & Child Guidelines
    • Laws pertaining to rape and female foeticide                                                                                                                                               
  2. Empowerment of women
  • Role of education
  • Various national schemes for women

SABLA, IGMSY, IMY, Working Women Hostel, STEP, Swadhar, KSY and BSY.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Wadhwa A and Sharma S (2003). Nutrition in the Community-A Textbook. Elite Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
  • Park K (2011). Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 21st Edition. M/s

Banarasidas Bhanot Publishers, Jabalpur, India.

  • Bamji MS, Krishnaswamy K and Brahmam GNV (Eds) (2009). Textbook of Human

Nutrition, 3rd edition. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.

  • Park K & Park (2011) Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine. 21 st Edition.Banarsidas Bhanot Publications UP, India
  • Women and Health (2011) Mary IJ, Chidambaranathan C.Pointer Publication , Jaipur.
  • Bhatia A (2000). Women Devcelopment and NGO’s. Rawat Publications
  • Nutrient Requirement and Recommended Dietary Allowances. (2020) ICMR

 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

  • UNICEF (1994): The Urban Poor and Household Food Security, UNICEF
  • IDRC (1993): Gender, Health and Sustainable Development.
  • NFHS Reports (Available online).
  • UNICEF-State of World’s Children
  • Annual Report of Government of India (National Development
  • Policy documents,11 th Five Year Plan. Ministry of Women & Child, Government of India
  • ICMR Spl.Rep.Ser.No.42. Nutrition for Mother and Child. NIN Hyderabad

 

                                          

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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