WOMEN HEALTH & NUTRITION

Paper Code: 
CND 301
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
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
9.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I
1. Role of Women in National Development 
pre and post-independence 
present scenario
 
2. Women in family and community
Demographic changes as per the latest census report (2011)
Sex ratio
Life expectancy
Literacy rate
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
 
11.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II
3. Women as a reproductive unit
4. Girl child and gender bias 
5. Family planning
Definition 
Health aspects 
National population policy 
Fertility regulating methods
Post- conceptional methods
6. National Family Welfare Programme 
 
10.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III
7. Women’s nutritional requirements and food need throughout lifecycle
8. Special Care during certain physiological conditions (mental- social support and food fads and myths )
Menarche
Pregnancy 
Lactation
Menopause
9. Special Care in chronic degenerative diseases (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)
7.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV
10. 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 fetiocide
 
8.00
Unit V: 
UNIT-V
11. Empowerment of women
Role of education 
Various national schemes for women 
SABLA, IGMSY,IMY, Working Women Hostel, STEP, Swadhar, KSY and BSY.
 
Essential Readings: 
1. Park K & Park (2011) Park’s Textbook  of Preventive and Social Medicine. 21st Edition.Banarsidas Bhanot Publications UP, India
2. Women and Health (2011) Mary IJ, Chidambaranathan C.Pointer Publication , Jaipur.
3. Bhatia A (2000). Women Devcelopment and NGO’s. Rawat Publications
4. Women & Society (1995) Women & educational development series-10. Common Wealth Publishers
5. Nutrient Requirement and Recommended Dietary Allowances. (2010) ICMR
 
 
References: 
Books Recommended: 
1. ACC/SCN Policy Discussion Papers
2. UNICEF (1994): The Urban Poor And Household Food Security, UNICEF
3. IDRC (1993): Gender, Health and Sustainable Development.
4. NFHS Reports.
5. UNICEF-State of World’s Children
6. Annual Report of Government of India (National Development)
7. World Health Organization (2010): Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health
8. Gopalan, G. & Kaur ,S. (Editors) (1989).Women & Nutrition in India. Nutrition Federation of India
9. Policy documents,11th Five Year Plan. Ministry of Women & Child, Government of India
10. ICMR Spl.Rep.Ser.No.42. Nutrition for Mother and Child. NIN Hyderabad
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