Department of Community Medicine

INTRODUCTION

Our speciality deals with epidemiology, research studies, and statistics and teaches the grammar of EBM and control and prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Multidimensional in its reach, it deals with vaccination, investigation of outbreaks and their control, screening which has the potential to change the course, outcome and even survival of patients. It equips HCWs with information on correct biomedical waste disposal and disaster management. It facilitates implementation of National program and also helps in their monitoring and evaluation. It also safeguards the occupational health and deals with the social causes of diseases. It plans and delivers healthcare for the society and also gives OPD services at their rural and urban training centres and play a big role in the years to come.

ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Role during Covid pandemic :

1. Quarantine services- as a department we played a key role in quarantine services, contact tracing, reporting and patient care.
2. Our department actively managed the covid vaccination campaign vaccinating over 55,700 people and specially safeguarding HCWs.

2.Training conducted :

I. CCHN-Our department had got the privilege to train the community health nurses under the certificate course in community health for nurses (CCHN) training program. Our department actively participated in the program so that the students acquire necessary skills and serve the community.
II. CDR- Faculty members from our department participated in child death review (CDR) training.
III. NBSU- Our department also attended the new born stabilisation unit (NBSU) training program.
IV. MIYCN- (Maternal infant and young child nutrition) training was organised by our department in which consultants, senior residents, junior residents and staff nurse of OBS and Gynaecology and Pediatric department participated.
V. NTEP- Our department has got the privilege to train the doctors and paramedical personnel under National Tuberculosis Elimination Program.
VI. Upcoming projects- IMNCI training for medical officers.

3. Role in National Programs :

I. HBNC-Our department monitors HBNC program for Jhansi, Lalitpur, Jalaun and Hamirpur district.
II. NTEP-Active participation in implementation of NTEP and conducting trainings under the same for our doctors and paramedical personnel.
III. NVBDCP-Regular monitoring of VBDs and communicable disease under IDSP not only in premises but also in other places in coordination with CMO office.
IV. Coordination and cooperation with local health authorities for outbreak investigation in our district.
V. Helping improve quality of health service deliveries by active participation of faculty in Kayakalp scheme.
VI. IEC activities on various days of public health importance like World AIDS Day, World mental health day, World hepatitis day etc. in the form of rallies, skits, poster competition.
VII. IEC activities during Family Adoption Program to help improve health of community.

4. Role in College :

I. Inter-departmental coordination with other departments in the college to improve quality of Research and undergraduates and postgraduates teaching.
II. Running OPD services in RHTC AND UHTC.
III. Organizing health camps.

FACULTIES

Dr Shobha Chaturvedi

Dr. Mehar Bano

Dr. Bharti

Dr. Vimal Arya

Dr. Sudha Sharma

List of Publicaton in last 5 Years

S.No.	Faculty Name & Designation	Publication
1	Dr Shobha Chaturvedi Associate Professor	1. A Patel, S Chaturvedi, M Bano, A Pandey. Prevalence of Acute Respiratory Infections Among Underfive Children and its Association with Sociodemographic Factors and Housing Conditions in a Rural Area of the Bundelkhand Region. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 2023; 14(11):142-148. 2. Ashish Mishra, Shobha Chaturvedi, Mehar Bano, Ashish Niranjan. Assessment and Predictors of Chronic Illness Among the Rural Geriatrics of Bundelkhand Region in Jhansi District. Int J Med Pub Health 2024; 14(4):784-791 3. Tarnnum, Shobha Chaturvedi, Suneel Kumar Kaushal, Rajni Ratmale. Prevalence of Early Initaiation of Breast feeding and Determinants of Delayed Initiation of Breast Feeding in Mothers Delivered in Tertiary Care Centre, Jansi, UP. Int J Acad Med Pharm 2023; 5(3): 510-513. 4. Sudha Sharma, Shobha Chaturvdi, Nutan Agrawal, Narender S Senger. Perception of Medical Graduates towards Government Service as a Career Option After Graduation in a Medical College in the Bundelkhand Region. International journal of Community Medicine and Public Health 2026; 13 (1):156-161. 5. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Diabetes Mellitus among the Adult TB patients Registered at Selected Tuberculosis Units in Jhansi District. (In Pipeline to be Published)
2	Dr. Vimal Arya Associate Professor	1- Vimal Arya, Ashish K. Singh. A Study to Asses the Unmet need for contraception among married women in rural field practice area of a medical college Jhansi. International journal of Community Medicine And Public Health,vol 8; Issue 6, June 2021 2- Vimal Arya, Mahendra Chowksey. A cross sectional study on COVID -19 vaccine acceptance and barriers to vaccination in district Jhansi. Internationa Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health,Volume – 8 ; Issue -10 , October2021 3- Vimal Arya, Ashish K. Singh. A study on Prevalence of Tobacco Among Rural Aged 15 Years and above and their knowledge and Anti- Tobacco measures under COTPA 2003 in District Jhansi. Indian Journal of Applied Research, Volume-11, Issue-10, October-2021 4- Vimal Arya, Vinay Kumar, Sadhna Kaushik. Adverse events of the covid vaccine in tertiary care centre in Bundelkhand region ;An observational study. Indian Journal of Applied Research, Volume-12, Issue-03/March-2022 5- Vimal Arya, Bharti, Divya-Swami. Assessing the Impact of Community Health Programs on Maternal and child Health Outcomes in Rural India. International Journal of Medicine and Public Health(IJMEDPH), Vol. 15, issues3, 2025. 6- Sudha Sharma, Vimal Arya, Anil Kumar Malhotra. A Cross-Sectional study on awareness about cancer screening methods for breast and cervical cancer in women of reproductive age from Jhansi,Uttar Pradesh. International Journal of Community medicine and Public Health, Volume-10, Issue-2, February-2023. 7- Mahendra Chouksey, Vimal Arya, Nilima. Delay in Healthcare seeking, diagnosis, and treatment of patient with tuberculosis: A cross sectional study. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, Volume-14, Issue-7, July-2023 8- Ashish Niranjan, Aditya Panday, Vimal Arya, Nilima. Prevalence of obesity and overweight and factor associated with it among medical students of Bundelkhand region: A cross-sectional study. Asian Journal of Medical Sciencess, Volume-14,Issue-10,Oct-2023
3	Dr Mehar Bano Associate Professor & HOD	● S. Sharma, M Bano, AK Malhotra. Factors Influencing Adherence to Anti-retroviral Therapy in HIV Patients Registered at ART center, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. National Journal of Community Medicine 2022; 13(12):851-857. ● A Patel, S Chaturvedi, M Bano, A Pandey. Prevalence of Acute Respiratory Infections Among Underfive Children and its Association with Sociodemographic Factors and Housing Conditions in a Rural Area of the Bundelkhand Region. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 2023; 14(11):142-148. ● Ashish Mishra, Shobha Chaturvedi, Mehar Bano, Ashish Niranjan. Assessment and Predictors of Chronic Illness Among the Rural Geriatrics of Bundelkhand Region in Jhansi District. Int J Med Pub Health 2024; 14(4):784-791. ● Manoj Soni, Monika Agarwal, Bhupendra Singh, Prabhakar Mishra, Abhishek Gupta, Mehar Bano. Assessment of Socio-clinical Profile, Nutritional Status and Social Support of the Elderly in Northern India. Int J Med Pub health 2025; 15(2):1363-1371.
4	Dr Bharti Biostatistician	1. Bharti , Abhishek Singh, Abhay singh, Shivam Dixit. Knowledge and Attitude on Biostatistics in Medical Curriculum among Medical Students. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health 2021, ISSN 2394-6040, Vol 8, pp: 5954-5956. 2. Vimal Arya, Bharti , and Divya Swami. Assessing the Impact of Community Health Programs on Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Rural India. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health 2025, 15(3): 2908-2913.
5	Dr Sudha Sharma Assistant Professor	1) Sharma S, Malhotra AK. Health system determinants of gestational diabetes mellitus screening of pregnant patients in public health facilities of district Jhansi: a cross sectional study. Int J Community Med Public Health 2022;9:2483-8.DOI: https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20221333 2) Sharma S, Bano M, Malhotra AK. Factors Influencing Adherence to Anti-retroviral Therapy in HIV Patients Registered at ART Center Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Natl J Community Med [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 31 [cited 2023 Mar. 24];13(12):851-7. Available from: DOI: https://doi.org/10.55489/njcm.131220222537 3) Sharma S, Arya, V. K., & Malhotra, A. K. (2023). A cross sectional study on awareness about cancer screening methods for breast and cervical cancer in women of reproductive age from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 10(2), 817–820. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20230244 4) Sharma S, Singh R, Malhotra AK. Missed and Lost to Follow-up Cases in HIV Positive Patients and the Impact of Lockdown During COVID-19 Pandemic on Adherence to Anti-retroviral Therapy at ART Center, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Indian J Community Health [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 Aug. 16];35(1):117-21. Available from:https://www.iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/2513 5) Shevra, Chhaya Rani, Kumar Himanshu, Singh Mayank, Sharma Sudha, Shobhane, Hema. Study of Expression of p16 and Ki-67 in Cervical Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion and Cervical Carcinoma and Its Role as a Predictive Marker in Human Papilloma Virus Infection. CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research 11(4):p 178-183, Oct–Dec 2024. \| DOI: 10.4103/cjhr.cjhr_114_24 6) Devaanshi Goswami, Rajiv Kumar, Madhurmay, Mayank Kumar Singh, & Sudha Sharma. (2025). To assess association between bronchial asthma control and vitamin D levels, inflammatory markers, and pulmonary function tests in adult patients in chest outpatient department in Bundelkhand region. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 16(9), 38–43. https://doi.org/10.71152/ajms.v16i9.4708 7) Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rajiv Kumar, Madhurmay, Sudha Sharma, & Kumar Shashwat. (2025). Study of health-seeking behavior of patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease reaching our tertiary care center. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 16(10), 112–117. https://doi.org/10.71152/ajms.v16i10.4759 8) Yogita Singh, Sengar N S, Sudha Sharma, &NutanAgarwal. (2025). To assess malnutrition in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients and its correlation with dose of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 17(1), 89–94. https://doi.org/10.71152/ajms.v17i1.4972 9) Sharma S., Chaturvedi, S., Agrawal, N., &Sengar, N. S. (2025). Perception of medical graduates towards government service, as a career option after graduation, in a medical college in the Bundelkhand region. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 13(1), 156–161. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20254422

Family Adoption Programme (FAP)

The Family Adoption Programme (FAP) under Competency Based Medical Education (CBME ) curriculum mandated by the NMC where each medical undergraduate has to adopt 3-5 families to gain first hand experience with rural and urban slum people disease profile, local customs, understand social determinants of health, maintain family health records and develop primary care skills so as to serve as a bridge between the community and the healthcare system and also between theory and community. The primary goal is to sensitize students to rural health challenges, improve their communication and clinical skills and foster a deeper, empathetic doctor-patient relationship and thus promotes holistic care and supports universal health coverage concept.