Health Promotion & Education
Introduction
Health Education is a process which affects changes in health behaviour of people. The training in Health Education at post graduate level is directed to study and understand various factors involved in the process of imparting knowledge and changing attitude and behaviour of the people so as to promote health. It is an integral part of the institute and actively involved in teaching and training activities in the field of health education and promotion; specially the techniques and methods of assessing health needs, educational needs and planning for changing undesirable health behaviour to different post graduate courses run by the institute.
Faculty
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Dr. C. S. Taklikar
Professor @ HOD
MD Community Medicine
Registration Number: MMC 2002/03/1784
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E-mail: taklikarcs.aiihph@gov.in
Mobile No. 92302 78846.
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Other Members
| Designation | Number | Activities performed |
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| Photographer | 1 – Vacant | Photography (Retired in Aug-2017) |
| Stenographer | 1 | Secretarial Assistance |
| Cine-Technician | 2 – Vacant | Arrangement of IEC material, OHP etc. in the classrooms. |
| Artist | 0 | — |
| MTS | 2* | Support Service |
| *Erstwhile one Carpenter & one Peon. | ||
Regular Course(s) Conducted:
- Diploma in Health Promotion and Education – a one year post graduate course for developing Health Promotion and Education Specialists. The course has an intake capacity of 46 and is affiliated to the West Bengal University of Health Sciences.
- Master of Public Health (Health Promotion) 2 years’ regular course with intake capacity of 10 students each year
Publications
Jha SS, Dobe M, Taklikar C, Lahiri A. School-based intervention on behavioural intention of adolescents regarding healthy diet in India. Front Public Health. 2023 Feb 9;11: 1094960. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1094960. PMID: 36844864; PMCID: PMC9947774.
Training program conducted by Deptt. of Health Promotion & Education.
- Training program on ” Basics and Challenges of One Health” was conducted by the department of Health Promotion and Education from 15-17 Feb, 2023. A total of 20 participants participated in the training.
- C. S Taklikar is resource person for online training on “Basics of Health Promotion Education Intervention “conducted in collaboration with IIT, Kharagpur on NPTEL-SWAYM platform. Over 1000 participants were enrolled for the course which was conducted from July-Sep, 2023, 8 weeks’ duration.
- C. S Taklikar, Prof &HoD, HP&E was invited as resource person to conduct Mixed Methods Research workshop at AIIMS, Jodhpur from 18-21, Jan, 2023.
- 35 participants attended the workshop
Faculty from the Deptt. of Health Promotion & Education contributed as resource person in the following training:
- “Mixed Methods Research” for participants from seven different states was conducted from 9-11 Jan at Bidhan Nagar campus AIIHPH.
- Training on “Mother’s Absolute Affection” from 27th Jan to 3rd Feb, 2023 for the Participants from Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshdweep and Leh Ladakh
- Training on “Capacity Buliding trainings on Public Health Emergencies for Hospitals”from 7th -12 Aug, 2023 and 18-13 Sep, 2023
Research Work
- A Community Based Study on Health Literacy and its Associates among Adults in a Rural Area of Hooghly District, West Bengal.
- A Cross-sectional Study on Health Status and Health Seeking Behaviour of School-going Adolescents in a Rural Area of Hooghly District, West Bengal
- A Study on Health Care Utilization & Out of Pocket Expenditure During Covid-19 Pandemic Among Households in an Urban and Rural Area of West Bengal
Conference/Workshop/Seminars attended
- Dr. C.S Taklikar, Prof &HoD, HPE participated as member of Indian delegation in the Regional meeting on Advancing Joint Risk Assessment using One Health approach in WHO- SEARO region from 25-27 July, 2023 at Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Dr. C. S Taklikar attended workshop organized by the Disaster Management Cell, MoHFW for finalization of training materils for Capacity Buliding trainings on Public Helath Emergencies for Hospitals at NCDC, Delhi from 17-19 May, 2023
- C. S Taklikar was invited as guest speaker to deliver talk on “One Health” at Indian Institute of Bio-science Research and Development, Kolkata on 8th Sep, 2023
EMR duty
Dr. C. S Taklikarwas deputed as Central Team leader for control of Avian Influenza H5N1 outbreak at Bokaro, Jharkhand from 21st Feb-4th March, 2023.
Awareness program
Health Exhibition and Role paly regarding Tobacco control was conducted at Hakimpur village, Singur Block by DHPE & M.Sc. Public Health(HP) on 23.01.2023. Around 80-100 villagers attended the program and visited the Exhibition stalls. 60 Students of Tustocharan Uchha Vidayalaya attended the program.
Training program on ” Basics and Challenges of One Health” was conducted by the department of Health Promotion and Education from 15-17 Feb, 2023. A total of 20 participants participated in the training.
Dr. C.S Taklikar, Prof &HoD, HPE participated as member of Indian delegation in the Regional meeting on Advancing Joint Risk Assessment using One Health approach in WHO- SEARO region from 25-27 July, 2023 at Colombo, Sri Lanka