Syllabus for Public Health Officer 7th Level Examination – Public Service Commission
[1st Paper]
HEALTH INSPECTION RELATED
1 Health and Public Health (5%) (Questions-5)
1.2 Public health concept, Historical development and changing concept
2 Health Planning and Management (20%) (Questions-20)
2.2 Need assessment, planning cycle, Planning, monitoring and evaluation
2.3 Strategic and operational planning
2.4 Inventory management
2.5 Drug management
2.6 Financial management
2.7 Health economics, Health care financing: Basic concepts and economic evaluation of health care services
2.8 Health care need assessment
2.9 Decentralization in health management
2.10 Quality assurance in health care
3 General Epidemiology (10%) (Questions-10)
3.2 Epidemiological methods, Incidence, Prevalence, association and causation, disease prevention and control
3.3 Epidemiology of communicable and non communicable diseases
3.4 Dynamics of disease transmission
3.5 Investigation of an epidemics
3.6 Screening of diseases
3.7 Health indicators
4 Health Statistics (5%) (Questions-5)
4.2 Tabulation, graphic and diagrammatic presentation of data
4.3 Statistical methods; Measures of central tendency, Measures of variability
4.4 Sampling size, Sampling survey and test of significance, correlation and regression
5. Demography (5%) (Questions-5)
5.2 Measures of population dynamics
5.3 Factors affecting fertility, mortality and migration
5.4 Urbanization, Life expectancy
6 Applied Epidemiology and Disease Control (20%) (Questions-20)
6.2 Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
6.3 Concept of Control, elimination and eradication of diseases
7 Food and Nutrition (5%) (Questions-5)
7.2 Nutritional problems
7.3 Assessment of nutritional status
7.4 Food intoxication, additives and fortification;
8 Environmental Health (5%) (Questions-5)
8.2 Solid waste disposal and control
8.3 Excreta disposal and control
8.4 Medical entomology-Mosquito, housefly, sand fly, lice, fleas, bugs etc. control
8.5 Insecticides safe use and resistance
8.6 Rodents control
9 Occupational Health (5%) (Questions-5)
9.2 Occupational hazards
9.3 Management and prevention of occupational hazards
9.4 Measures for general health protection of workers
10 Health Education and Health Promotion (10%)
10.2 Methods of health education
10.3 Health education medias and production
10.4 Behavior change communication (BCC)
10.5 Community organization and participation
10.6 Communication and information: concepts and importance
10.7 School health program: concepts, areas and importance
11 Primary Health Care (PHC), Essential Health Care Services (EHCS) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (5%) (Questions-5)
12 International Health 5%
12.1 External development partners and their priorities
12.2 UN agencies: WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNAIDS and World Bank
12.3 Bilateral agencies working in Nepal: USAID, JICA, GTZ, DFID, SDC, CIDA, AUSAID, NORAD, FINIDA, KOIKA
[2nd Paper]
HEALTH INSPECTION RELATED
Section A- 30 Marks
1 Health Policies Issues (10%) (Questions-1)
1.2 Current National Population Policy
1.3 Second Long Term Health Plan (1997-2017)
1.4 Health Sector in Current Five Year Plan
4. Health Issues and Regulations (20%) (Questions-2)
4.2 Current financial administration regulation
4.3 Local governance and decentralization in health
4.4 Health and human right
4.5 Professional council and related regulations
4.6 Ethical issues in health
Section B- 30 Marks
2 Introduction, Objectives, Strategies, Targets and Current Status of National Health programs (30%) (Questions-3)
2.2 National health training center: basic, refresher and other continuous medical education programme
2.3 National Health Education Information and Communication Center: Critical overview of functions and roles
2.4 Development of District Health Profiles
2.5 Female Community Health Volunteers Programme (FCHV)
2.6 Primary Health Care Outreach Programme (PHC-ORC)
2.7 Disaster Management and Early Warning Reporting System(EWARS)
2.8 Health Sector Reform Program: Strategy and planning programs
2.9 Health Economics and Financing Unit (HEFU)
2.10 Health Management Information System (HMIS)
2.11 Logistic Management Information System (LMIS)
2.12 Human Resource Information Center (HURIC)
Section C- 20 Marks
3 Management of Public Health Programme in the District with Special Reference to (20%)(Questions-2)
3.2 Training activities in the district;
3.3 Health education, information and communication activities in the District
3.4 Management of Camps
Section D- 20 Marks
5 Management Issues in Nepal Health Services (20%) (Questions-2)
5.2 Human resource management: concept, functions and different aspects
5.3 Community organization: Concepts, principles and process
5.4 Supervision, monitoring and evaluation of health care system: Principles, practice and importance
5.5 Inter and intra-sectoral coordination in health services
5.6 Indigenous and traditional health care system including Ayurveda and other system: Concepts, status and their analytical study
5.7 Analytical study of organizational structure of Ministry of Health and Population and functions
DOWNLOAD 1ST PAPER
DOWNLOAD 2ND PAPER
Syllabus
- Public Service Commission Syllabus Health Education Teaching Administrator
- Public Service Commission Syllabus for Health Education Technician
- Public Service Commission For ANM Syllabus
- Public Service Commission Syllabus for AHW
- Public Service Commission Syllabus Health Assistant
- Public Service Commission Syllabus for AHW
- Syllabus for Postgraduate Integrated Entrance Examination
- Syllabus for Public Health Licensing Examination 2073 – Nepal Health Professional Council
- Syllabus for Public Health Officer 7th Level Examination – Public Service Commission
Latest Public Health Jobs
Latest Posts
- HPV Vaccination Service Operational Guidelines 2081
- The 2024 Global Heath Expenditure Report
- Call for Applications: APFSD Youth Forum 2025
- Nepal Health Fact Sheets 2024
- Progress of Health & Population Sector 2023-2034 NJAR Report 2023-24
Thanks for visiting us.
Disclaimer: The resources, documents, guidelines, and information on this blog have been collected from various sources and are intended for informational purposes only. Information published on or through this website and affiliated social media channels does not represent the intention, plan, or strategies of an organization that the initiator is associated with in a professional or personal capacity, unless explicitly indicated.
If you have any complaints, information, or suggestions about the content published on Public Health Update, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
#StayUpdated
Comments are closed.