Department of Community Medicine

The department focuses on learning through community. The focus of the department is educating the general population for health literacy. The focus for student learning is, not just the disease, but the knowledge of health with involvement of community perspective. Learning is done through participatory learning approach where the students become a part of the society they will be treating in the future. The most important focus of the department is evidence-based learning and not experience based medicine, our department tries to install scientific thoughts into the students through evidence based medicine and encourages them to create evidence by research projects, which in turn will help them to understand where and how to look for evidence.

Dr. NANJESH KUMAR S.

Professor & I/c Head

Dr. NANJESH KUMAR S.

DesignationProfessor & I/c Head
Email nanjesh@nitte.edu.in
Joining date 0000-00-00

Educational Qualifications

MBBS, MD

Areas of Interest

Validation of RDT Kit for Screening of Anaemia Among Women of Child Bearing Age Group at Field level in Comparing with Gold Standard Test in Rural Area of Coastal Karnataka.

Subjects Handled

UG- MBBS, Physiotherapy, MPH
PG - MD Community medicine, M Sc OT

Conferences/CME/Workshops

Conferences attended
1. POSHACON 2020 National conference on Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) working group of IAPSM on 16th and 17th October Online.
HIV Sentinel Surveillance ( ANC & Prison 2018-19) from 27th & 28th Nov. 2018. Publications: (5 publications) 1. Study of Knowledge on Radiation Hazards and Radiation Protection among Medical College Students in Coastal Karnataka. International Journal of Current Research and Review . Vol .13, issue 10, May 2021 Pg. 74-77 2. A Preliminary Study of Prevalence of Certain Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Disease in a Rural Population of Karnataka ,India. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development Sept. 2019, vol.10 No. 9 pg. 519-523.
Study of knowledge, Attitude and Practice ( KAP) Regarding Swatch Bharat Mission Among High School Students in Field Practice Area of Medical College in Dakshina Kannada Karnataka. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development Feb. 2020, vol.11 No. 2 pg. 678-681.
Study of Morbidity pattern among Women Beedi Rollers Residing in Urban Area of Mangalore. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development Jan.. 2019, vol.10 No. 1 pg. 233-234
A study of Mosquito borne disease awareness, attitude and Practice among the rural population in Karnataka India. International Journal of Community Medicine and public Health Vol. 4 issue 11, Nov. 2017 pg. 4178-4181.

Additional Information

NSS Programm Officer

DR. ANUSHA RASHMI

Associate Professor

DR. ANUSHA RASHMI

DesignationAssociate Professor
Email Anurash7@nitte.edu.in.
Contact No..
Joining date 0000-00-00

Areas of Interest

Worked as Co I in the following projects:
1. Community Voices for vaccines in India (COVVINDIA) - a rapid appraisal focussing on COVID-19. - in progress (data collection and analysis done). Going on since December 2020
A Combined model study to investigate the challenges faced by front-line health managers at district level in this time of pandemic of COVID-19-Multicentric Approach (Project completed. Publications in progress)- Project completed in December 2020

Achievements

Award received on 20-03-2021 - Pyare Lal Sharma memorial Award at IAPSMCON2021

Completed the NPTEL-FDP on Health research fundamentals with 88% score (Jan - Mar 2021)

Subjects Handled

UG- MBBS, Physiotherapy
PG - MD Community medicine, M Sc OT

Conference/Journal publications

Conferences attended

AMRITACON Public Health international e-conference 2020 on 4th and 5th December 2020.
POSHACON 2020 National conference on Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) working group of IAPSM on 16th and 17th October Online.
IAPSMCON2021 National conference on 19th to 21st March Online

Publications (5 of 15 publications)

Namboothiri GN, Chacko VI, Rashmi A, Sathyanath S, Anil M. Factors Influencing Age at Menarche -a School Based Cross Sectional Study. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2020 Jun;32(2):444-6.
Rashmi A, Sequeira L, Kumar PS, Rashmi. Elder Abuse in Indian Setting-A Misconception or a Reality- A Deductive Analysis. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. 2020 Jan;11(1):31-4.
Kundapur R, Rashmi A, Sachin M, Falia K, Remiza RA, Bharadwaj S. COVID 19 - Observations and Speculations - a Trend Analysis. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2020 Apr;32(2):300-5.
Aggarwal S, Masthi NRR, Rashmi A. COVID-19 Quarantine and the way forward. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2020 Apr;32(2):261-3.
Sathyanath S, Narasimha HH, Rashmi A, Kundapur R, Rai S, Prabhu S. Perception Regarding Child Gender Preferences Among Mothers in Dakshina Kannada District: A Mixed Methods Study. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2019 Jun;31(2):244-7

Additional Information

Worked as Co I Prior to joining this institute in February 2021 Mapping of pathways of care, assessment of delays and gap analysis of tertiary health systems in provision of care following road traffic injury in urban Karnataka
Authored a chapter in IAPSM's textbook of Community Medicine (Currently 2nd edition) Jaypee Publications

Chapter name

Dr. RAHUL HEGDE

Associate Professor

Dr. RAHUL HEGDE

DesignationAssociate Professor
Email rahulhegde@nitte.edu.in
Joining date 0000-00-00

Educational Qualifications

MBBS, MD (Community Medicine)

Areas of Interest

Health economics, epidemiology, international health

Achievements

Awarded a travel grant by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation to participate & present a paper in the 10th European Congress on Tropical Medicine & International Health which was held in October 2017 in Antwerp, Belgium
Awarded a scholarship to attend the 16th World Congress on Public Health, Rome in Italy - Virtual Edition in October 2020.

Subjects Handled

Community Medicine - Medicine (MBBS, MD), Physiotherapy (BPT), Public health (MPH), Allied health sciences (MSc AOTT)

Conference/Journal publications

Conference presentations:

Oral, "Physical activity, sedentary behavior and socio-psychological health among adolescents in Mangalore - A community based cross-sectional study" at the 4th National Conference of Society of Biological Scientists of India, Mangaluru, India 2014
Poster, "A cross sectional study on knowledge, attitude and practice about HIV/AIDS among married women in rural areas of Mangaluru" at the 4th National Conference of Society of Biological Scientists of India, Mangaluru, India 2014
Poster, "Knowledge, coverage and usage patterns of health insurance in rural south India" at the 10th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Antwerp, Belgium 2017
Poster, "Knowledge, Attitude & Practices about Filariasis in a village in coastal Karnataka" at the 45th National IAPSM Conference & 19th Maharashtra State Joint Conference of IAPSM & IPHA, Pune, India 2018

Journal publications:

A study of mosquito-borne diseases awareness, attitude and practices among the rural population in Karnataka, India. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health 2017
Study of morbidity pattern among women beedi rollers residing in the urban area of Mangalore. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development 2019
Knowledge, Coverage and Usage Patterns of Health Insurance in Rural South India. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development 2020
Study of Knowledge on Radiation Hazards and Radiation Protection among Medical College Students in Coastal Karnataka. International Journal of Current Research and Review 2021.

Dr. ANKEETHA JACOB MENON

Associate Professor

Dr. ANKEETHA JACOB MENON

DesignationAssociate Professor
Email dr.ankeetamj_kshema@nitte.edu.in
Joining date

Educational Qualifications

MBBS, MD(Comm. Med.) DNB ( PSM), DFM

Areas of Interest

Nutrition, Epidemiology, Disability

Achievements

• Won 1st Place for the best essay on the topic "Role of Medical Colleges in End Tb 2025" in Faculty Category conducted by Karnataka State TB Society as a part of World TB Day 2017 celebration.

• Won 3rd prize for best essay on the topic "Role of stakeholders in End TB 2025" conducted by in Faculty Category Karnataka State TB Society as a part of World TB Day 2018 celebration.

• Awarded the "President NBE-Gold Medal" for Diploma National Board (DNB) Social and Preventive Medicine (SPM) for June 2017 Session at the 19th Convocation of National Board of Examinations, New Delhi on September 21st, 2018.

• Best 1 minute video award at 47th IAPSM National conference held at Mahabalipuram, Chennai, between 28th to 31st January 2020

• 1st Prize in video making competition and 2nd prize in meme-making competition at 48th IAPSM first Virtual National conference held between 16th to 18th March 2021

Subjects Handled

Community Medicine, Public Health, Health Education

Conference/Journal publications

• "Assessment of food insecurity and its correlates in a rural community of Karnataka: A case study"- International Journal of Community medicine and Public Health Vol 5, no. 11 (2018). • "Caring for you is straining me! Strain in informal caregivers of the elderly attending health centers of a coastal city in Karnataka" in Indian Journal of Community Health 31(1):54-62 • An explorative study of the differences in feeding patterns of children with and without disabilities in a rural community in Karnataka. September 2019 Indian Journal of Community Health 31(2):248-252 • A study on the distribution of disabilities among the population residing in the endosulfan exposed area in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. August 2019, International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health 6(9):3948 • Jacob AM, Pruthvish S, Sastry NB, Kunnavil R, Shankarappa M, Shetty A. A comparison of nutritional status between children with and without disabilities: A community-based study. J Family Med Prim Care. 2021;10(2):941.

MAJOR(Dr.) RAGHAVENDRA HUCHCHANNAVAR

Assistant Professor

Dr. AVIN B.R.ALVA

Assistant Professor

Dr. K.PAVAN KUMAR

Assistant Professor

Dr. K.PAVAN KUMAR

DesignationAssistant Professor
Email kpav04@nitte.edu.in
Joining date 0000-00-00

Educational Qualifications

MBBS, MD (Community Medicine)

Areas of Interest

Nutrition, Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes, Non communicable diseases

Subjects Handled

Community Medicine - MBBS, Physiotherapy (BPT), Public health (MPH), Allied health sciences (MSc AOTT)

Conference/Journal publications

Journal publications:

Study of morbidity pattern among women beedi rollers residing in urban area of Mangalore. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development 2019
A study on the distribution of disabilities among the population residing in the endosulfan exposed area in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.2019
Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Practise (KAP) Regarding Swachh Bharat Mission Among High School Students in Field Practise Area of Medical College in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka.2020
Study of Knowledge on Radiation Hazards and Radiation Protection among Medical College Students in Coastal Karnataka. International Journal of Current Research and Review 2021.

Additional Information

Certificate course: Coursera, Basic Statistics, University of Amsterdam
Certificate course: Coursera, R Programming, Jhon Hopkins University
Certificate course: Coursera, Understanding research Methods, University of London.

Dr. SATHVIK RAI N

Assistant Professor

Dr. SATHVIK RAI N

DesignationAssistant Professor
Email sathvikrai@nitte.edu.in
Joining date

Educational Qualifications

MBBS, MD Community Medicine

Areas of Interest

Vector borne diseases, Infectious diseases, Epidemiology

Subjects Handled

Community Medicine - MBBS, BPT, MScAOTT

Conference/Journal publications

Publications

Study of Knowledge on Radiation Hazards and Radiation Protection among Medical College Students in Coastal Karnataka. International Journal of Current Research and Review / Volume 13 / Issue 10 / May 2021
Knowledge and Attitude regarding Eye Donation among adults: An Urban and Rural comparison. Advance Research Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Discoveries / Volume 21.0 / Issue I / Jan 2018
Assessment of Sleep Quality Index among Working and Non-working Women using Pittsburgh scale. National Journal of Research in Community Medicine / Volume 7 / Issue 1 / Jan-Mar 2018
Assessment of Quality of Sleep among Urban Working Women using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. National Journal of Community Medicine / Volume 8 / Issue 12 / Dec 2017

Conference attended

KACHCON 2020 - State Conference on 'Redefining public health: COVID19 and beyond' on 21st, 22nd and 23rd December 2020
POSHANCON 2020 - National Conference on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) working group of IAPSM on 16th and 17th October 2020.

DR. SUNHITHA VELAMALA

Tutor

Research Thrust Areas:

Non communicable diseases and its control
Research on cancer
Economic evaluations
Health system research
Nutritional research

Services

Community outreach activities in Kadri health center and Sasihithlu rural health center
GRAMA KSHEMA programme to adopt families for betterment of life
Multiple programmes for vulnerable population under five and elderly
Consultancy for epidemiology and statistical help
Technical advisory for district health office
Health education to various groups of people to increase health literacy
Community trials and creating evidence for betterment of the society

Epidemiological Unit
The department of Community Medicine of K S Hegde Medical Academy conducts health education activities on subjects of public health importance at Justice K S Hegde Charitable Hospital as well as in our Nitte outreach centres. The objective of the activity is to train the medical students to provide effective health education so as to bring about changes in the health-related behaviors of people which in turn will help in promoting health and preventing diseases.

A team of MBBS interns are guided by the faculty and assisted by postgraduate students and medico-social workers of the Department of Community Medicine in conducting the program along with posters and pamphlets for better communication of information. Total number of health education activities account to 29 in number in the year 2019 -2020 with total number of beneficiaries accounting to 580 individuals.

Total number of health education activities conducted	29
Total number of beneficiaries	580

Achievements

Around 50 publications from the department which are indexed
Department staff were taken up for district technical team
Dr. Ankeeta Menon been awarded gold medal in DNB
Dr. Rashmi Kundapur awarded Presidential appreciation award by IAPSM
Dr. Rashmi Kundapur awarded with FIAPSM award for work for community by IAPSM
Dr. Rashmi Kundapur being selected by ICMR for being working committee of National task force for Operational research
Dr. Rashmi Kundapur was national coordinator for LEAP module by IAPSM
Dr. Anusha Rashmi was team leader for nation for LEAP module by IAPSM

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