Community Medicine (Preventive and Social medicine) is a branch of medicine that deals with the preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative aspects of diseases in the community. The objective of this department is to provide a high quality training in Community Medicine by providing Competency Based Medical Education to the under graduate students enrolled in the MBBS program to create a health care professional who is globally relevant.
The Department of Community Medicine is involved in training the medical student in Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III and during internship. The other activities of the Department are to conduct basic research, conduct training programs and to provide promotive, preventive and curative health services to the community. The department provides these services through the Rural Health Training Centre (RHTC), Noolvi and the Urban Health Training Centre (UHTC), Ayodhyanagar. The HealthClinic and through the Family Adoption Program (FAP) at Adargunchi village.
The work of the Department of Community Health at JGM Medical College, Hubballi can be broadly described as follows:
- Teaching: of Undergraduate Medical Students, The subject is taught as per the NMC CBME curriculum.
- Service:
- a. Campus clinic: Caters to health needs of the students, faculty and other staff of the JGM Medical College
- b. Urban health training center at Ayodhyanagar
- c. Rural health training center at Noolvi
- d. Family adoption program at Adargunchi village
- Research: Research activities of the Department of Community Health are generally conducted in the field practice areas of the department.
VISION
The Department aims to be the Centre of Excellence in teaching, training, research, and health management by providing high-quality education, ethical values, and services to the community with the spirit of scientific inquiry and empathy.
MISSION
- To teach and train the medical students to be community physicians who can provide comprehensive healthcare to the community.
- To sensitize and nurture the aptitude for research among the undergraduate medical students.
- To build capacity of undergraduate medical students in planning, implementation, and evaluation of national health programs and policies and to develop a sense of social responsibility and sensibility in them, in providing health care services.
Dr. SAURABH KUMAR
Educational Qualification: MBBS, MD
Registration Number:KMC 73786
Dr. RIZWANA BURHANUDDIN SHAIKH
Educational Qualification: MBBS, MD, DM
Registration Number:KMC 37437
Dr. ABHINANDAN RAJSHEKHAR WALI
Educational Qualification: MBBS, MD
Registration Number:KMC 101958
Dr. ANIKET DILIPKUMAR MANOLI
Educational Qualification: MBBS MD
Registration Number:KMC 101018
Dr. KASHAVVA B ANDANIGOUDAR
Educational Qualification: MBBS,MD,DNB
Registration Number:KMC 108576
Dr. Namratha Kulkarni
Educational Qualification: MBBS, MD
Registration Number:KMC 81042
Dr.GOWTHAM KARTHIC R
Educational Qualification: MBBS, MD
Registration Number:KMC- TMN 2016 0001319 KTK
Dr.ANNADANESHWARI BASAVARAJ BHUSNURMATH
Educational Qualification: MBBS MD
Registration Number:KMC 117125
Dr PRATHIBA E G
Educational Qualification: MBBS MD
Registration Number:KMC 127780
Dr. ASHISH SINDGI
Educational Qualification: MBBS
Registraion Number:KMC 101016
Dr.SHREEMANT SANTOSH PAWAR
Educational Qualification: MBBS
Registraion Number:KMC 165684
Dr Varsha Kalluraya K M
Educational Qualification: MBBS
Registraion Number:KMC 181014
Dr Sanganagouda Nadahalli
Educational Qualification:MBBS
Registration Number:178531
Dr Siddartha
Educational Qualification:MBBS
Registration Number:175417
Dr Rahul A Rathod
Educational Qualification:MBBS
Registration Number:KMC 180654
Dr Shahabuddin Munshi
Educational Qualification: MBBS
Registraion Number:KMC 180421
SHRUTI BASAVARAJ HIREMATH
Educational Qualification: MSC Statistics
Registraion Number:NA
The facilities available in the department of Community Medicine as per the of NMC requirements.
I. In the Department
DEMO ROOM/ SEMINAR HALL:
There is one Demo room with 25 seating capacity it is well equipped with AV aids such as projector, screen, internet and white board.
PRACTICAL HALL:
For training under graduate students on the practical aspects of community medicine and public health,the laboratory is shared with the department of microbiology with a seating capacity of sixty with 60 microscopes and staining stations.
RESEARCH LAB:
The research lab has all the necessary equipment’s to conduct basic research. It also serves as a statistical cell with computer and internet facility and the statistical software to help in analyzing research data. This cell is useful for undergraduate and faculty research.
DEPARTMENT LIBRARY:
The department library has more than a hundred textbooks, journals, catalogues, and training modules that can be borrowed for referencing by students and faculty members.
MUSEUM:
The museum is shared with the departments of Microbiology and Pharmacology as per the NMC 2020 guidelines. The museum exhibits different models, specimens and chartsproviding information on the different aspects of community medicine.
FACULTY ROOMS:
The faculty members have individual fully furnished cubicles with internet LAN facilities for academic learning.
II A.Urban Health Training Centre:
The Department of Community Medicine, JGMMC is currently affiliated to one Primary Health Centre, Noolvi, Tq Hubballi and one Urban Heath Centre, AyodhyaNagar,Hubballi.
The department conducts trainings at field practice area in the urban and rural setting through these centres respectively. The department staff/faculty are posted to these centres regularly.
The Urban Health Training Center, AyodhyaNagar at Old Hubli is located approximately 7 Km away from the college campus. It caters to 4 wards of Hubli-dharwadMuncipal Corporation namely Ward numbers 61, 62, 63A and 63B, with a total population of 46489 in 9015 households according to 2022-23 survey. UPHC has all the basic clinical facilities, mini OT, essential medicines, day care facility. The centre has 13 ASHAs catering to the population and 31 Anganwadi centres. All the National health programs are executed by the PHC doctors, field staff and staff from the Department of Community Medicine JGMMC. The services provide by the Urban Health Centre are:
- OPD
- Family planning services
- Ante-Natal Clinic
- Basic laboratory services
- School Health check up, Anganwadi visits
- Referral services
- Family visits
- Immunization
- Activities under on-going National/state health programs and schemes
- NCD screening
- Health Education/IEC
II B. Rural Health Training Centre:
Rural Health Training Centre (RHTC) at Primary Health Centre (PHC) Noolvi, Taluk Hubballi, is located approximately 6 kms from the JGMMC campus. It caters to a population of 27499 with 5456 households in 10 villages. It has six sub centers and 19 ASHAs.
- OPD
- IPD
- Immunization
- Ante-Natal checkup
- Deliveries
- NCD screening
- Activities under on-going National/state health programs and schemes
- Family Planning Services
- Minor OT services
- Basic laboratory services
- Health Education/IEC
- Referral services
- Family visits
Field based training activities are carried out in the urban & rural health training centres for Medical undergraduates.Department of Community Medicine carries out the following activities at the UHTC and RHTC:
- Field visits
- Health education
- Project work
- Health camps
- Family study
- Community diagnosis
- Investigation of outbreaks
- Training for health workers/Anganwadi workers
- Health needs assessments
II C. Family Adoption Program:
Is initiated and carried out in the Village Adargunchi located around 4 kms from the JGMMC campus. The Family Adoption Program(FAP) is conducted as per the NMC norms where each student adopts 2 families starting from the 1st MBBS and follows them up for the next three years.
III. JGMMC HEALTH CLINIC:
The department of Community Medicine runs a health clinic in the campus which caters to the health needs of the students as well as all staff in the campus. The clinic is open from 1.00 – 5.00 pm. OPD and day care services are available free of cost at this center.
IV. BUS:
The department has two buses, one with 42 seating capacity and the other with 33 seating capacity. These are used for commuting duringthe field visits, health camps and IEC activities.
Publications:
- Saurabh Kumar, Achal Shetty, Sowmya Bhat, Sudhir Prabhu, Oliver Dsouza, Nishant Krishna et al. Complementary medicine utilization and practices of self-medication in the field practice areas of a medical college of district Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India. BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences. 2021; 6:82-86.
- Saurabh Kumar, Sharon Joseph, Athul Abraham. Prevalence of Depression amongst the Elderly population in Old Age Homes of Mangalore City. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2021;10(5):1867-72.
- Rajni Suresh, Ruban Aloysius, Saurabh Kumar. TB care for Women and Covid -A double health crisis in the offing? Health Care for Women International 2021; 41:11- 12,1226-1239.
- Swain A, Rao AP, Sanju SV, Kumar S. Factors affecting diabetes management among tuberculosis-diabetes comorbid patients in Udupi District. Indian J Community Med 2021; 46:731-4.
- Sudhir Prabhu H, Saurabh Kumar. Chapter: Medical Certification for Cause of Death and Verbal Autopsies. Textbook of IAPSM 2nd Edition. Jaypee Publishers 2021; ISBN:978-93- 90595-21-1.
- Andanigoudar KB, Bant DD, H S, U O. Covid Vaccine Side Effects and Covid Infection after Vaccination- A Cross Sectional Study in Hubballi, Karnataka. Natl J Community Med [Internet].2022 Jan. 31;13(01):22-6.
- Anita Aramani, Savita Lasrado, Aishwarya Hegde, Saurabh Kumar. Concurrent presence of Hashimotos thyroiditis with papillary carcinoma of thyroid. Journal of Clinical Diagnostic Research February 2022; 16(2):
- H Shalini, Bant D, Andanigoudar K, U Oshin. Determinants of acceptance of covid 19 vaccine among general population- A cross-sectional study in Hubballi, Karnataka. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine. 2022; Volume 09(Issue 04, 2022):1792-1806.
- Dr Abhinandan R Wali, Dr Sanjay Kambar, Dr Aniketh Manoli, Aashna Saith, Abhishek Agarwal, Abhishek Gupta et al. Prevalence of Anemia among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients-A Cross-Sectional Study. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine (EJMCM),2022, Volume 09, Issue 03:10805-10812.
- Aniketh D. Manoli, Sanjay S. Kambar, Abhinandan R. Wali. Prevalence of obesity among adolescents: A facility-based study. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2022 Oct;9(10):3661-3665
- Nandini C, Roopakala N, Andanigoudar KB. Barriers to Early Diagnosis and Treatment among Breast Cancer Survivors: Qualitative Study in Tertiary Care Hospital, North Karnataka. Natl J Community Med [Internet]. 2022
- Manimaran NS, Kadeangadi DM, Manoli AD, Shivaswamy MS, Patil AJ. Perceptions about nonpharmacological interventions in the prevention of COVID‑19 in the field practice area of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. J Sci Soc 2022;49:284‑7
- Dr Hemavathe S, Dr Abhinandan Wali, Dr Sriram T R, Dr Aniketh Manoli, Dr Chandra Metgud, Knowledge, Attitude and Practices toward COVID vaccine among medical students in Belagavi- A cross-sectional study. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine (EJMCM),2022, Volume 09, Issue 07:222-230.
- Gowthamkarthic R, Agadi S. E-waste and Lead Toxicity in children a public health perspective. Soc Determinants Health. 2022;8(1):1-2.
- Gowthamkarthic R., Agadi S. The need for continuous genomic surveillance for early diagnosis of Novel virus infection. Soc Determinants Health. 2022;8(1):1-2.
- Padmaja Udaykumar, Saurabh Kumar, Chandralekha N, Raveendra H Reddy, Badarudeen M N, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja. Daily monitoring of diabetic treatment amongst TB-DM patients under NTEP: Does it improve the treatment outcomes? Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 17 (2022).
- Andanigoudar KB, Bant DD, H S, U O. Covid Vaccine Side Effects and Covid Infection after Vaccination- A Cross Sectional Study in Hubballi, Karnataka. Natl J Community Med [Internet].2022 .31;13(01):22-6.
- Rajesh R Kulkarni, Sriram T R, Abhinandan R Wali. Comparative study of risk assessment for noncommunicable diseases among out patients visiting urban and rural health centres in Belagavi, Karnataka. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, January 2023: Volume 12: Issue 1: 128-132
- Agadi S, Gowthamkarthic R. The blooming geriatric population: are we ready for it? Soc Determinants Health. 2023;9(1):1-2.
- Mahantshetti S, Dhandapani S, Ravichandhiran G, Agadi S, Gowthaman S. Why we should be worried about the future of nutrition. Soc Determinants Health. 2023;9(1):1-2.
- Narendranath R, Rathibala A, Gowthamkarthic R, Agadi S. Determinants of cervical cancer screening adherence among rural women of Chengalpattu district. Int J Community Med Public Health 2023; 10:2854-8.
- Maruthupandian J, Buvnesh Kumar M, Suganthi S, Rajesh Kannan S, Ilanchoorian D, Gowthamkarthic R, Manoj P. Occupational stress among IT professionals in Chennai, Tamilnadu. Soc Determinants Health. 2023;9(1):1-7
- Jasmine M, Suganthi S, Chellaiyan DVG, Ravichandran G, Manoharan A, Manoj P. Leveraging Digital Technologies for Enhanced Infectious Disease Surveillance. J Commun Dis. 2023;55(4):36-37.
- Kulkarni N, Naik V A, Tobacco use and outcomes of pregnancy: A community-based cross- sectional study among the women in the reproductive age group in the rural area of Belgaum District, Karnataka, South India. Indian J Forensic Community Med 2023;10(3):107-113
- Kokilaa GL, Gowthamkarthic R, Wali A, Agadi S. Perception and practice of junk food consumption among undergraduate students in a medical university in Chengalpattu District. World Nutrition. 2023 Sep 30;14(3):27-35.
- Saurabh Kumar, Nishanth Krishna K., Sowmya Bhat. Putting TB notification into practice among private pharmacies in Mangalore city, India – Did we succeed? Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2024
- Kulkarni N, Shaikh RB. Empower HER Health: A Comparative Study on Women’s Empowerment and Gender-Based Violence in Karnataka and India Using NFHS 4 And 5. Natl J Community Med [Internet]. 2024 Feb.
- Kulkarni N, Havaldar PP. Women-centric economics: A closer look at gender budgeting in India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2024 Sep;13(9):3497-3501.
- Kulkarni N, Kumar S, Havaldar PP. From data to decisions: Exploring family planning services utilization in Karnataka and India through the prism of NFHS-4 and NFHS-5. J Family Med Prim Care. 2024 Sep;13(9):3918-3925.
- Andanigoudar KB, N Roopakala, H Shalini. Healthcare Seeking and Self-Medication Trends Pre- and Post-COVID-19: Insights from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Hubli, Karnataka. AJBR [Internet]. 2024 Oct.
- Kulkarni N, Shaikh R, Havaldar P. Enhancing Healthcare Providers' Response to Gender- Based Violence: Development and Validation of an Assessment Tool Using the Modified e- Delphi Approach. Cureus. 2024 Oct
- Kurugodiyavar MD, N R, Andanigoudar KB. Accuracy of Aneroid Versus Digital Sphygmomanometer in Community-Based Screening for Hypertension in Hubballi, Karnataka, India - A Cross-Sectional Study. Natl J Community Med [Internet]. 2024 Dec. 1
- Kulkarni N, Havaldar PP. Beyond The Social Lens: The Critical Call to Integrate Gender- Based Violence into Healthcare, Medical Education and Research. Natl J Community Med [Internet]. 2024 Dec.
- Kulkarni N, Havaldar PP. From rupees to rights: India’s Struggle and progress toward gender pay parity. J Appl Sci Clin Pract 2024;5:1-5.
- Rajesh R Kulkarni, Abhinandan R Wali, Poornima B Khot, Sriram T R (2024) Self-Care Behaviours Among Hypertension Patients Residing In A Rural Field Practice Area Of Belagavi- A Cross-Sectional Study. Frontiers in Health Informatics, 13 (3), 1988-1996.
- SenthilKumar SV, Ravichandhiran G, Agadi S, Wali AR, Dhongadi P. Quality of life and caste discrimination among the tribal population, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India: A community-based cross-sectional study. J Family Med Prim Care [Internet]. 2024;13(4):1278–83.
- Dr. Sharada C Metgud, D. Pragati. A. M., & Dr Aniket D Manoli, D. M. B. (2024). Effectiveness of serum procalcitonin, C - reactive protein and hematological parameters versus blood culture in early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis in neonatal intensive care unit. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum, 34(3s), 793–798.
- Dr. Sharada C Metgud , D. Pragati. A. Mnara., & Dr Aniket D Manoli , D. M. B. (2024). Prevalence of non-albicans candida in cases of neonatal sepsis in a tertiary care hospital. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum, 34(3s), 799–803.
- Raja B Y, Ganachari M S, Manoli A D. Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception (KAP) of ASHA Workers in Tuberculosis Management: A Cross-Sectional Study at Primary Health Centres. Chettinad Health City Med J. 2024;13(4):113-120.
- Raja B Y, Ganachari M S, Manoli A D. Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception (KAP) of ASHA Workers in Tuberculosis Management: A Cross-Sectional Study at Primary Health Centres. Chettinad Health City Med J. 2024;13(4):113-120.
- Ravichandhiran G. Assessment of nutritional status of elderly population of rural areas: A community-based cross-sectional study. Afr J Biol Sci. 2024.
- Ravichandhiran G. Prevalence of hypertension among elderly people in rural areas: A community-based cross-sectional study. Afr J Biol Sci. 2024.
- Ravichandhiran G. Elevated blood pressure and behavioral risk factors of non- communicable disease among school-going adolescents in Chengalpattu district. Natl J Community Med. 2024.
- Arumugaperumal R, Ravichandhiran G, Agadi S. Evaluation of Intimate Partner Violence and Its Association with Depression Among Women in Chengalpattu District, India: A Cross-Sectional Study. Cureus. 2024-7;16(5)
- Danasekaran R, Ravichandhiran G, Agadi S, Hari Krishnan R. Impact of Vitamin D Supplementation on Glycaemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. Natl J Community Med 2024;15(7):519-525.
- Shettar D, Ravichandhiran G, Yamakanamardi B, Agadi S. Updated Brahm Govind Prasad’s socioeconomic classification for the year 2024. Indian J Public Health 2025;69:234-5.
- Andanigoudar KB, Kurgodiyavar M, Roopakala N, Bant DD. Determinants of low birth weight and effect of indoor air pollution on birth weight: A case–control study in a tertiary care centre of Hubballi, Karnataka. J Family Med Prim Care 2025;14:2426-30.
- Joshi AR, Shaikh RB, Andanigoudar KB, Teli RD, Tilagul S. Household Food Insecurity and the Factors Influencing Growth and Nutrition Among Under-5 Children in Hubballi, India: A Case-Control Study. Natl J Community Med. 2025;16(2):177–85.
- Shaikh RB, Andanigoudar KB, Joshi AR. Perception of Clinical Teachers on Workplace- Based Assessments in Postgraduate Training in a Tertiary Healthcare Setting: A Qualitative Study. Arch Med Health Sci. 2025