Demography social pharmacy

What is demography in community medicine?
DEMOGRAPHY. •Scientific study of human population..
What is the demographic cycle in social pharmacy?
Demographic cycle:
The demographic cycle, or population cycle or Demographic Transition Model”, refers to the evolution over time of the population profile of a country, region or other defined geographical area..

Application of Demography:- study of human population provides age specific data for planning, scientific, technical and commercial purposes.Demographic cycleFertility/natalityIndicator of fertilityFecundity

Demography: The scientific study of the human population (their size & density, composition and distribution across space – and the process through which Demographic cycleFertility/natalityIndicator of fertilityFecundity

Crude Death Rate

Death rate is defined as the number of deaths per thousand populations in a given region and time period

Infant Mortality Rate

infant deaths (children less than one year) per thousand live births in a given time period and for a given region

Maternal Mortality Ratio

The Maternal Mortality Ratio(MMR) is derived as the proportion of maternal deaths per 1,00,000 live births

Neo-Natal Mortality Rate

The first 28 days of life is called the neonatal period. It is the most vulnerable time for a child’s survival

Perinatal Mortality Rate

Perinatal mortality is defined as the number of stillbirths and deaths in the first week of life per 1,000 total births

Are the traditional differences between clinical pharmacy and social pharmacy shrinking?

As academics and researchers, we currently observe that the traditional differences between clinical pharmacy and social pharmacy are shrinking

Gradually, clinical pharmacists recognize the need to expand their repertoire of research designs, methods, and theories in order to understand the organizations and the patients they work with

How has social Pharmacy changed over the last 2 decades?

Furthermore, in the last 2 decades, extensive transitions have been observed in pharmacy curricula at the global level, mainly with the incorporation of social and behavioral sciences topics under the new field called “social pharmacy” at many pharmacy schools

What is social pharmacy?

Social Pharmacy combines pharmacy studies with theories and methods from the social, psychological and humanistic disciplines

Core research encompasses the behaviour and perspectives of governments, local health authorities, third-party payers, healthcare professionals, and the pharmaceutical industry