Dr Krishna Vaishnavi
PhD (Nursing), MSc (Nursing), MBA, MA (Psychology), MA (Sociology), PGDES, Principal, Professor and HOD, Community Health Nursing, Mamata College of Nursing, Khammam, Former Vice-Principal, Professor and HOD, Community Health Nursing, GITAM Institute of Nursing, Visakhapatnam

Chapter 1 Introduction

• Definition, nature and scope of sociology
• Significance of sociology in nursing

Chapter 2 Social Structure

• Basic concepts of society, community, association, and institutions
• Individual and society
• Personal disorganization
• Social group – meaning, characteristics, and classification
• Social processes – definition and forms, cooperation, competition, conflict, accommodation, assimilation, isolation
• Socialization – characteristics, process, agencies of socialization
• Social change – nature, process, and role of a nurse
• Structure and characteristics of urban, rural, and tribal communities
• Major health problems in urban, rural, and tribal communities
• Importance of social structure in the nursing profession

Chapter 3 Culture

• Nature, characteristics, and evolution of culture
• Diversity and uniformity of culture
• Difference between culture and civilization
• Culture and socialization
• Transcultural society
• Culture, modernization, and its impact on health and disease

Chapter 4 Family and Marriage

• Family – characteristics, basic need, types and functions
• Marriage – forms of marriage, social customs relating to marriage, and importance of marriage
• Legislation on Indian marriage and family
• Influence of marriage and family on health and health practices

Chapter 5 Social Stratification

• Introduction – characteristics and forms of stratification
• Function of stratification
• Indian caste system – origin and characteristics
• Positive and negative impact of caste on society
• Class system and status
• Social mobility – meaning and types
• Race – concept and criteria of racial classification
• Influence of class, caste, and race systems on health

Chapter 6 Social Organization and Disorganization

• Social organization – meaning, elements, and types
• Voluntary associations
• Social system – definition, types, role, and status as structural elements of social systems
• Interrelationship of institutions
• Social control – meaning, aims, and process of social control
• Social norms, morals, and values
• Social disorganization – definition, causes
• Control and planning
• Major social problems – poverty, housing, food supplies, illiteracy, prostitution, dowry, child labour, child abuse, delinquency, crime, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, COVID-19
• Vulnerable groups – elderly, handicapped, minority and other marginal groups
• Fundamental rights of individuals, women, and children
• Role of nurses in reducing social problems and enhancing coping
• Social welfare programmes in India

Chapter 7 Clinical Sociology

• Introduction to clinical sociology
• Sociological strategies for developing services for the abused
• Use of clinical sociology in crisis intervention

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