Key Features
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Textbook has been prepared strictly as per the INC syllabus and divided into 12 chapters.
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Important points to be focused is given in the beginning and question for practice is also given.
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Also includes MCQs in the end to familiarise the readers with the type of questions appear in the examinations.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Sociology
Definition of sociology
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Nature and scope of the discipline
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Importance and application of sociology in nursing
2. Individual and Society
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Society and community
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Nature of society
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Differences between society and community
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Processes of socialization and individualization
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Personal disorganization
3. Culture
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Nature of culture
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Evolution of culture
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Diversity and uniformity of culture
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Culture and socialization
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Trans cultural society
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Influence on health and disease
4. Social Groups and Processes or Social Interaction
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The meaning and classification of groups
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Primary and secondary groups
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In-group V/s out-group, class, tribe and caste
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Economic, political, religions, group, mob, crowd, public and audience, interaction and social process
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Cooperation, competition, conflict
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Accommodation, assimilation and isolation
5. Population
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Society and population
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Population distribution in India: Demographic characteristics
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Malthusian theory of population
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Population explosion in India and its impact on health status
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Family welfare programs
6. Family and Marriage
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Family functions
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Types, joint, nuclear, blended, extended
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Family characteristics
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The modern family: Changes, problems, dowry, etc.
7. Social Stratification
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Meaning and types of social stratification
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The Indian caste system: Origin and features
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Features of caste in India today
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Social class system and status
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Social mobility: Meaning and types
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Race as a biological concept: Criteria of racial classification
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Salient features of primary races: Racism
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Influences of class, caste and races on health and health practices
8. Types of Communities in India (Rural, Urban and Regional)
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Features of village community and characteristics of Indian villages: Panchayat system, social dynamics
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Community development project and planning changes in Indian rural life
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Availability of health facilities in rural and its impact on health and health practices
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Urban community features
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The growth of cities: Urbanization and its impact on health and health practices
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Major urban problems: Urban slums
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Region: Problems and impact on health
9. Social Changes
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Nature and process of social change
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Factors influencing social change, cultural change, cultural lag
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Introduction to theories of social change, linear, cyclical, Marxian, functional
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Role of nurse: Change agent
10. Social Organization and Social System
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Social organization: Elements and types
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Democratic and authoritarian modes of participants
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Voluntary association
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Social system: Definition and types of social system
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Role and status as structural elements of social system
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Interrelationship of institutions
11. Social Control
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Nature and process of social control
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Political, legal, religious, educational, economic industrial and technological systems
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Norms and values: Folkways, mores, customs, laws and fashion
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Role of nurses
12. Social Problems
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Social disorganization
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Control and planning: Poverty, housing, illiteracy, food supplies, prostitution, rights of women and children, vulnerable groups
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Elderly, handicapped, minority groups and other marginalized groups, child labor, child abuse, delinquency and crime, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS
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Social welfare programs in India
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Role of Nurse
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MCQs in Sociology
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Index
