Home and Health Sciences

HSSC Family and Community Health Programme

Introduction

The family and community health programme has been developed after long and thorough meetings with wide range of medical, health and community based institutions/ organizations presently involved in the vocational and professional training of Para-medical, Nursing and family welfare workers. The programme provides a common professional and educational foundation for health support staff i.e. Para-medical staff and nurses that will complement their vocational and professional training.

Eligibility Criteria

The following criteria of students are eligible for HSSC Family and Community Health

A candidate having a matriculation certificate with at least second division is eligible for admission in HSSC Family and Community Health programme. The programme is in Urdu language.

Duration and Credit requirement

Duration	Minimum Four semesters (Two year)
AIOU credit requirement	Eight full AIOU credits* Total Teaching hours for each course (27 hrs) Practical work for selected courses (41 hrs )

Scheme of Studies and Course Contents

Code No.	Course Title	Credit
0302	Urdu	Full Credit (F.C)
0366	Action for Health	Full Credit (F.C)
0365	Health in Family and Community	H.C.
0310	English	F.C.
1303	Health and Nutrition	H.C.
1302	Food and Nutrition	H.C
0316/0319	Islamiat or Ethics	H.C
1304	Childcare and development	H.C
0380	Chemistry-1	H.C
0367	Human Biology and Health-1	H.C
0317	Pakistan Studies	H.C
0369	Communication skills for Health Workers	H.C.
0370	General Science for Health Workers	H.C.
0305	Rural Development	H.C.

Fee Tariff

Course Fee for the compulsory courses: (Pak-studies, Islamiat or Ethics, Urdu and English) is Rs. 185 per Half Credit course Rs. 260 per Full Credit course
Course Fee for HSSC Family and Community Health programme Course Fee (Per half credit course) Rs. 185 Practical Fee (Per half credit course) Rs. 630
Registration fee	Rs. 100 (At the time of first admission)
Certificate fee	Rs. 150 (Only once at the time of first admission)

Enrollment

HSSC Family and Community Health was launched in 1997. Since then students are motivated to engage in this programme. The enrollment of last three years are shown in these graphs:

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Alumni

HSSC Family and Community Health was first time launched in 1997. It is offered all over Pakistan and in both semesters i.e., Autumn and Spring. Initially the enrollment of the students was high but gradually as the new programmes launched, it started declining. But still male students are more interested than females. So far 103 Students have completed their HSSC programme in Family and Community Health. Year and gender wise distribution of degree awarded students is shown in the bar graph.

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*One Half Credit=3hrs Teaching per week per course per semester
  In case of practical 2 hrs for Teaching and 1hrs for practical

  One Full Credit=6hrs Teaching per week per course per semester
  In case of practical 4hrs for Teaching and 2hrs for practical