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Primary Care, Continuity & Ayurveda Integration

Primary Care, Continuity & Ayurveda Integration

Overview

This program explores Kerala’s strong primary health care system while integrating Ayurveda as part of preventive and community health.

Students examine Primary Health Centers (PHCs), maternal-child health programs, community health worker networks, and referral continuity. Parallel sessions introduce Ayurveda philosophy, preventive frameworks, and integration into public health systems.

Field engagement includes community health mapping, service continuity audits, and dialogue with both allopathic and Ayurvedic practitioners.

The final phase centers on a systems-based improvement proposal integrating primary care and traditional medicine.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will:

  • Map primary care ecosystems and referral pathways.
  • Analyze preventive health frameworks.
  • Examine the role of community health workers.
  • Evaluate Ayurveda’s integration within public health systems.
  • Assess continuity-of-care gaps.
  • Develop a primary health systems improvement proposal.
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IDEAL DISCIPLINES

Public Health

Nursing

Medicine

Global Health

Sociology

Epidemiology

Integrative Medicine

Key Locations

Kochi
Rural Kerala Primary Health Centers
Ayurvedic Institutions

Itinerary Table

Day Location Academic Engagement Learning Emphasis
1
Kochi Seminar: Primary Health Care Philosophy Framing
2
Kochi Workshop: Continuity-of-Care Mapping Toolkit
3
Kochi Ethics & community observation protocols Preparation
4
Rural Kerala PHC visit & service mapping Access analysis
5
Rural Kerala Community health worker dialogue Workforce
6
Rural Kerala Maternal & preventive care systems Preventive lens
7
Kochi Seminar: Ayurveda in Public Health Integrative systems
8
Kochi Ayurvedic hospital/site visit Comparative models
9
Kochi Social determinants workshop Structural analysis
10
Kochi Systems synthesis lab Integration
11
Kochi Proposal drafting Translation
12
Kochi Peer review Refinement
13
Kochi Presentations & departure Closure