Vivek Jain Review of Preventive and Social Medicine (incl. Biostatistics), 16th Edition

Vivek Jain Review of Preventive and Social Medicine (incl. Biostatistics), 16th Edition by Vivek Jain, published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (2026). A Community Medicine (PSM) book for 3rd Year MBBS (Part 1) students and NEET PG / INI-CET revision.

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Review of Preventive and Social Medicine (Including Biostatistics), 16th Edition is a thoroughly revised and updated single-volume review resource for Community Medicine (PSM), built strictly around the Previous Year Questions, theory and MCQ pattern seen across NEET PG, INI-CET and FMGE. A bestseller for 15 years, this edition draws its facts and references from the latest editions of Park, Gordis Epidemiology and Mahajan Biostatistics, and is structured as a three-part study system: Previous Year Questions, Annexures, and Topic-wise Theory with MCQs and Explanations.

Section 1 opens with Image-based Questions (2012-2025) followed by NEET/FMGE Pattern PYQs (2005-2025), giving direct exposure to the exact question formats used in current PG entrance exams. Section 2 carries 24 ready-reference annexures covering incubation periods and modes of transmission of diseases, important public health days, instruments of public health importance, health legislations and national health programmes, vectors and diseases transmitted, updated TB and malaria treatment guidelines, biomedical waste management guidelines, current public health statistics of India, and initiatives such as Ayushman Bharat, Swachh Bharat Mission and Anemia Mukt Bharat. Section 3 works through all 16 chapters of the PSM syllabus - from History of Medicine and Concepts of Health and Disease through Epidemiology and Vaccines, Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases, National Health Programmes, Demography and Family Planning, Nutrition, Environment and Health, Health Care in India, International Health, and Biostatistics - with each chapter carrying Theory and NEET-PG Pattern PYQs, Multiple Choice Questions, and full Explanations in sequence.

• NEET PG Aspirants: preparing Community Medicine/PSM for the national postgraduate medical entrance exam.
• INI-CET Aspirants: targeting AIIMS/PGI/JIPMER-pattern postgraduate entrance examinations.
• FMGE Aspirants: who need a PSM review structured around actual FMGE-pattern questions.
• MBBS Final Year Students: studying Community Medicine as part of the university curriculum.
• Medical Interns: using PYQ-based revision ahead of PG entrance exams.

• Turns a wide, fact-heavy subject into an exam-ready sequence: theory, previous-year questions, fresh MCQs and explanations follow one another chapter by chapter instead of being scattered across separate books.
• Keeps pace with a fast-changing subject: recent/new topics and changing concepts in PSM - from newly named national and global health initiatives to updated guidelines and vaccine schedules - are folded into each edition.
• Flags previously-asked facts directly in the theory text: high-yield content is visible during first reading, not only during question practice.
• Consolidates 24 fact-dense annexures that are otherwise scattered across multiple standard references into one ready-reference section.

• NEW Chapter-wise Image-based MCQs with Explanatory Answers, plus 100+ newly added images, flowcharts and diagrams.
• Recent-most solved MCQ papers (2012-2025) and NEET/FMGE Pattern PYQs (2005-2025).
• 16 topic-wise chapters, each split into Theory and NEET-PG Pattern PYQs, Multiple Choice Questions, and Explanations.
• 24 exam-ready Annexures covering health legislations, national programmes, vectors and disease transmission, and current public health statistics of India.
• COVID-19 Situation Update and newer COVID vaccine updates (2026-27), plus an updated compilation of India's public health statistics (2026-27).