Biomedical laboratory techniques | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Igiene generale e applicata (MED/42)
Field: Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
Type of training activity: Characterising

14 hours
of face-to-face activities

2 credits

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Integrated course unit module: FORENSIC MEDICINE, BIOETHICS, HYGIENE AND PREVENTION

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to provide knowledge of the general principles of hygiene and prevention.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Definition of health. General concepts of hygiene and prevention.
Epidemiological methods.
Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases.
Epidemiology and prevention of chronic degenerative diseases.
Environmental hygiene.
Food hygiene.
Health education and health promotion.

Full programme

Definition of health.
Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.
History and applications of epidemiology.
The sources of epidemiological data.
Epidemiological measures.
Ecological, cross-sectional, case-control, cohort studies and experimental studies.
Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases
Host-parasite relationships, sources and reservoirs of infection, chain of infection.
Notification, isolation, diagnostic investigation of infectious diseases.
Cleaning, disinfection, sterilization, disinfection, disinfestation.
Vaccine prophylaxis, immunoprophylaxis and chemoprophylaxis.
Epidemiology and prevention of health care-associated infections.
Epidemiology and prevention of chronic degenerative diseases.
Elements of water hygiene and food hygiene.
Health education and health promotion.

Bibliography

C. Signorelli. Igiene, epidemiologia, sanità pubblica. Società Editrice Universo, 2011.
- S. Barbuti, e coll. Igiene e Medicina preventiva. Monduzzi Editore, 2014.

Teaching methods

Oral lessons.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam.

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