Learning objectives
At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to know and understand the notions of epidemiology and prophylaxis of infectious and non-infectious diseases.
Moreover the student must acquire knowledges on the possible related risks infection for partorient woman and on the prevention actions
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Fundamental concepts of epidemiology and prevention of infectious and non infectious diseases. Measures and strategies of prevention. The levels of preventive action; active and passive immunoprophylaxis;chemoprophylaxis .
Screening
Health care- associated infections .
Hygiene problems of food (outline).
The main aspects of environmental hygiene, with particular reference to the quality of water for human use.
Full programme
Health and disease concepts
Epidemiology :definition and study areas.
Causal and risk factors. Overview of health demography. Data sources. Health indicators.
Epidemiological measures: rates and proportions; prevalence and incidence. Risk measures and causal relationship. Association. Epidemiological studies (outline).
General epidemiology of infectious disease. Sources of infection, mode of transmission .
Factors favoring the spread of infections.
Ways to onset of infections in the population.
Preventive Medicine
The objectives and the methods of the prevention.
Prevention of infections:
discovery and inactivation of infection sources, interruption of transmission chains; increase of resistance to infections .
General principles of prevention of not infectious diseases.
Tertiary, secondary (screening), primary prevention.
Care-associated infections.
Hygiene of environment
Drinking water. Quality-supply sources and possible ways of pollution; requisites of the drinkability of the water
Food hygienic safety problems (overvview)
Bibliography
Barbuti, Fara, Giammanco et al. Igiene Medicina Preventiva Sanità Pubblica . Edises (2014)
Signorelli C. Igiene e sanità pubblica. Secrets. Domande e risposte. Editore SEU (2017)
Didactic material provided by teacher
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods and criteria
The assessment of the achievement of the objectives of the module includes an oral examination for evaluating the knowledge and understanding of the content from the students.
Other information
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