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

56 hours
of face-to-face activities

8 credits

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Integrated course unit module: EPIDEMIOLOGY - HEALTH ORGANIZATION - OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE

Learning objectives

At the end of the course, students should be able to describe and explain how epidemiological methods are used to identify public health problems, to plan and evaluate public health interventions.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Definition, scope and uses of epidemioloigy
Epidemiological studies (ecological studies, cross-sectional, case-control, cohort studies, experimental studies)
Epidemiological study design

Full programme

Definition, scope and uses of epidemiology
The sources of the statistical-epidemiological data
Descriptive epidemiological measures
Ecological studies, cross-sectional studies, case-control studies, cohort studies, experimental studies
Epidemiological study design
Bias in Epidemiology
Screening tests: theory and practical applications
The outbreak management

Bibliography

Signorelli C. Igiene, Epidemiologia e Sanità Pubblica. Roma: Società Editrice Universo, 2011.
Barbuti e coll. Igiene. Bologna: Monduzzi Editore, 2011.

Teaching methods

Lessons.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam.

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