GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE
cod. 21950

Academic year 2018/19
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Maria Luisa TANZI
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
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Integrated course unit module: FORENSIC MEDICINE, HYGIENE AND PREVENTION

Learning objectives

To provide students with knowledge related to the general principles of hygiene and prevention, to be applied in the specific field of study and activity. To acquire a methodology of autonomous learning and autonomy of judgment regarding the topics dealt with. To acquire specific communication skills in relationships with specialists and non-specialist interlocutors. To read and interpret a scientific paper.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites required.

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 e sanità pubblica. Società Editrice Universo, 2017.
S. Barbuti, e coll. Igiene e Medicina preventiva. Monduzzi Editore, 2014.
Educational material downloadable from the institutional website Elly Medicina.

Teaching methods

Frontal and interactive lessons with the use of informatic tools.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam in which the knowledge, skills and abilities acquired during the course will be evaluated.

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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