Learning objectives
To know the main risk factors related to lifestyles, their identification and prevention interventions, to be applied in the specific field of study.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites required.
Course unit content
Concepts of publich health, health, risk factor and lifestyle.
Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary prevention.
Epidemiological studies for the identification of risk factors.
Determinants of Health.
Health education and health promotion
Full programme
Definition of Hygiene, Public health and Preventive medicine.
Definition of health, risk factor, lifestyle.
Determinants of health and diseases.
Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary prevention.
Epidemiological studies for the identification of risk factors and evaluation of preventive interventions:
- source of epidmeiological data; -descriptive epidemiological measures;
- measures of association (relative risk, attributable risk, odds ratio);
- epidemiological study design;
- bias in epidemiologal studies;
- screening and its appllication in Public Health.
Lifestyles as determinants of health.
Health education, health education and health promotion (Ottawa Charter).
“Gaining health” Project.
Bibliography
Educational materials downloadable from the institutional website Elly Medicina.(https://elly.medicina.unipr.it).
Signorelli C. Igiene e Sanità Pubblica. Roma: Società Editrice Universo, 2019.
Barbuti e coll. Igiene. Bologna: Monduzzi Editore, 2014.
Gruppo di Lavoro Scienze Motorie per la Salute-SItI. Il guadagno di salute attraverso la promozione dell'attività fisica. Evidenze scientifiche e attività di campo. Roma: Società Editrice Universo, 2014.
Teaching methods
The course will be held through lectures to Students either in the classroom or in synchronous-streaming on the Teams platform. Therefore, the opportunity of Student/Teacher interaction will be preserved, by the simultaneous use of the Teams platform.
Lectures will be supported by slide presentations, which will be available to students on the Elly platform (https://elly.medicina.unipr.it).
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam in which the knowledge, skills and abilities acquired during the course will be evaluated. The test consists of 30 multiple choice questions. There is no penalty for incorrect answers.
In case of the persistence of the health emergency, the exams will be conducted remotely(by Teams and Elly).
Students with SLD / BSE must first contact Le Eli-che: support for students with disabilities, D.S.A., B.E.S. (https://sea.unipr.it/it/servizi/le-eli-che-supporto-studenti-con-disabilita-dsa-bes)
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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