Learning objectives
General and Applied Hygiene course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge to understand factors that may interact with the health of the individual and the community, and learn the meaning of prevention strategies.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The course contents mainly concern the epidemiological and prevention aspects of infectious and chronic diseases. It is divided into a first general part in which the basic principles of epidemiology and prevention are defined, and then proceeds to analyze more specifically the various aspects and operational tools of these two areas. Particular attention, being health workers, is aimed at prevention measures to be taken in a hospital and care setting relative to biological risk.
Full programme
Epidemiology and general prevention: concept of health and its determinants; epidemiology, data, descriptive and frequency measures (rates, incidence and prevalence), epidemiological studies, association measures. Prevention definition and intervention levels.
Epidemiology of infectious diseases: definition of infectious disease and host-parasite relationships; epidemiological chain, sources, reservoirs, routes of elimination and penetration, transmission, vehicles and vectors; appearance of infectious diseases in the population; general, direct, indirect, specific prevention; sterilization, disinfection and disinfestation.
Specific prevention: active and passive immunoprophylaxis. Vaccines, vaccination objectives, types of vaccines, vaccination strategies, Italian vaccination calendar; main vaccinations available for occupational risk categories. Passive immunoprophylaxis. Chemoprophylaxis (definition and characteristics).
Epidemiology and special prevention of some infections in relation to the transmission modalities: Influenza, covid and tuberculosis (dropplets and dropplets-nuclei), Hepatitis A (fecal-oral), Hepatitis B and C (parenteral)
Chronic degenerative diseases: only general concepts.
Biological risk: general concepts and its management. Health-care associated infections
Bibliography
C. Signorelli – Igiene e Sanità Pubblica - secrets domande e risposte 2017
Società Editrice Universo
material provided by the teacher
Teaching methods
Lectures will be held on-site in compliance with safety standards, provided that further instructions on the ongoing health emergency are not implemented. Supporting material will be available on the specific, student-reserved platform (Elly) and will include slide presentations, audio-video aids or video-recording of the lectures.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination.
In case of the persistence of the health emergency, the exams will be conducted remotely, as follows:
remote oral questions, through the Teams platform (guide http://selma.unipr.it/).
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)
The student must demonstrate that he has acquired the general principles of epidemiology and disease prevention; particular attention is paid to the prevention of infections in the health-care sector. If the Covid-19 emergency persists and the need to conduct exams online, the oral procedure will be adopted
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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