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GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
General and Applied Hygiene
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
The student must possess the basic knowledge of biology and anatomy
Objectives
Contents - General principles of epidemiology and prevention
- General prophylaxis of infectious diseases
- Etiology, epidemiology and prophylaxis of infectious diseases
- Public Health
Extended Syllabus Introduction to the study of hygiene
- Scientific, educational and operational objectives
- Concept of health, risk and disease
Overview of epidemiology
- Definition and purpose of epidemiology
- Overview of epidemiological studies
Epidemiology and prophylaxis of infectious diseases
- Etiology of infectious diseases
- Transmission of infections
- Routes of penetration and development of infections
- Factors favoring infections
- General prophylaxis of infectious diseases
- Active immune prophylaxis
- Passive immune prophylaxis
Epidemiology and prophylaxis of the following infectious diseases
- Viral hepatitis
- AIDS
- Influenza
- Tetanus
- Meningitis c.s.e.
Overview of Public Health
- The importance of lifestyles for public health
- The main risk factors for individual health
Recommended Bibliography - Book: Meloni C. Igiene per le lauree delle professioni sanitarie. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
- Additional teaching material: Slide projected in class and provided by the teacher
Teaching Methods Teaching is structured in lectures that provide a strong interactive component between Teacher and Students.
The course is divided into two phases that are preliminary to each other.
The aim of the first phase is to provide the conceptual basis of the epidemiological discipline, its generic and specific rationale for the application in the prevention of infectious diseases.
The second training objective is to equip the student with basic knowledge on the diffusion, transmission and prevention methods of the main infectious diseases with a wide diffusion or particular severity.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Oral exam: the student must demonstrate his / her preparation by clearly and organized discussing the topics requested by the teacher.
The evaluation will be carried out using marks out of thirty.
Contacts/More Information The teacher receives the students from Monday to Friday from 12 to 14 by telephone appointment (0871/3554005) or by e-mail (pamela.digiovanni@unich.it )