GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE
cod. 14374

Academic year 2008/09
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Igiene generale e applicata (MED/42)
Field
Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
Type of training activity
Characterising
64 hours
of face-to-face activities
8 credits
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Learning objectives

Understand and know how to apply epidemiological instruments, placing particular emphasis on their potential to prevent and control diseases linked to living and work environments.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />Epidemiology<br />History and applications of epidemiology. Sources of statistical-epidemiological data <br />Descriptive epidemiological measures: crude, specific and standardised rates <br />Epidemiological measures of risk and cause-effect relationship <br />Ecological, cross-sectional, case-control, cohort studies. <br />Study design, data collection methods, ethical and privacy aspects  <br />Coding and analysis of data. Assessment of data quality, bias in epidemiology <br />Screening tests: Theory and practical applications in Italy

Full programme

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Bibliography

C.Signorelli. Elementi di metodologia epidemiologica.Roma: SEU, 2005.

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