GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE
cod. 18017

Academic year 2011/12
5° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Igiene generale e applicata (MED/42)
Field
Medicina e sanità pubblica e degli ambienti di lavoro e scienze medico legali
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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Integrated course unit module: HYGIENE

Learning objectives

At the end of this course student should have acquired a knowledge of different health indicators, basic concept of prevention and epidemiology. Students should also proof to have acquired fundamental knowledge of the prevention of infectious diseases; principal aspects, hospital hygiene, food and nutrition in relation to public health and the relation between environment and health. A special attention is given to the vaccine-preventable diseases.

Prerequisites

To have passed Semeiotics and Pharmacology exam.

Course unit content

General concepts about hygiene, health and health education,basic epidemiology aspects, general and specific preventionof infectious diseases, environmental hygiene,hospital hygiene, food safety and nutrition.
Some parts are developed as an integration of the course of Semeiotica e metodologia clinica, included during the third year of the School of medicine

Full programme

1. General concepts of hygiene, health, and health education
• General health status of population, healthcare and health promotion
• Different types of prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary prevention)
• Health education: planning, management and intervention evaluation
• Health legislation. Globalisation and health


2. Epidemiology of general prevention of infectious diseases (*)
• Host-guest relationship, infection sources and reservoirs, transmission mode
• Notification, default measures, diagnosis of infectious diseases
• Sterilization, disinfection and disinfestation
• Vaccine preventable diseases. Types of vaccines, strategies and vaccine schedules,
passive immunoprophylaxis and chemoprophylaxis

3. Epidemiology and specific prevention of infectious diseases
• Epidemiology and prevention of airborne diseases
• Epidemiology and prevention of sexually transmitted disease and parenteral transmission
• Epidemiology and prevention of faecal-oral transmitted diseases
• Epidemiology and prevention of vector borne diseases and zoonoses
• Epidemiology and prevention of vertical-transmitted diseases
• Emerging and remerging infectious diseases.
• Travel medicine and Bioterrorism
• Epidemiology and prevention of nosocomial and opportunistic infections
• Immunization policies and schedules for infants, adolescents and adults

4. Environment and Health
• Soil and water hygiene: water demand, supply and safety
• Water: safety plan and risk management, sanitation
• Wastewater: collection, disposal and safe wastewater use

5. Food safety and Nutrition
• Food as vehicle of infections: foodborne diseases, food poisoning, foodborne outbreaks
• Conservation and manipulation methods, microbiological control methods

Bibliography

• Barbuti S, Bellelli E, Fara GM, Giammanco G. Igiene e medicina preventiva (4° ediz). Monduzzi, Bologna, 2003.
• Signorelli C: Igiene, epidemiologia e sanità pubblica (Secrets, VI EDIZIONE). SEU, Roma, 2011.

Teaching methods

Frontal Lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

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