GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE
cod. 18017

Academic year 2013/14
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
21 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 fundamental knowledge of the prevention of infectious diseases; à special attention is given to the vaccine-preventable diseases.

Prerequisites

To have passed Semeiotics and Pharmacology exam.

Course unit content

General concepts about hygiene, basic epidemiology aspects, general and specific preventionof infectious diseases, food safety and nutrition.

Full programme

. 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

Bibliography

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

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

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