GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE
cod. 14374

Academic year 2009/10
4° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Igiene generale e applicata (MED/42)
Field
Medicina e sanita pubblica e degli ambienti di lavoro e scienze medico legali
Type of training activity
Characterising
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Integrated course unit module: HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION (ATT)

Learning objectives

Give knowledges about the principle methods applied in public health, health organization and health economics.

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Course unit content

<br /><br />Epidemiological methods<br /><br /> General concepts of prevention and evaluation of the health needs<br /> History and applications of epidemiology.  The sources of the <br />  statistical and epidemiological data<br /> Measures: descriptive and analytical: crude, specific and <br />  standardized rates<br /> Relations cause-effect<br /> Ecological, cross-sectional, case-control and cohort Studies<br /> Experimental Studies, Experimentation of new medicines and vaccines<br /> Drawing of the study, collection of the data, ethical and privacy <br />  in epidemiology<br /> Coding and analysis of the data.  Bias in epidemiology<br /><br /><br /> Health Organization<br /><br /> The sources of the law. General overview of health legislation<br /> International health Organization.  Role of WHO<br /> Italian health Organization national and regional: from the L <br />  833/78 to the Devolution<br /> Hospital and territorial Organization of the NHS<br /><br /><br /><br /> 

Full programme

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Bibliography

        Signorelli C. Igiene, epidemiologia, sanità pubblica (Secrets, III ed.). SEU, Roma, 2006.<br />·         Barbuti S et al. Igiene e medicina preventiva. Monduzzi, Bologna, 2004.<br />·         Signorelli C. Elementi di metodologia epidemiologica (VI ed.). SEU, Roma, 2005.

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