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B2920 - Hygiene, Prevention and Health Promotion

Academic Year 2026/2027

                
                        Docente:
                        Patrizia Farruggia
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        MEDS-24/B
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        In-person learning (entirely or partially)
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in
                            Pharmacy (cod. 6340)

                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Oct 23, 2026 to Jan 14, 2027

Learning outcomes

Knowledge about primary Health care and international preventive approach to environment, water, food, health and diseases

Healthy life style

Konwledege about preventive measures for Chorinc , acute diseases and outbreaks.

Knwoledge about antimicrobial resistance and one healt preventive approach

Knowledge about principles of preventive and clinical epidemiology

Course contents

Hygiene definition and methods ; preventive approach vs clinical approach : methods, measurements and examples

Basic concepts and measurement instruments for Primary, Secondary and tertiary Prevention programs

Environment, water and food Hygiene

Epidemiology. scopes , objective and measurements

team work dedicated to epidemiological preventive studies

Preventive measures for Chronic diseases and WHO Health life style principles

Preventive measures for infectious diseases

Epidemiology and preventive measures for HAI and MDRO's infections

Discussion about literature cases of community and hospital outbreaks.

Review and discussion about epidemiological monthly reports during Covid 19 Pandemia

Knowledge and application of Preventive Good Practices in Health care Settings

One Health Approach to Antibiotic Resistance and discussion about international and national experiences of antimicrobial stewardship campaigns

Environmental Hygiene: disinfection and High disinfection treatment of surfaces, devices and equipments.

Readings/Bibliography

lesson slides

WHO, CDC Guide lines

HIF 2016 Manual

Teaching methods

frontal lessons

working group about specific epidemiological themes

Assessment methods

collegial assessment about working group power poitn works

final assessment about multiple choice written test

Teaching tools

Slides, literature articles, International and National reports ,Guidelines , all published on Virtuale pages

Office hours

See the website of Patrizia Farruggia