- Docente: Nicoletta Bertozzi
- Credits: 3
- SSD: MED/42
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
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Corso:
Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in
Pharmacy (cod. 9223)
Also valid for Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Pharmacy (cod. 8414)
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student: - acquires knowledge on the determinants of health and disease; - Knows the fundamental means to prevent major infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases and to promote the health of the individual and the community; - Knows the information needed to conduct health education
Course contents
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Main measures of association: incidence, prevalence, rates specific and standardized, relative risks and odds ratio.
GENERAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
General epidemiology: reservoirs and sources of infection. Routes of entry and eliminate infectious agents. Direct and indirect transmission (through inanimate vehicles and carriers) of infectious diseases. ways of appearance of disease in the population (sporadic trends, endemic, epidemic and pandemic).
GENERAL CONCEPTS OF PREVENTION
Objectives and methods of prevention. Primary prevention, secondary prevention, tertiary prevention.
GENERAL PROPHYLAXIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PARASITIC.
Notification of infectious diseases, diagnostic tests (direct and indirect); health surveillance.
Disinfection and sterilization by physical means (heat, ionizing radiation, ultraviolet radiation, plasma gas). Disinfection by chemical means in solution: acids, alkalis, alcohols, aldehydes (ant and glutaraldehyde), halogens (chlorine and iodine), fenolcresolici, oxidants, chlorhexidine, quaternary ammonium salts. Disinfection by chemical means in the gaseous state (formaldehyde, ethylene oxide). Some of disinfectant applications. antiseptics.
Disinfestation; insecticides (pyrethroids, chlorinated organic, phosphate esters, carbamates); rodenticides.
Vaccine prophylaxis. Constitution requirements, ;recautions and contraindications. Schedule of vaccinations for the new born.
Immunoglobulins. Chemoprophylaxis.
Indirect prophylaxis.
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PROPHYLAXIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
infectious diseases prevalent air transmission (influenza, meningitis c.s.e.); infectious diseases faecal-oral transmission (viral hepatitis virus A and E); infectious diseases by direct contact to blood and / or sexual transmission (viral hepatitis virus B, C, D); vector-borne diseases (Lyme disease); tetanus.
Oxyuriasis, scabies, pediculosis.
CHRONIC DISEASES AND THEIR DETERMINANTS
prevention and monitoring concepts: chronic obstructive, ischemic heart diseases, diabetes, tumors.
FOOD HYGIENE
botulinus from Clostridium, Salmonella, staphylococcus, Clostridium perfringens.
Readings/Bibliography
The teaching material presented in class is put directly to the students in electronic format.
Recommended reading:
Igiene, medicina preventiva, sanità pubblica (2014)di S. Barbuti, G. M. Fara, G. Giammanco, V. Baldo, P. Borella, P. Contu et alii
ed. EDISES
Teaching methods
frontal lessons
Assessment methods
The examination aims to verify the achievement of learning objectives:
¨ know the issues related to the onset and spread of diseases
¨ have acquired knowledge of the main interventions to prevent disease and promote health
- Know the main measures of association
The exam consists of a written test (24 multiple choice questions + 3 open questions). Requirement to take the test is to have taken the exam of Microbiology.
Teaching tools
presentations will be made available
Office hours
See the website of Nicoletta Bertozzi