- Docente: Stefano Mattioli
- Credits: 3
- SSD: MED/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Health Professions of Prevention Sciences (cod. 8878)
Learning outcomes
The main objective of this course is to provide basic knowledge on the following items:
-principles of the evidence-based medicine and prevention
-distribution of environmental diseases
-introduction to the main methods of the epidemiological studies used in public health
Course contents
- epidemiology of environmental diseases
- non-occupational, domestic and environmental asbestos exposure
- benzene and particulate from motorvehicle exhaust
- evaluating effectiveness of preventive interventions
Readings/Bibliography
Environmental Epidemiology. Study methods and application. Edited by Dean Baker and Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Working in small groups using the computer room as wellAssessment methods
Writing an essay on the evaluation of the effectiveness of a preventive intervention stating the criteria used to search the literature
Oral examination: discussion of the essay and answer two questions
Teaching tools
Teaching materials that can be downloaded through AMS CAMPUS
Office hours
See the website of Stefano Mattioli
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.