- Docente: Stefano Mattioli
- Credits: 3
- SSD: MED/44
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Stefano Mattioli (Modulo 1) Stefania Curti (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques (cod. 8487)
Learning outcomes
The main objective of this course is to provide basic knowledge on the following items:
-basic principles of the evidence-based prevention
-distribution of occupational diseases and injuries at work
-introduction to the main methods of the epidemiological studies used in public health
-relation between socio-economic inequalities and disease
Course contents
Module 1
Incidence of occupational diseases and injuries at work: use of INAIL database to collect data on occupational injuries and work-related diseases; trend of occupational diseases and injuries at work; socio-economic inequalities and disease.
Evidence-based prevention (part 1): introduction to evidence-based prevention; human population and exposure variability; pros and cons of observational studies and trials in public health; randomized controlled trials and cluster randomized controlled trials; efficacy and effectiveness; effectiveness of a preventive intervention: data collection, data synthesis and evaluation of the evidence; traditional review of the literature; systematic review and metanalysis in evidence-based prevention.
Module 2
Evidence-based prevention (part 2): Cochrane Collaboration and Cochrane Work; methodology in conducting a systematic review: search strategies; use of PubMed for literature search; systematic reviews: study selection and quality appraisal; introduction to writing a Cochrane review; development and evaluation of a preventive intervention.
Readings/Bibliography
Geoffrey Rose. Rose's Strategy of Preventive Medicine. OUP Oxford, 2008
Teaching methods
Lectures
Working in small groups using the computer room as well
Assessment methods
The exam is composed of three steps:
1) Writing an essay on the evaluation of the effectiveness of a preventive intervention stating the criteria used to search the literature.
This essay will be evaluated on the following criteria: a) search strategy; b) preventive intervention; c) type of study design; d) clarity of the text. This is due one week before the exam date and must be sent by email to the Professor.
2) Computer lab (PubMed): formulation of a search strategy on a preventive intervention.
3) Oral examination: discussion of the essay and answer two questions.
The final score will be calculated as the average of the single scores.
Teaching tools
Teaching materials that can be downloaded through IOL platform
Scientific articles about methodology and examples of evaluation of the effectiveness of preventive interventions
Office hours
See the website of Stefano Mattioli
See the website of Stefania Curti