Academic Year 2017/2018
- 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