- Docente: Erica Leoni
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/42
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Dietistic (cod. 8470)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8473)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is able to show evidence of the knowledge acquired, within the field of its competence, in the field of general hygiene and public health as applied the social and physical environment, the workplace, education, food and nutrition, community medicine, preventive medicine and rehabilitation.
Course contents
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE: Health , Hygiene and Public Health.
EPIDEMIOLOGY: Population health and its determinants. Measuring the frequency of health events: incidence and prevalence of diseases. Measuring the risk of diseases: RR and AR.
GENERAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES: General aspects. Reservoirs and sources of infection. Routes of entry and elimination of infective agents. Direct and indirect transmission (through inanimate vehicles and vectors) of infectious diseases. Ways in which diseases may appear in the population (sporadic, endemic, epidemic and pandemic).
BASIC GENERAL PREVENTION: Aims and methods of prevention. Primary prevention, secondary prevention, tertiary prevention. Health education. Screenings.
GENERAL PROPHYLAXIS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Notification of infectious diseases, making diagnosis (direct and indirect); quarantine measures. Disinfection and sterilisation using physical methods and chemical methods. General concepts of disinfestation. Vaccine prophylaxis and Seroprophylaxis.
BIOLOGICAL RISK IN THE HOSPITAL SETTINGS: Healthcare associated infections. Biological risk for hospital operators. Epidemiology and prophylaxis of Hepatitis B and C, AIDS, Flue, measles, varicella, pertussis, scabies. Vaccination in hospital staff.
ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE: Hygiene of water and food. Hospital waste.
CASE STUDIES: hospital outbreaks, nosocomial legionellosis
Readings/Bibliography
Textbooks:
COMODO N., MACIOCCO G. - Igiene e Sanità Pubblica. Manuale per le professioni sanitarie. Carocci Faber Editore, 2011.
LANCIOTTI L. - Igiene per le professioni sanitarie, McGraw-Hill, 2012.
Teaching methods
Teaching will take place through lectures, with the help of power point presentations (which will be made available to students). Priority will be given to interaction and active participation of students. Where possible and appropriate, use will be made of case studies taken from local, national and international contexts.
Assessment methods
Learning will be assessed through a written test. Further details about student evaluation modalities will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Teaching tools
Slides, Power point
Links to further information
http://www.medicina.unibo.it/it/corsi/insegnamenti/insegnamento/2013/360285
Office hours
See the website of Erica Leoni