APPLIED AND GENERAL HYGIENE

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Professional education
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2021/2022
Year: 
3
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2023/2024
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
1
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
12
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (12 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

1. Basic concepts of public health: concept of health; current epidemiological background and classification of diseases; concept of risk; indicators, exposure-effect, determinants of health and illness; epidemiology and prevention
2. Methods in epidemiology (measures and studies in epidemiology; bias and confounding)
3. Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases: risk factors; host-parasite relationships, source and reservoir of infection, portal of entry and exit, mode of transmission; disinfection and sterilization; vaccination; Epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections
4. Environmental public health and food safety: physical and chemical pollutants and environmental compartments; food contamination with biological factors
5. Epidemiology and prevention of chronic diseases: risk factors, focus on social epidemiology; health promotion, focus on methodology for health education; population screening; biomarkers for risk assessment
6. Healthcare management: brief overview of the healthcare systems, quality and risk management (errors in healthcare practice, evidence-based practice, with exerc. on bibliographic search - PubMed)

Lessons with exercise on how to use on-line scientific bibliographic databases

Available on request: francesco.gianfagna@uninsubria.it Phone: 0331 217223 EPIMED via Monte Generoso 71 - 21100 Varese

Professors

BULGHERONI PAOLO