Academic Year 2017/2018
- Docente: Sandra Cristino
- Credits: 6
- SSD: MED/42
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biological Sciences (cod. 8012)
Course contents
Hygiene role in the health organization. Italian and OMS organization. Dynamics health/ disease: eziologic agents, factors of risk. Models of disease: infectious diseases and multifactorial diseases. Epidemiology: role and behavior of the diseases in the collectivity, demography, health population pointers. Epidemiology of the infectious and not infectious diseases. Elements of prevention: primary, secondary,tertiary prevention. The prevention instruments: fight eziologic agents, and the factors of risk of the diseases; health education programs. Prevention of the infectious diseases: directed prophylaxis (notification, denunciation, system to prevent diseases diffusion, diagnostic assessment, surveillance, disinfection, disinfestation).Direct prophylaxis (vaccines, italian vaccinations, and chemioprophylaxis). Nosocomial diseases and control system. Relationships between atmosphere and health: the water like infection vehicle; quality water criteria, drinking water treatment and control. The air like infection vehicle; air indoor: microclimate and pollution. Pollution outdoor. Food safety: the food borne diseases , epidemic food outbreak toxinfection and emergent deseases; food preparation and conservation system; HACCP autocontrol system. Valutation of principal network to control food borne diseases and new bacteria desease. Molecular epidemiology and tecniques.
Readings/Bibliography
- C. Signorelli: Igiene, Epidemiologia, Sanità Pubblica, Ed. Società Editrice Universo.
- C.Meloni, G.Pelissero: Igiene, Casa editrice Ambrosiana
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons and network connection with an international database.
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Teaching tools
Teaching Material: slides presented in class are made available to students in electronic format via AMS Campus.
Office hours
See the website of Sandra Cristino