Academic Year 2017/2018

  • 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