Have solid knowledge about: sources and methods of collecting health data, epidemiological methodologies for their analysis and interpretation, causes of disability and death, determinants of health and lifestyle risk factors, health determinants and risk factors in the environment, methods for the prevention of chronic-degenerative diseases, methods of onset and spread of infections, interventions on individuals and communities for their prevention, principles and application of preventive medicine in communities, principles and methods of communication applied to health information and health education. - Present themselves as authoritative interlocutors on the problems concerning health promotion and disease prevention, in relations with individual persons, with health administrators and with the community as a whole. - Evaluate epidemiological data and learn about their use for health promotion and disease prevention in individuals and in the community, collaborate with local health services in epidemiological surveillance and in health promotion and disease prevention programs, recognize the health problems of the community and collaborate to solve them, identify and contribute to removing the causes and factors of diseases present in the behaviors and in the living environment, making correct information on the determinants of health and diseases with reference also to lifestyle and factors of the physical and social environment, to educate, in the context of their professional activity, behaviors aimed at promoting health and preventing diseases and disability from microbial causes, from chemical and physical agents, from accidents. Know the health organization at international, European and national level.
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Principles of demography and health statistics. Sources of demographic and health data. Demographic indicators. Mortality and morbidity indicators. Quality of life indicators. Principles of epidemiological methodology. Measurements in epidemiology. Epidemiological studies: descriptive epidemiology; analytical epidemiology; experimental epidemiology. The causal relationship in epidemiology. Risk assessment. Systematic reviews and meta-analyzes. The medicine based on evidence of efficacy. Principles of epidemiology of infectious diseases. Mode of transmission of infections. The chains of infection. The natural course of infections. General principles of epidemiology of chronic degenerative diseases and disabilities. The necessary causes and sufficient causes. Risk factors and protective factors. Causes and factors of the physical environment and the social environment. Lifestyles and health. Frequency of chronic degenerative diseases and other harmful events in the population. Methodology for prevention and health promotion. Objectives and methods of prevention (primary, secondary and tertiary prevention). The prevention of infectious diseases. Primary prevention of infections Interruption of transmission chains. Interventions for the discovery and inactivation of infection sources. Active and passive immunoprophylaxis. Chemoprophylaxis. Secondary prevention of infections. Prevention of chronic degenerative diseases and disabilities. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Principles of health education. Health and health promotion. Communication modalities and models. Health promotion strategies. Health promotion on the Ottawa map. Epidemiology and prevention of major infectious diseases. Surveillance systems at European level. ECDC networks and activities (European Center for Disease Prevention and Control). - Respiratory tract infections: influenza, tuberculosis, legionellosis. - Infections transmitted by parenteral or sexual means: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), viral hepatitis B and C, blenorrhagia, syphilis, human papilloma virus infections. - Food-borne and zoonotic infections: cholera, viral hepatitis A and E, typhoid fever, gastroenteritis. - Emerging and vector-transmitted infections: arbovirus infections, leishmaniasis, malaria, rickettsiosis. - Infections preventable by vaccination: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella, bacterial meningitis, varicella, invasive bacterial infections, rotavirus infections. - Infections acquired in the field of care (HAI, hospital acquired infections): surveillance programs and national and European networks. Epidemiology and prevention of major chronic degenerative diseases. Cardiovascular diseases, Malignant tumors, Diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Health promotion and disease prevention at different stages of life. Pre-conceptional, prenatal and neonatal prevention. Health needs in developmental age. Health needs in adulthood. Defense and health promotion in the elderly. Nutrition and nutrition hygiene. Food hygiene. Food and related health problems. Microbial contamination. Food restoration and conservation. Food safety Environment and health. Environmental factors such as health and disease. The pollution of the environment and its effects on health. Water and its characteristics. Water intended for human consumption, water treatment and distribution. Mineral water. Use of water for recreational purposes. Civil, agricultural and industrial wastewater. Air pollution; the effects on health and the environment of air pollutants. Medical waste and municipal solid waste. Electromagnetic pollution. Risk factors and prevention in living and working environments. Healthcare organization: Healthcare organization at international and European level. The national health service in Italy: the central, regional and local level. Health planning. The national health plan and the regional health plans. Healthcare Management.
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Carlo Signorelli. Igiene e sanità pubblica. SEU
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