GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

TF11A2F

Academic Year of enrolment:

2023

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in CARDIOCIRCULATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR PERFUSION TECHNIQUES

Disciplinary Sector:

General and Applied Hygiene

Is part of:

BASIC SCIENCES

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DI GIOVANNI PAMELA

Cycle:

First semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

The student must possess the basic knowledge of biology and anatomy

Objectives

EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS

Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the lessons of the course the student will have to:
- understand the determinants of health, hazards and risk factors, prevention strategies, both collective and individual protection systems and interventions aimed at protecting the health and safety of workers and users.

Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the lessons of the course the student will have to:
- Know how to undertake adequate preventive and protective actions against diseases, maintaining and promoting the health of the individual of the family and the community.
-To be able to use evaluation techniques to collect data accurately on the main health problems of the patients.

Making Judgments
At the end of the lessons of the course the student will have to:
-be able to evaluate prevention strategies

Contents

- General principles of epidemiology and prevention
- General prophylaxis of infectious diseases
- Etiology, epidemiology and prophylaxis of infectious diseases
- Public Health

Extended Syllabus

Introduction to the study of hygiene
- Scientific, educational and operational objectives
- Concept of health, risk and disease

Overview of epidemiology
- Definition and purpose of epidemiology
- Overview of epidemiological studies

Epidemiology and prophylaxis of infectious diseases
- Etiology of infectious diseases
- Transmission of infections
- Routes of penetration and development of infections
- Factors favoring infections
- General prophylaxis of infectious diseases
- Active immune prophylaxis
- Passive immune prophylaxis

Epidemiology and prophylaxis of the following infectious diseases
- Viral hepatitis
- AIDS
- Influenza
- Tetanus
- Meningitis c.s.e.

Overview of Public Health
- The importance of lifestyles for public health
- The main risk factors for individual health

Recommended Bibliography

- Book: Meloni C. Igiene per le lauree delle professioni sanitarie. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
- Additional teaching material: Slide projected in class and provided by the teacher

Teaching Methods

Teaching is structured in lectures that provide a strong interactive component between Teacher and Students.
The course is divided into two phases that are preliminary to each other.
The aim of the first phase is to provide the conceptual basis of the epidemiological discipline, its generic and specific rationale for the application in the prevention of infectious diseases.
The second training objective is to equip the student with basic knowledge on the diffusion, transmission and prevention methods of the main infectious diseases with a wide diffusion or particular severity.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam: the student must demonstrate his / her preparation by clearly and organized discussing the topics requested by the teacher.
The evaluation will be carried out using marks out of thirty.

Contacts/More Information

The teacher receives the students from Monday to Friday from 12 to 14 by telephone appointment (0871/3554005) or by e-mail (pamela.digiovanni@unich.it)

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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