Hygiene (or Health Science) is a discipline aimed at protecting health and preventing diseases. This aim is achieved through identification and removal of disease causes or risk factors in the environment and strengthening of protective factors, as well as through public health interventions and health education of people.
To provide the essential knowledge about: - health concept, health protection and promotion, health education; - identification and control of the main causes of disease and environmental risk factors; - epidemiology and prevention of the main infectious and chronic-degenerative diseases.
To provide the essential knowledge about:
- health concept and its evolution;
- health protection and promotion through different prevention and education strategies;
- identification, control and removal of the main causes of disease and risk factors in the environment and workplaces;
- epidemiology and prevention of the main infectious and transmissible diseases;
- epidemiology and prevention of the main chronic-degenerative diseases (cardiovascular diseases, neoplastic diseases, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases).
Frontal lessons
Lecture notes and didactic resources provided by Teachers
Ricevimento: Every day (by phone or e-mail appointment)
ROSAGEMMA CILIBERTI (President)
FRANCESCO D'AGOSTINI (President)
ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, HEALTH
Oral examination
The assessment is achieved by thorough oral examination on at least two different subjects.
