CODE 64544 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 5 cfu anno 1 FARMACIA 8452 (LM-13) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/42 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: MICROBIOLOGY AND HYGIENE (I.C.)(PHAR MD) TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course has the following learning outcomes: to acquire specific knowledges and skills on the field of the hygiene applied to the environment, to the community medicine, to the preventive medicine, rehabilitative and social medicine, to the epidemiology, to the public health, to the management in health, to the management of health system, to the promotion of the health education. TEACHING METHODS Frontal lessons. SYLLABUS/CONTENT -General Concepts about Hygiene and Epidemiology. Primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention. Health education. -General epidemiology: epidemiological methods, sources of epidemiological data. Main measures used in epidemiology (frequency, prevalence, incidence, crude rates and specific rates). Epidemiological Studies: descriptive, analytical, and experimental methodologies. -Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases. Epidemiology: etiological agents. Temporal and spatial distribution of infectious diseases (sporadic, endemic, epidemic, pandemic). Sources and reservoirs of infection. Healthy and unhealthy carriers. Ways of transmission: direct infection, vehicles, carriers. Infectious diseases transmitted by air, fecal-orally, parenterally and sexually-transmitted diseases. General and immuno-prophylaxis. -Epidemiology and prevention of non-infectious diseases. Epidemiology: etiology, risk factors, distribution and frequency of non-infectious diseases of social interest in Italy. Prevention: primary (strengthening defenses, behavior modification, action on the environment), secondary (massive and selective screenings), tertiary (therapy, rehabilitation and reintegration). The main non-infectious chronic diseases: cardiovascular disease, cancer. Cervical cancer: epidemiology and prevention (PAP test and anti-human papilloma virus vaccine). Screening test for secondary prevention of cervical cancer, breast cancer and colon-rectal carcinoma. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY - Marinelli P et al:“Igiene Medicina Preventiva e Sanità Pubblica”, Ed. Piccin. - Barbuti S et al: “Igiene”, Ed. Monduzzi. - Bartolozzi G: “Vaccini e vacinazioni”, Ed. Masson - Pencheon D et al: “Manuale Oxford della pratica in sanità pubblica”, Centro Scientifico Editore. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD LAURA STICCHI Exam Board ANNA MARIA SCHITO (President) LAURA STICCHI (President) ANDREA ORSI LESSONS Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Written test. ASSESSMENT METHODS Written test consists in three open questions. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 06/04/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 21/06/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 09/07/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 23/07/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 16/09/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 26/01/2022 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 18/02/2022 14:00 GENOVA Scritto