CODE 98303 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 CREDITS 5 cfu anno 3 SCIENZE DELL'EDUCAZIONE E DELLA FORMAZIONE 10841 (L-19) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/42 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: HEALTH IN CONTEXTS AND RELATIONS TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The main objective of the course is to enable future teachers of nursery school to understand that health education is a primary educational need and must be included among the educational activities carried out in infant and nursery schools. Further aims are to foster an awareness of the importance of the prevention of both infectious diseases and chronic-degenerative illnesses and to transmit the basic concepts of health at school. At the end of the course, students must possess adequate knowledge of the principal concepts of health promotion and the prevention of infectious diseases, particularly those of greatest relevance to the first years of life. They must therefore show that they have understood that prevention is fundamental to safeguarding the health of both the individual and the community. Moreover, they must be able to apply the knowledge that they have acquired and must have the skills required in order to design and construct educational intervention for health promotion or disease prevention in the infant school or nursery school. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The integrated course aims to offer to the students knowledge and skills on the importance of prevention and promotion of the health as a whole, considering specifically kindergarten as social and relationship context. At the end of the course, students must possess adequate knowledge of health promotion and prevention of infectious diseases and chronic-degenerative illnesses. They must also demonstrate that they understand that prevention is essential to protecting the health of the individual and the community. They must know the key points of National Prevention Plan. Students must be able to design and carry out an educational intervention of health promotion applied to the infant school or nursery school context. TEACHING METHODS Frontal lessons and group activities to develop the subjects dealt with during the class lessons. In case of health emergencies, lessons will take place in accordance with the University regulations. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Health definition and health factors. Prevention and health promotion definitions. Epidemiology: Elements of epidemiology. epidemiological measures and types of studies. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Epidemiology and prevention of the infectious diseases. Epidemiology and prevention of the chronic-degenerative diseases. National Prevention Plan and National Immunization Plan. School hygiene. Notions of first aid. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Study material will be provided by the teacher and published on aulaweb. Students with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) certification and/or with disabilities will agree with the teacher any compensatory tools. Recommended books for in- depth study: Igiene e Sanità Pubblica – Secrets – Domande e risposte 2021 - Signorelli C et al. Società Editrice Universo Igiene, Medicina Preventiva, Sanità Pubblica – Ricciardi Walter, Stefania Boccia et al. Terza edizione Editore Idelson Gnocchi. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD DONATELLA PANATTO Ricevimento: Students will be received by appointment (email: panatto@unige.it, phone: +390103538109). Exam Board GUYONNE ROGIER (President) DONATELLA PANATTO (President Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START Second semester. March,1 2023 Class schedule HYGIENE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Obligatory written examination consisting of 30 “closed-answer” questions with only one correct answer (one point for each correct answer) and of one “open” question. The open question will evaluate the student's level of detailed knowledge and use of appropriate language. The “open” question will be evaluated in a range between 0 (insufficient) and 3 (excellent). Oral examination on request by the student, in order to improve the score obtained in the written examination. Students unable to attend frontal lessons will have to prepare a health education project to be submitted 10 days before the exam. The additional activity consists in drafting a health education project aimed at a primary school or childhood class chosen by the student (see guidelines published on aulaweb). ASSESSMENT METHODS The written format has been adopted in order to ensure that the knowledge acquired during the entire course is assessed in an objective manner. This modality is deemed to be able to correctly evaluate the achievement of both the general and specific training objectives. In the oral examination, the student's level of knowledge, quality of exposition and ability to use appropriate vocabulary will be assessed. FURTHER INFORMATION A page dedicated to the teaching program will be activated on aulaweb. The study material presented during the lessons will be regularly uploaded to this page, as will other material required for further in-depth study. The teacher will publish all information regarding the teaching program on this page. Students with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) and/or disability are recommended to contact the professor at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and exam methods which, according to the course’s objectives, take into account the modalities individual learning and provide suitable compensatory tools. Students unable to attend frontal lessons for reasons within the teaching regulations must contact the teacher before the start of the lessons to agree on the additional program.
