OVERVIEW

The main objectives of the course are: to enable future teachers to realize that health education is a primary educational need; to raise awareness of the importance of prevention in protecting the health of the individual and the community, and to promote the inclusion of health education in the educational activities of infant and primary schools.

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.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Acquisition of the basic concepts of health education and health advancement. Understanding of the importance of prevention in relation both to infectious diseases and to chronic-degenerative pathologies. Acquisition of the basic concepts of environmental hygiene and school hygiene.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students must possess the main knowledge of health promotion and disease prevention. They must also demonstrate that they understand that prevention is essential to protecting the health of the individual and the community.

Students must be able to apply the knowledge acquired and must have sufficient skills to design and carry out an educational intervention of health promotion or disease prevention aimed at children in the infant school and primary school.

PREREQUISITES

No

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons and group activities to develop the subjects dealt with during the class lessons.

Planning examples of educational programs of health promotion or disease prevention for application in the infant and primary school.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Health definition and health factors. Health promotion. Health education as "transverse" teaching in school curricula. Elements of epidemiology. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Epidemiology and prevention of the principal infectious diseases, with particular reference to those of childhood and adolescence. National Prevention Plan and National Immunization Plan. Notions of the epidemiology and prevention of chronic-degenerative diseases. Promotion of healthy lifestyles in childhood and adolescence in order to safeguard health in adulthood. Planning of programs for health promotion and disease prevention in the infant school and primary school (according to age). Notions of first aid.

The teaching contributes to reaching the following goals of Sustainable Development ONU 2030: goal 3, goal 4 and goal 16.

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

Exam Board

DONATELLA PANATTO (President)

DANIELA AMICIZIA

LESSONS

LESSONS START

The lessons will take place in the second semester of the second year. Lessons start: first week of March 2024.

Class schedule

HIGIENICS AND HEALTH EDUCATION

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.

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.

Exam schedule

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.