OVERVIEW

The main objective of the course is to enable future teachers to acquire 1) the basic concepts of of both infectious diseases and chronic-degenerative illnesses in Europe and Italy and  their health, economic and social burden; 2) the basic concepts of health education and promotion. 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students must possess adequate knowledge of infectious diseases and chronic-degenerative illnesses prevention and health promotion.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The main objective is to make people understand the importance of prevention and health promotion for the protection of individual and community health. During the course, basic knowledge of the main infectious and chronic-degenerative diseases will be provided and their health, economic and social impact will be explored.

Students at the end of the course should possess adequate knowledge of the preventive strategies implemented in Italy in order to control the impact of the various diseases on the health level of the population.

They should also be able to apply the acquired knowledge and should possess sufficient skills to design and implement health promotion and prevention educational interventions applied to different population contexts.

TEACHING METHODS

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

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Definition of health and health determinants. Health promotion. Basic elements of epidemiology (epidemiological measures and epidemiological studies). Epidemiology as a basis for the design of prevention and health promotion interventions. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Epidemiology and prevention of major infectious diseases. Epidemiology and prevention of the main chronic-degenerative diseases, with special emphasis on cardiovascular diseases and cancer. The National Prevention Plan. The National Vaccine Prevention Plan. Health promotion and surveillance systems. 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 Medicina Preventiva Sanità Pubblica – II edizione 2022 EdiSES Università

Igiene, Medicina Preventiva, Sanità Pubblica – Ricciardi Walter, Stefania Boccia et al. Terza edizione Editore Idelson Gnocchi

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Lessons start: first week of October 2024.

Class schedule

APPLIED HYGIENE

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Mandatory written examination. Test consisting of 30 multiple-choice questions with one correct answer (1 point for each correct answer, 0 points for each wrong or no answer) and 1 open question. In the open question, the level of knowledge, the degree of thoroughness, and the ability to use appropriate vocabulary will be assessed. Oral test at the student's request will be established in order to improve the grade received in the written test.

Students with disabilities or DSA are reminded that in order to request adaptations in the exam, certification must first be entered on the University website at page servizionline.unige.it in the "Students" (“Studenti”) section. The documentation will be verified by the Settore servizi per l’inclusione degli studenti con disabilità e con DSA dell’Ateneo (https://rubrica.unige.it/strutture/struttura/100111).

Subsequently, significantly in advance of the examination date (at least 10 days), an e-mail must be sent to the teacher with whom the examination will be taken, including in the knowledge copy both the School Contact Teacher for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and DSA (laura.traverso@unige.it) and the above-mentioned Sector using one of the following addresses (disabili@unige.it; dsa@unige.it).

The e-mail should specify:

- the name of the teaching

- the date of the exam call

- the student's last name, first name and roll number

- the compensatory tools and dispensatory measures deemed functional and required.

The contact person (Prof. Laura Traverso) will confirm to the teacher that the applicant has the right to request adaptations in the exam and that these adaptations must be agreed with the Professor. The Professor will respond by informing whether the requested adaptations can be used.

Requests should be sent at least 10 days before the date of the exam in order to allow the teacher to evaluate the content. In particular, in the case of intending to make use of concept maps for the exam (which must be much concise), the student must adhere to the above timelines.

Please see the document for more information: Linee guida per la richiesta di servizi, di strumenti compensativi e/o di misure dispensative e di ausili specifici.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Mandatory written examination. The written mode makes it possible to ensure the objectivity of assessment and to test the achievement of the course objectives on the entire program. It is believed that with this mode the student's achievement of the general and specific training objectives can be properly assessed. An oral test can be requested by the student to improve the grade acquired from the written test. In the oral test, the level of knowledge, the quality of exposition and the ability to use appropriate vocabulary will be evaluated.

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 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.