OVERVIEW

The main objective of the course is to make future teachers understand the importance of health education as a primary training need. To make them understand the importance of prevention with a focus on protecting the health of the individual and the community. By promoting the inclusion of health education in the educational activities of pre-school and primary schools.

Students with certification of Specific Learning Disorders (DSA) and/or disabilities are advised to contact the Professor at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination methods that, while respecting the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning needs 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

Definition of health and determinants of health. Health promotion. Health education as 'transversal' teaching in school curricula. Elements of epidemiology. Definitions of primary prevention, secondary prevention and tertiary prevention. Epidemiology and prevention of the main infectious diseases with particular reference to pediatric diseases. The National Prevention Plan and the National Vaccine Prevention Plan. Notions of epidemiology and prevention of chronic-degenerative diseases. Promotion of correct lifestyles in childhood in order to safeguard health in adulthood/old age. Guidelines for the design of health promotion and prevention interventions for pre-school and primary school (age-appropriate). First aid.

Teaching contributes to the achievement of the following Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda: Goal 3, Goal 4, Goal 16.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Study material will be provided by the teacher and published on aulaweb.

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 March 2025.

Class schedule

HIGIENICS AND HEALTH EDUCATION

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 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 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.