Unit HEALTH AND SAFETY PROMOTION
- Course
- Nursing
- Study-unit Code
- GP005082
- Location
- FOLIGNO
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2017/18
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
GENERAL AND APPLIEDHYGIENE
| Code | GP005102 |
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| Location | FOLIGNO |
| CFU | 2 |
| Teacher | Massimo Moretti |
| Teachers |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Scienze propedeutiche |
| Academic discipline | MED/42 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian. |
| Contents | Introduction to Hygiene and Public Health. Health and disease. Determinants of health. Natural history of disease. Disease prevention: health promotion/protection. Levels of disease prevention: primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Health education: methods for health promotion (relationship between health and human behavior). Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases. Etiologic agent: definition. Routes of transmission of infectious disease agents: sexually transmitted diseases; bloodborne, airborne, vehicle(water)borne and vectorborne transmission. Ectoparasites and endoparasites. Prevention of infectious diseases; principles of immunology;. classification of vaccines; inactivated or engineered vaccines and toxoids; whole-cell and fractional vaccines; live attenuated vaccines; new vaccines. Disinfection, sterilization and disinfestation. Food hygiene; prevention of food-borne diseases; food safety legislation; control of food-borne diseases in pharmacy; HACCP method. Epidemiology and prevention of principal chronic diseases. Relationship between health and human behavior; the role of health education as a strategy in health promotion and disease prevention; health promotion. |
| Reference texts | Auxilia F. & Pontello M. - "Igiene e Sanità Pubblica" - Piccin, Padova; 2011. Ricciardi W. - "Igiene, Medicina Preventiva e Sanità Pubblica" - Idelson-Gnocchi, Napoli; 2006. |
| Educational objectives | The learning experiences should help students in achieving attitudes and practices related to critical health issues: diseases prevention and health education and promotion. |
| Prerequisites | None. |
| Teaching methods | Face-to-face lessons. |
| Learning verification modality | Written exam with open-ended and closed-ended questions. |
| Extended program | Introduction to Hygiene and Public Health. Health and disease. Determinants of health. Natural history of disease. Disease prevention: health promotion/protection. Levels of disease prevention: primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Health education: methods for health promotion (relationship between health and human behavior). Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases. Etiologic agent: definition. Routes of transmission of infectious disease agents: sexually transmitted diseases; bloodborne, airborne, vehicle(water)borne and vectorborne transmission. Ectoparasites: Pulex spp. (flea), Pediculus spp. (louse), Pthirus spp. (crab louse), Sarcoptes spp. (dust mite). Arthropod-transmitted diseases. Endoparasites: protozoans (Giardia spp.), flatworms (Taenia spp.) e nematodes (Dracunculus spp., Ascaris spp.). Vector-transmitted parasites: Plasmodium spp. (malaria), Leishmania spp. Epidemiology and control of high priority sexually transmitted infections; epidemiology and control of selected vaccine-prevented diseases; epidemiology and control of air-borne infectious diseases; epidemiology and control of water-borne infectious diseases; epidemiology and control of food-borne infectious diseases; zoonotic diseases. Prevention of infectious diseases; principles of immunology;. classification of vaccines; inactivated or engineered vaccines and toxoids; whole-cell and fractional vaccines; live attenuated vaccines; new vaccines. Immunization schedule for children; immunization of adults and travellers; immunoglobulins. Principles of disinfection; classification of disinfectants. Sterilization; classification of methods of sterilization; controls of sterilization. Disinfestation and pest control; methods of mosquito control; management and control of pediculosis; rodent prevention and control. Food hygiene; prevention of food-borne diseases; food safety legislation; control of food-borne diseases in pharmacy; HACCP method. Epidemiology and prevention of principal chronic diseases; epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD); principal risk factors; the Framingham cohort; prevention and control of infarction and ictus. Epidemiology and prevention of cancer; the carcinogenesis and mutagenesis processes; principal cancer risk factors; tobacco smoking and health; prevention of smoking-related diseases; methods of giving up smoking and nicotine replacement therapy. Epidemiology and prevention of respiratory diseases; prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and asthma. Relationship between health and human behavior; the role of health education as a strategy in health promotion and disease prevention; health promotion. |
PREVENTIVE NURSING
| Code | GP005104 |
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| Location | FOLIGNO |
| CFU | 2 |
| Teacher | Federica Sensidoni |
| Teachers |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Scienze infermieristiche |
| Academic discipline | MED/45 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
RADIATIONPROTECTION ( RADIOLOGICALPROTECTION)
| Code | GP005105 |
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| Location | FOLIGNO |
| CFU | 1 |
| Teacher | Massimiliano Paolucci |
| Teachers |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Prevenzione servizi sanitari e radioprotezione |
| Academic discipline | MED/36 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
SAFETY IN THE WORKINGENVIRONMENTS
| Code | GP005103 |
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| Location | FOLIGNO |
| CFU | 1 |
| Teachers |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Prevenzione servizi sanitari e radioprotezione |
| Academic discipline | MED/44 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |