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SCIENZE DELLA PREVENZIONE DEI SERVIZI SANITARI
Module IGIENE GENERALE E APPLICATA

Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: MARGHERITA FERRANTE

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course allows you to acquire the essential knowledge relating to the protection of health in living environments (outdoor and indoor environment), in particular: the relationships between exposure to environmental contaminants and the onset of the main infectious and chronic-degenerative diseases; main strategies implemented to prevent negative effects on human health caused by environmental factors; understand the principles and issues relating to food hygiene and nutrition.

Course Structure

Frontal teaching in the classroom with the help of electronic material made available by the teacher.

If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, the necessary changes with respect to what was previously stated may be introduced, in order to comply with the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus.

Required Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of chemistry, biology, microbiology, physics, informatic.

Attendance of Lessons

Mandatory

Detailed Course Content

Definition of Hygiene. Demography. Epidemiology. Prevention. Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases with particular regard to the most common diseases. Epidemiology and prevention of chronic-degenerative diseases, prevention of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, COPD, cancer. Epidemiology applied to the environment. Environmental prevention: study and remediation of the environment with reference to relations with health.

Textbook Information

1) Maria Triassi, Igiene Medicina Preventiva e del Territorio, III edizione, Sorbona, Idelson Gnocchi, Napoli 2019.

1) Antonio Azara, Annalaura Carducci, Osvalda De Giglio, Margherita Ferrante, Tiziana Schilirò, Marco Vinceti. Igiene Ambientale. EDISES, Napoli 2024. 

2) Maria Triassi, Gabriella Aggazzotti, Margherita Ferrante, Igiene Medicina Preventiva e del Territorio, II edizione, Sorbona, Idelson Gnocchi, Napoli 2015.

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1Definition of Hygiene. Demography. Epidemiology. Prevention. Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases. Epidemiology and Prevention of Chronic Degenerative Diseases. Epidemiology applied to the environment.Testo 1 Capitolo1; Testo 2 Capitolo 3 
2Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases.Testo 1 Capitolo 5.e Capitolo 5.10. 
3Prevention of the most common infectious diseases.Testo 1 Capitolo2 
4Epidemiology and Prevention of Chronic Degenerative Diseases.Testo 1 Capitolo 6 
5Prevention of cardiovascular diseases.Testo 1 capitolo 6.10 
6Diabetes prevention.Testo 1 capitolo 7. 
7COPD prevention.Testo 1 capitolo 8. 
8Cancer prevention.Testo 1 capitolo 9. 
9Epidemiology applied to the environment. Environmental prevention: study and remediation of the environment with reference to relations with health.Testo 2 Capitolo1 e Capitolo 3.

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Oral exam on the program topics covered during the lectures.

Verification of learning can also be carried out electronically, should the conditions require it.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

- Main indicators of air quality.

- Solid waste disposal and human health.

- The HACCP system.

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