Università Roma Tre

Definition of health and illness, determinants and health promotion
- Scope and definition of Hygiene and Social Medicine
Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
- Primary and secondary prevention: theory and applications
Notions of epidemiology, how sanitary phenomena are measured
- How scientific evidence is constructed: introduction to the main types of epidemiological study
- Notions of demography, social and health impact of aging, children.
- Epidemiology of infectious diseases, transmission, with examples on pathologies with a high social impact
- Epidemiology of chronic-degenerative diseases, the example of neoplasia, metabolic diseases
Prophylaxis of infectious diseases
- Natural history of infectious diseases
- Vaccines and principles of immunology
National Health Service
- History and founding principles
- Current structure and regulations
- Basic health care: health district, general doctor, social assistance
- Health education
Occupational Safety
- Epidemiology of Occupational risk
- National and European references for health and safety at work
Role of the lifestyle on health: ex. nutrition, alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, addictions, environment
Health in sub-groups of population and age groups (maternal-child,.. etc.)

Romano Spica V, Brandi G., Valeriani F. Igiene, Educazione alla Salute e Sanità Pubblica. Quaderni Sanitari, Volume 5. Antonio Delfino Editore, Roma. 2014.
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