Aim of the course is to provide key basic concepts on hygiene, preventive medicine and public health, with particular reference their application in dentistry.
Course Prerequisites
General understanding of health and its determinants
Teaching Methods
Lectures and case studies
Assessment Methods
Oral or written examination according to the needs of appeal
Texts
Signorelli C, Odone A et al. Igiene e sanità pubblica – Secrets, domande e risposte. Società Editrice Universo, Roma, 2021 ISBN: 9788865151839
Other recent public health textbooks Additional readings
Contents
General concepts of hygiene, preventive medicine and public health, with particular reference to their implementation in dentistry: determinants of health, levels of prevention, health promotion, health education.
Elements of epidemiology applied to the areas of interest of obstetrics: data sources and surveillance systems, measures of frequency and effect, study designs, data interpretation Elements of health legislation, policy and management applied to the areas of interest of the dentistry.
Elements of prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases
