THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO: - SCHEDULE A DATA COLLECTION, - UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET THE MOST IMPORTANT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MEASURES, - KNOW THE CLASSIFICATION OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES, - DRAW UP A RESEARCH PROTOCOL, - ACQUIRE THE CONCEPTS OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION, - KNOW THE LEVELS OF PREVENTION AND THE MAIN INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND CHRONIC-DEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Teaching Methods
LECTURES
Assessment Methods
FINAL ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING IS DONE THROUGH A WRITTEN EXAMINATION
Texts
C. MELONI - “IGIENE PER LE LAUREE DELLE PROFESSIONI SANITARIE” - CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA
Contents
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY: DEFINITION OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, HISTORICAL NOTES. - FREQUENCY MEASURES: MAIN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MEASURES, PUNCTUAL AND PERIODAL PREVALENCE, INCIDENCE, CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE, PERSON-TIME INCIDENCE, ATTACK RATE, GENERIC AND SPECIFIC RATES. - SOURCES OF STATISTICAL-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA. - ELEMENTS OF DEMOGRAPHY: CENSUS, AGE PYRAMID, POPULATION STRUCTURE INDEXES, DEMOGRAPHIC MOVEMENTS, LEXIS CURVE. - RISK FACTORS, MEASURES OF ASSOCIATION, ABSOLUTE RISK, RELATIVE RISK AND ATTRIBUTABLE RISK, ODDS RATIO. - CLASSIFICATION OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES. - CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS. - HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION. - PREVENTION CONCEPTS. - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF CHRONIC-DEGENERATIVE DISEASES
