COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Academic Year 2017/2018 - 2° Year - Curriculum Educatore sociale e di comunita'Learning Objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
• Knowledge the main principles of Hygiene and Health Education applied to the communities.
• Identify and analyse factors related to health and lifestyles.
• Knowledge the main principles of prevention of the diseases in the communities.
Detailed Course Content
Aims and scope of Community Medicine
Health: a multidimension reality
Health education and Health promotion
Prevention of the diseases (primary, secondary and tertiary prevention)
Hygiene of school
Hygiene of sport
Lifestyles and health:
- Physical activity
- Tobacco dependence
- Alcoholism
- Drugs
- Nutrition
Food Hygiene
Maternal and childhood health promotion and protection
Health promotion and protection in the elderly
Microclimate and thermal well-being
Prevention and safety in life environment:
- Domestic accident
- Road accident
Textbook Information
Eudes Lanciotti. Igiene. Medicina sociale e di comunità. McGraw Hill