Lessons with exercise on how to use on-line scientific bibliographic databases (PubMed)
Contents
1. Basic concepts of public health: concept of health; current epidemiological background and classification of diseases; concept of risk; indicators, exposure-effect, determinants of health and illness; epidemiology and prevention 2. Methods in epidemiology (measures and studies in epidemiology; bias and confounding) 3. Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases: risk factors; host-parasite relationships, source and reservoir of infection, portal of entry and exit, mode of transmission; disinfection and sterilization; vaccination; Epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections (risk factors, antibiotic resistance, prevention) 4. Environmental public health and food safety: physical and chemical pollutants and environmental compartments; food contamination with biological factors 5. Epidemiology and prevention of chronic diseases: risk factors; synergism and overlap of risk factors; health promotion; population screening; biomarkers for risk assessment – omics, biobanks 6. Healthcare management: brief overview of the healthcare systems, quality and risk management (errors in healthcare practice, evidence-based practice, with exerc. on bibliographic search - PubMed)
Course Language
Italian
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