Nursing REPLICA H-ASL ROMA 6 -NETTUNO (RM)

Introduction to the discipline. Definition of hygiene; concepts of health and disease. Determinants of health/disease; epidemiological triad. Natural history of disease. Disease prevention: health promotion/protection. Levels of prevention: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Host-parasite relationship: contagion, infection, disease. Modes of transmission of infectious diseases: sexual/parenteral, airborne, fecal-oral; zoonoses. Parasitosis. Disinfection, sterilization, disinfestation. Immune prophylaxis of infectious diseases: serums and vaccines. Vaccination strategy. National Vaccine Prevention Plan. Food hygiene: infections, food-borne infections, food poisoning. Food safety: self-monitoring standards (HACCP). Emerging pathogens (Legionella pneumophila; Escherichia coli O157:H7) and re-emerging. Opportunistic infections. Hospital-acquired infections. Epidemiology and prevention of major chronic-degenerative diseases. Secondary prevention (early diagnosis) of cancer: screening tests. Health education: methodologies for implementing health promotion programs (relationship between individual behavior and health); Ottawa Charter. European Code Against Cancer. Tobacco smoking: health effects. Dietary habits and physical activity: risk and protective factors.

Slides Auxilia F. & Pontello M. Igiene e Sanità Pubblica Piccin, Padova; 2011. Comodo N. & Maciocco Igiene e Sanità Pubblica. Manuale per le professioni sanitarie. Carocci Editore, Roma; 2011