Sciences and techniques of social work

"Public Health and Environmental, Economic, Social, and Political Transformations" Educational objectives:at the end of the Hygiene and social medicine Course , the student must know and be able to describe the following topics orally: Definition of hygiene, health, disease, risk, risk factors (physical, chemical, biological), prevention, healthcare, public health Infectious diseases, chronic degenerative diseases, epidemiology in social transformations Modifiable and non-modifiable determinants of health Health inequalities Health in the Constitution of the Italian Republic Disease prevention: prevention strategies Vaccinations Water: supply, pollution, sewage, purification Soil: pollution and waste Air: air pollution and climate change Nutrition and food Demography and health statistics Notions of epidemiology Health and social care: Bismarck model and Beveridge model Italian healthcare and the first public health institutions: community medicine and hospitals before Italian unification Italian healthcare from Italian unification to the healthcare reform and The establishment of the National Health Service (NHS): social and political causes, models, and critical issues The four healthcare reforms in Italy: social and political causes, models, and critical issues The organization of Italian healthcare and healthcare agencies: political governance, organizations, healthcare economics, organizational models, departments, hospitals, districts, and primary care. District II: district models, socio-healthcare integration, PUA, chronic care model, diagnostic-therapeutic care pathways (PDTA), services, hospital-territory relationships, health centers/community centers, and community hospitals. The role of the social worker in the NHS What are the prospects for public healthcare: cultures, resources, predictive medicine, the information technology revolution, artificial intelligence, globalization, One Health, and international healthcare organizations? Readings of texts that complement the Program as integral parts of the Program itself.

Basic school knowledge of Italian and international literature, history, biological sciences, mathematics, and English.

PDF handouts from the teacher's slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SIdYyAGg95Ae6xmm5BMgy-94YqE8tlYm/view Mandatory readings in addition to the teacher's handouts and an integral part of the program: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UrnyrN4QbGE-k42-WwRUrZJQ0fWXxeVc/view Readings: https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/monod_0.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/m._marmot_0.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/engels_0.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/maccacaro_0.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/vineis_0.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/rose_0.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/diamond_0.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/cosmacini_0.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/vandana_shiva_0.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/viale_0.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/latouche.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/commoner.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/conti.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/mandeville.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/l.f._celine.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/keynes.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/basaglia.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/maccacaro_usl.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/g._berlinguer.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/weber.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/illich.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/mortari.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/cavicchi.pdf https://archiviocdl.web.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/vineis_2.pdf

Attendance is highly recommended.

The oral exam lasts approximately 20 minutes on average and includes three questions covering the topics covered in the Course Program or exploring specific points within the Program, including readings of the texts to complement the handouts taken from the lecture slides; the readings of the texts are an integral part of the Program itself. The regular exam schedule is available on Infostud. The exam is an oral exam based on the syllabus linked on this page and the teaching materials provided by the instructor on this page: PDF copies of lecture slides and copies of articles or excerpts from books. The readings are an integral part of the exam. Students are advised not to use teaching materials from paid sites other than those provided free of charge by the instructor, as they are full of errors, which are easily identified during the exam. Please notify the instructor by email if you cannot attend the exam. All exams will be held for students booked through Infostud, but since not everyone always shows up or notifies you in advance of their possible absence, you must still be present when your name is called in the order in which you were booked. Failure to answer the call in the order in which you were booked will result in your absence. If you are unable to complete the exams on the scheduled day and time, you will be notified of the next scheduled date and time at the exam location. To request an earlier exam time and a different number of times than those scheduled for the same day, only for valid and serious unforeseeable reasons, you must do so in the exam room before the exam session begins. For special exam sessions, you must always wait for the relevant Notice to be published by the STESS Course Teaching Office. Only after this notice will the dates and times be available on Infostud, but they are always subject to classroom assignments by the STESS Course Teaching Office. Please do not email the instructor for information before the publication of this Notice. To register on Infostud for special exam sessions, documentation certifying your right to participate, according to the requirements set by the STESS Course Teaching Office, must be sent to the instructor's email address before the exam day. Students with DSA must also provide this information not directly to the teacher but through Sapienza's specific DSA service, which will then notify the teacher. Please note that pursuant to the Notice from the Teaching Office of the Department of Social and Economic Sciences dated September 11, 2025, the administrative documentation proving the right to participate in the extraordinary exam as a working student must be submitted 20 days in advance using the methods indicated in the Notice itself, which I invite you to read.

Classes for the Social Hygiene and Medicine course in the Social Work Sciences and Techniques (STESS) program will be held every Thursday from 8:00 am to 10:00 am (except Thursday, September 25, 2025) and every Friday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (except Friday, September 26, 2025) from September 18, 2025 to December 4, 2025 at the Department/Faculty, Via Salaria 113, 1st floor, Room B14. There will be no class on Thursday, September 25, 2025. On Friday, September 26, 2025, the class will be held from 8:00 am to 10:00 am. For appointments with the instructor or to request a thesis, please email the instructor.