Prevention sciences

Module program:
Introduction and objectives of the course.
- Occupational Medicine. Definition of danger, risk factor, occupational disease, work-related illness, occupational accident. Prevention activities
- Occupational sectors and risk factors. Risk assessment
- Hygiene and Occupational Toxicology
- Legislation concerning the protection of the worker health (pregnant worker protection, DL 81/08).
- Occupational hazards, health effects and prevention in nursing work: chemical, physical, biological and organizational risk factors
- Organization of preventive and occupational health services. Health surveillance of workers.

Module program:
The notion of health
- From the health to the disease:
1. Causal relationship - determinants of health and disease
2. The natural history of communicable and non-communicable diseases
- Introduction to the epidemiology:
3. Sources of statistical and medical data
4. Measures in epidemiology
5. The health indicators
6. Descriptive epidemiology
7. Surveillance systems
- Disease prevention and health promotion: principles and methods
- Prevention of noncommunicable diseases
8. Primary prevention (including health education)
9. Secondary prevention: population screenings
- Prevention of communicable diseases
10. Primary prevention measures
11. Disinfection and sterilization
12. Vaccines and immunoprophylaxis
- Epidemiology and prevention of communicable diseases: Special Section
13. foodborne and waterborne infections
14. Respiratory infections
15. Sexually and parenterally transmitted diseases
- Epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections.

Module program:
- Introduction and objectives of the course.
- The Occupational Medicine. Definition of hazard, risk factor, occupational disease, occupational accident; prevention activities.
- Productive sectors and risk factors. Risk assessment.
- Hygiene and Occupational Toxicology
- Legislation concerning the protection of the health of workers (pregnant protection, DL 81/08).
- Occupational hazards, health effects and prevention in nursing work: chemical, physical, biological and organizational risks.
- Organization of occupational health services; Health surveillance of workers.

Module program:
- Main national and international references on health promotion (eg. WHO declaration of Alma Ata)
- Methods and techniques for the information
- Methods of health education to the person to the family and the community
- Interventions for the prevention of infections in nursing (eg. Hand hygiene, application of personal protective equipment, preparation of the sterile field, sterile handling of principals, use of antiseptics / disinfectants, isolation)
- Application of body mechanics and controls to manual handling of loads.