Pre-Professional Interdisciplinary Course I with Elements of Environmental and Human Sociology

A.Y. 2022/2023
13
Max ECTS
104
Overall hours
SSD
MED/42 MED/44 SPS/09 VET/06
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
- Know the main models of economic, social and health development and environmental protection in industrialized countries
- Know and identify the processes that support or determine events, phenomena and behaviors of the individual or group, assessing their characteristics and their impact in a bio-cultural perspective, or in relation to the system or social structure in which they occur (family, group, ethnicity, organization, community)
- Develop a capacity for analysis and solution of preventive and welfare problems in a cross-cultural perspective, starting from the knowledge of the problems of the multi-ethnic society.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding of the functioning of prevention services in the field of health systems and useful elements for dealing with complex professional problems. Specific topics will include:
· Knowledge related to the organization of health services at national and international level and ability to understand the dynamics of their development
· Knowledge of some basic aspects related to vaccination in a preventive perspective, useful for future applications in the field of health services;
· knowledge on chemical and ergonomic risk factors and some tools for risk assessment in the field of occupational health and public health;
· Knowledge of some basic aspects of medical parasitology in a preventive perspective useful for future applications in the field of health services.
Single course

This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Prerequisites for admission
No prior knowledge is required
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam will be written and oral. For some courses a written test will be proposed consisting of some multiple choice and open questions; in addition for some modules, an oral test will be performed
Hygiene and public health
Course syllabus
- Measles and rubella prevention strategies. Vaccinations of travelers
- Prevention strategies for polio and meningitis
- Calendar of vaccinations. The successes of vaccinations
- Coverage and vaccination strategies
- Vaccination strategies
- Vaccines and vaccinations
Teaching methods
The courses will include lectures with discussion of case studies.
Teaching Resources
Educational material provided by the teacher.
Occupational medicine
Course syllabus
· The effect of air pollution on human health
· Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
· The health impact assessment of environmental exposures in the context of the main authorization procedures
· Discussion of some experiences
· The effect of air pollution on human health
· Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
· The health impact assessment of environmental exposures in the context of the main authorization procedures
· Discussion of some experiences
· The effect of air pollution on human health
· Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
· The health impact assessment of environmental exposures in the context of the main authorization procedures
· Discussion of some experiences
· The effect of air pollution on human health
· Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
· The health impact assessment of environmental exposures in the context of the main authorization procedures
· Discussion of some experiences
·2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: General Framework and Challenges for the European Union
· Air pollution: general overview, focus on Europe and Italy, EU legislation and WHO guidelines
· Air pollution in the urban environment: from air quality to personal exposure, the role of road transport, mitigation interventions, citizen science
· Green Jobs and health risks for workers
Teaching methods
The courses will include lectures with discussion of case studies.
Teaching Resources
Educational material provided by the teacher
Educational material provided by the teacher and the multi-criteria tool for the evaluation of urban plans
TR 12296 on patient risk management
International guidelines on preventive strategies
Economic sociology and sociology of work and organisations
Course syllabus
- Definitions of welfare state, from its origins to today. Marshall's concept of citizenship, in its various components.
- Welfare state and welfare mix. Intervention models in welfare policies.
- The historical evolution of the welfare state in Europe. From the origins to the seventies: birth, consolidation and expansion. The gap between the employment model and the universalistic model.
- The socio-economic transformations of the last thirty years and the crisis of the welfare state: the transition from Fordism to post-Fordism, globalization, the aging of the population, changes in the structure of the family, the growth of female employment and consequences on welfare services.
- The reform of the welfare state. The concept of recalibration.
- The welfare regimes of Esping-Andersen and the debate they aroused at an international level and in Italy.
- The welfare state in Italy: birth, development and reform processes of the last twenty years. The Italian welfare state in a comparative perspective.
- The institutional and regulatory structures of social services. The Italian case in a comparative perspective
Teaching methods
The courses will include lectures with discussion of case studies.
Teaching Resources
- Ferrera M., (2012) Le politiche sociali, Bologna, Il Mulino, limited to the cap. 1.
- Further reading instructions and slides will be provided during the course in class.
Parasitology and animal parasitic diseases
Course syllabus
- Basic knowledge of medical parasitology, focusing on epidemiological, diagnostic and prevention aspects
- some models of parasitic and vector-borne diseases (including: Lyme disease; teniasis; echinococcosis; anisakidosis), through which the basic concepts of the discipline will be exemplified.
Teaching methods
The courses will include lectures with discussion of case studies.
Teaching Resources
De Carneri - Parassitologia medica e diagnostica parassitologia. A cura di Olga Brandonisio, Fabrizio Bruschi, Claudio Genchi, Edoardo Pozio.
Modules or teaching units
Economic sociology and sociology of work and organisations
SPS/09 - ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONS - University credits: 2
Lessons: 16 hours
Professor: Betti Marco

Hygiene and public health
MED/42 - HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH - University credits: 2
Lessons: 16 hours
Professor: Romano' Luisa

Occupational medicine
MED/44 - OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE - University credits: 8
Lessons: 64 hours

Parasitology and animal parasitic diseases
VET/06 - PARASITOLOGY AND ANIMAL PARASITIC DISEASES - University credits: 1
Lessons: 8 hours
Professor: Epis Sara