Health Science and Services

The course aims at providing basic knowledge in the field of the rights of the disabled persons and the rights of the workers, in order to be able to analyze and respond to the needs of assistance, to evaluate the relationship between benefits, risks and costs, to evaluate the epidemiological data and knowledge of its use for health promotion and disease prevention in individuals and in the community. It provides knowledge in the field of legislation, norms and the fundamental elements that regulate the healthcare organization in social medicine; it aims at learning the concepts of occupational disease, the risk factors and the risk assessment and the fundamental norms for health protection in the workplace and specific aspects in protection of the disabled workers.
Finally, it provides the theoretical basis of radiation protection and their main consequences in the workplace.

At the end of the course the student will be able to:
· analyze and respond to the needs of assistance, by evaluating the relationship between benefits, risks and costs;
· evaluate epidemiological data and apply these to the field of health promotion and disease prevention in individuals and in the community.
· evaluate epidemiological data and learn how to use it for health promotion and disease prevention in individuals and in the community;
· discuss the main methodologies involved in the field of social medicine and health care organization;
· discuss the legislation governing the health care organization;
· use assessments and methodologies for evaluating and reviewing the quality of services.
· discuss the principles of ergonomics and apply these to the problems of participation in the activities of daily life in patients with physical and / or mental disabilities;
· discuss the rights of the disabled persons and the rights of the employees;
· discuss the theoretical foundations of radiation protection and its application in work settings.