Preventive and Public Health Medicine

A.Y. 2025/2026
7
Max ECTS
84
Overall hours
SSD
MED/42 SECS-P/07
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with the cultural tools to able:
· To recognise the individual and general population health needs
· To evaluate data and to use them to promote and maintain health at individual and population level
· To promote health for all population against infectious and chronic diseases
· To know how to manage hospital hygiene to prevent healthcare infection control in hospital and community
· To recognise health problems in community and workplaces to manage them correctly
· To know the most important laws which rule the health organization
· To be able to read the organizational and economic variables which distinguish the national and regional health services
· To know the management of the health services in the community
· To know the most important elements of health economics with particular attention on cost/benefits ratio of diagnostic therapeutic and preventive procedures and the ways to apply them on medical decisions
· To know the concept of global health in order to facilitate the learning of the great phenomena that affect health and access to prevention and treatment at a global level.
Expected learning outcomes
Al termine dell'insegnamento lo studente dovrà essere in grado di:
· Identificare i bisogni di salute della popolazione
· Promuovere la salute del singolo e della collettività nei confronti delle malattie infettive e cronico degenerative
· Prevenire le infezioni correlate all'assistenza in ospedale e comunità
· Identificare correttamente i livelli di organizzazione del servizio sanitario nazionale e regionale
· conoscere sfide e "futuri" del settore della salute Italiano: le implicazioni per la gestione delle aziende sanitarie e per i professionisti
· Comprendere i concetti-chiave di Global Health, il Global burden of Disease e gli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'ONU (SDG).
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

Linea: Policlinico

Business economy
SECS-P/07 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING STUDIES - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12 hours
Professor: Lega Federico
Shifts:
Turno
Professor: Lega Federico
Public health
MED/42 - HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH - University credits: 6
Lessons: 48 hours
: 24 hours
Shifts:

Linea: San Donato

Business economy
SECS-P/07 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING STUDIES - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12 hours
Professor: Lega Federico
Shifts:
Turno
Professor: Lega Federico
Public health
MED/42 - HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH - University credits: 6
Lessons: 48 hours
: 24 hours
Shifts:

Linea: San Giuseppe

Course syllabus
The syllabus is shared with the following courses:
- [D51-284](https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/of/af2026000d51-284)
Business economy
SECS-P/07 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING STUDIES - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12 hours
Professor: Lega Federico
Public health
MED/42 - HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH - University credits: 6
Lessons: 48 hours
: 24 hours
Professor: Castaldi Silvana
Professor(s)
Reception:
Weekly - plese write to [email protected]
Department of Scienze Biomediche per la Salute - Via Pascal 36
Reception:
Via Pace, 9