Principles of preventing Communicable and no Communicable Diseases

Course Code:

ΚΝ-203

Semester:

2nd-semester

Specialization Category:

ΜΓΥ

Course Hours:

3Θ/1Σ

ECTS:

5


Course Tutors

Barbouni Anastasia

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course offers students a thorough introduction to the Basic Principles of Prevention and Control of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases, highlighting the superiority of prevention over treatment. An in-depth analysis of preventive measures, health behaviors and social determinants of health is carried out.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student:

  • It will have clarified the Basic Principles of Prevention and Control of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases.
  • He will have an understanding of health and behavioral consequences.
  • It will describe methods of early detection & monitoring of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases and elimination of risk factors that affect mortality and morbidity in Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases.
  • He/she will have the skill to seek scientifically based interventions aimed at promoting health, protecting Public Health and increasing the life expectancy of the population.

 

GENERAL SKILLS

  • Adaptation to new situations
  • Download
  • Autonomous work
  • Teamwork
  • Work in an interdisciplinary environment
  • Generating new research ideas
  • Project planning and management
  • Respect for diversity and multiculturalism
  • Respect for the natural environment
  • Demonstrating social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Exercise criticism and self-criticism
  • Promotion of mental thinking, creative and inductive
  • Work in an interdisciplinary environment

 

COURSE CONTENT

In the introductory section, the course includes lectures on the following topics:

  • The superiority of prevention over cure
  • Prevention levels

In the section on the basic principles of prevention of chronic diseases, the course includes lectures in the sub-sections

  • the contribution of chronic diseases to overall mortality and morbidity
  • demographic and socioeconomic differences in the incidence of chronic diseases
  • what are the generally accepted risk factors in causing chronic diseases
  • key causal mechanisms

In the Principles of Infectious Disease Prevention section, the course includes lectures on most key sub-sections:

  • The nature of infectious agents
  • The defense of the human organism
  • Herd immunity
  • Receptors and maintenance mechanisms of infectious agents
  • Dynamics of human-infectious agent relationships
  • Face-place-time characteristics in infectious diseases

 

STUDENT EVALUATION

Written/Oral final exam (100%) including:

Multiple choice questions
Resolve problems/cases

 

RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Τριχόπουλος, Δ. Καλαποθάκη, Β., Πετρίδου, Ε. 2000. Προληπτική Ιατρική και Δημόσια Υγεία. Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΑ Αθήνα
  • Geoffrey, R. 2017. Η στρατηγική της προληπτικής ιατρικής. Επιμέλεια: Μπένος, Α. Κούτης, Α. Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης.
Related scientific journals
  • Ευρωπαϊκή Εφημερίδα Προληπτικής Ιατρικής
  • Περιοδικό Λοιμωδών Νοσημάτων και Προληπτικής Ιατρικής
  • Εφημερίδα προόδου στην προληπτική ιατρική

 

EUDOXUS

  •  ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΥΜΠΕΡΙΦΟΡΑΣ: ΟΔΗΓΟΣ ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗΣ ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΗΣ, FELDMAN M. D. – CHRISTENSEN J. F. Λεπτομέρειες
  •  MAYO CLINIC ΠΡΟΛΗΠΤΙΚΗ ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΥΓΕΙΑ, VARKEY PRATHIBHA Λεπτομέρειες
  • Netter’s Λοιμωξιολογία, Jong C. Elaine, Stevens L.Dennis Λεπτομέρειες
  •  ΕΜΒΟΛΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΜΒΟΛΙΑΣΜΟΙ, Αναστασία Μπαρμπούνη (επιμ.) Λεπτομέρειες