Principles of preventing Communicable and no Communicable Diseases

 

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