Learning Outcomes
After successfully completing the course, the student could be able to:
_organise and execute an epidemiological study regarding medical topics
_include and follow-up patients in prevention programmes, regarding various types of cancer and coronary disease
_inform the citizen regarding public health issues like smoking, traffic accidents prevention,family planning
Course Content (Syllabus)
1.Introduction to preventive medicine
2.Research designs and issues in epidemiology
3.Planning for health improvement
4.Cancer Epidemiology and prevention
5.Cancer by tissye of origin
6.Infectious disease epidemiology
7.Epidemiology and prevention of specific infections
8.Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease
9.Accident and injury epidemiology
10.Tobacco
11.Alcohol abuse
12.Demography
13.Family planning programmes, contraception
14.Inequities in health
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
A. Κοινωνική και Προληπτική Ιατρική Μ. Αρβανιτίδου-Βαγιωνά, University Studio Press, Θεσσαλονίκη 2009 (Κωδικός στο «Εύδοξος» 17364, ISBN 978-960-12-1819-9) και Σημειώσεις των Μελών ΔΕΠ του Εργαστηρίου Υγιεινής.
B. Προληπτική Ιατρική και Δημόσια Υγεία, Τριχόπουλος Δ., Καλαποθάκη Β., Πετρίδου Ε., Εκδόσεις Ζήτα, Αθήνα 2000 και Σημειώσεις των Μελών ΔΕΠ του Εργαστηρίου Υγιεινής