Ateneo - UPO

- The main objectives of scientific research
- The natural history of the disease and the role of prevention and health promotion
- Different types of prevention and health promotion
- Concepts of disease determinants and risk factors
- Concepts and measures of the impact of a prevention intervention
- The Global Burden of Disease project
- The complexity of primary prevention
- Role and need for evidence of effectiveness
- Sources of evidence: Medline and the Cochrane library
- The path from evidence production to practice
- Systematic reviews and public health guidelines
- Nutrition and physical activity
- Mediterranean diet
-Plant Based Diet
- Planetary Diet
- Ketogenic Diet

Slides and scientific papers

- Understand the different prevention concepts and their role within health interventions
- Understand and discuss the concept of health promotion and the main interventions that promote health
- Extract data from the tools made available by the Blobal Burde of Disease to estimate the need for prevention of a specific population - Identify effective interventions for promoting a healthy diet in scientific research databases
- Discuss the role of effectiveness and coverage of an intervention in determining the health impact in a given population

Basic epidemiology and medical statistics Human nutrition

Lectures, discussion of cases, research in literature databases and reading of articles and interactive games to verify learning

Some lessons will require computer/smartphone exercices.
Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request
specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse
e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-
students-physical-or-learning-disabilities.
Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted
the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination
modalities, concerning academic aspects.

Written exam with 10 multiple choice quiz based on materials used and content explained during lessons.
Sufficiency will be achieved if the student correctly answers at least 60% of the exam questions of the entire integrated course.

- The origins of scientific research on health and the causes of diseases
- The main objectives of scientific research - The natural history of disease
- Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention

- Health promotion
- Concepts of disease determinants and risk factor

- Integration of gender dimension: Gender differences in health
- Measures of association
- Concepts and measures of the impact of a prevention intervention
- The Global Burden of Disease project
- Role and need for evidence of effectiveness - Sources of evidence: Medline and the Cochrane library

- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: How to conduct a review and formulate a PICO question
- The path from evidence production to practice - Public health guidelines
- Choices that promote health
- Nutrition and physical activity: WHO guidelines
- Mediterranean diet
-Plant Based Diet
- Planetary Diet
- Ketogenic Diet

Development of the ability to identify health and prevention needs in a population. Literature search to identify effective health promotion interventions. Skill of understand the role of nutrition and physical activity as preventive strategies