Corso: Environment & Health

The course aims:

To know the environmental factors that influence human health, with particular reference to the built environment.
To know the study methods used to quantify human exposure level to environmental factors and quantify health effects.
To know the World Health Organization and its role in managing a global health response to health threats.
To understand the potential in terms of reducing health risk that could result adopting good practices to prevent environmental risks.

At the end of the course, the students should be able:

To identify health risks that could arise from incorrect planning /designing/ management of natural and built environments.
To collect and analyse environmental and health data
To know good technical practices to prevent disease and environmental risks