GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY
1 credits during the 1st year of 9282 SPEECH-LANGUAGE DISORDERS (L/SNT2) GE SAN MARTINO
1 credits during the 1st year of 9283 ORTHOPTIC STUDIES AND OPHTHALMOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE (L/SNT2) GE SAN MARTINO
1 credits during the 1st year of 9284 PODOLOGY (L/SNT2) GE SAN MARTINO
1 credits during the 1st year of 9286 PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION TECHNIQUE (L/SNT2) GE SAN MARTINO
1 credits during the 1st year of 9287 THERAPY OF MOTOR DISABILITY IN THE PEDIATRIC AGE (L/SNT2) GE SAN MARTINO
1 credits during the 1st year of 9288 DIETETIC STUDIES (L/SNT3) GE SAN MARTINO
1 credits during the 1st year of 9289 DENTAL HYGIENE (L/SNT3) GE SAN MARTINO
1 credits during the 1st year of 9291 Cardiocirculatory and Cardiovascular Perfusion techniques (L/SNT3) GE SAN MARTINO
1 credits during the 1st year of 9293 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES (L/SNT3) GE SAN MARTINO
1 credits during the 1st year of 9297 ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNIQUES (L/SNT3) GE SAN MARTINO
1 credits during the 1st year of 9298 PREVENTION TECHNIQUES IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE WORKPLACE (L/SNT4) GE SAN MARTINO
OVERVIEW
The health anthropology seeks to know the link between the concepts of health, environment and pay homage to the medico-biological requirements with numerous cultural stimuli that act before and during illness. The acquisition of an "anthropological approach" allows you to put into due consideration the biological determinants of the disease.
AIMS AND CONTENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course has as main objectives:
- To make the student capable of dealing with the issues related to health, the environment (biotic and abiotic), the disease through an "anthropological perspective";
- Become aware of the close relationship between the human being and the natural and social environment.
AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students must:
- Acquire adequate knowledge and skills of an effective understanding of the concepts in class.
- Be able to apply their knowledge and understanding and solving problems related to anthropology of health in all its extensions
- Know how to use both at the conceptual level and at the operational knowledge gained self-evaluation skills and skills in different application contexts
- Develop appropriate learning skills that enable them to continue to deepen
autonomously the main themes of discipline, especially in the workplace in which they will operate.
Teaching methods
Courses are taught by e-learning methodology (supplemented by lectures) through "blocks" of 10-15 minutes each; it is recommended that the student develop the content after each detachment.
SYLLABUS/CONTENT
- Definition and anthropology study fields - The concept of normality - The perennial osmosis between nature and culture: the example of secular trends - The human differentiation in time and space - Disease illness, sickness, - The concepts of health and disease in populations "other" - Populations, cultures, diseases: different medical knowledge
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RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY
Among the recommended texts for further study, especially with regard to topics covered in the course:
- Guerci, Dall’antropologia all’antropopoiesi.
Breve saggio sulle rappresentazioni e costruzioni della variabilità umana. Ed. C. Lucisano, Milano, 2007
TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD
Ricevimento: They receive students by appointment agreed by email: antonio.guerci@unige.it
Exam Board
DANIELA GARAVENTA (President)
ALESSANDRO ROBUTTI (President)
CARLA BUFFA (President)
CINZIA LAURA (President)
SIMONETTA AMADI (President)
DANIELA RASO
DANIELA PULZATO
MAURO PALUMBO
FLORIANA ROMANO
FORTUNATA ROMEO
HONORE JACQUES VERNETTI MANSIN COPPET
ANNA VAGNETTI
PAOLA STRAMESI
CLARA NOCETO
INGEBORG MULLER
FRANCESCA FARINA
LAURA FARAGUTI
MIRELLA DEFILIPPI
LUIGI BEGHELLO
NADIA FOLEGANI
GUIDO FRANCO AMORETTI
SILVANA MAZZARO
ANTONIO GUERCI
PATRIZIA BIANCHETTI
SUSANNA ACCOGLI
LESSONS
Teaching methods
Courses are taught by e-learning methodology (supplemented by lectures) through "blocks" of 10-15 minutes each; it is recommended that the student develop the content after each detachment.
EXAMS
Exam description
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Assessment methods
Synthetic response question
FURTHER INFORMATION
Whether the student is often that not, it requires a seriousness of commitment to learning and study as well as autonomy in solving problems that may arise during the preparation