Public Health 6 (Occupational Hygiene and Occupational Medicine)

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2026-2027

Thematik

The aim of the subject is to present the basics of occupational medicine and major risk factors in work environment and possibilities of prevention of occupational diseases.

After Public Health 6 the students must take a public health final exam which includes the material of all the Public Health subjects (Public Health 1 - 6).

Vorlesungen

• 1.

  Organization and levels of occupational health services.

  Labour safety.

  - Tibold Antal
• 2.

  Psychosocial and biological hazards, with particular reference to health care workers.

  Occupational accidents.

  - Gyöngyi Zoltán
• 3.

  Chemical hazards.

  - Járomi Luca
• 4.

  Occupational toxicology; chemical safety.

  - Járomi Luca
• 5. Occupational cancers I. - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 6. Occupational cancers II. - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 7.

  Physical risk factors.

  - Szabó István (Népeg)

Praktika

• 1. Increased exposures at workplace and risk assessment I. - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
• 2. Increased exposures at workplace and risk assessment II. - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
• 3. Genotoxicity laboratory practical I. - Szendi Katalin
• 4. Genotoxicity laboratory practical II. - Szendi Katalin
• 5. Toxicology of solid particles.
• 6. Ergonomics.
• 7. Medical and occupational health aspects of migration and disasters

Seminare

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

Edit Paulik: Public Health and Preventive Medicine; Medicina Publishing House, Budapest 2013.

Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

Educational material uploaded on PotePedia.

Skript

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Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

Participation in practicals is obligatory which is registered.

Absences should not exceed 2x45 min. Otherwise signature of grade book is denied.

Semesteranforderungen

Active participation in the lecture is an advantage for the exam.

Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

Students may attend the practical of another group on the same week. Pre-consultation with practical leader is needed.

Prüfungsfragen

After Public Health 6 the students must take a public health final exam which includes the material of all the Public Health subjects (Public Health 1 - 6).

Public Health Final Exam

1. History and objectives of public health 
2. Definition of health and disease 
3. Determinants of health 
4. Social risk factors 
5. Levels of prevention 
6. Health promotion 
7. Health politics 
8. Maternal and newborn health 
9. Child and adolescent health 
10. Health concerns of elderly. Aging societies 
11. Minorities: Health issues and disparities 
12. Health issues and disparities of people living with disabilities 
13. Evidence-based medicine and prevention 
14. History and objectives of epidemiology 
15. Causation in epidemiology: association and causation 
16. Epidemiological indicators I: indicators of disease frequency and population impact of a disease 
17. Epidemiological indicators II: definition and measures of relative risk and odds ratio 
18. Standardization 
19. Epidemiological studies: parameters, design 
20. Descriptive epidemiological studies, cross-sectional studies 
21. Ecological studies. Immigrant studies 
22. Case-control studies 
23. Cohort studies 
24. Experimental (interventional) epidemiological studies 
25. Meta-analysis, systematic review 
26. Errors and bias in epidemiological studies 
27. Confounders, effect modifiers and possibilities for elimination 
28. Molecular epidemiology 
29. Basic principles of screening 
30. Optional and mandatory screening 
31. Demography: definition, methods, data sources 
32. Demographic indicators: measures of mortality 
33. Demographic indicators: measures describing population groups. Population pyramids 
34. Demographic indicators: measures of birth and fertility 
35. Role of nutrition in prevention of cardiovascular diseases 
36. Role of nutrition in prevention of cancers 
37. Principles of healthy diet 
38. Epidemiology of malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies 
39. Dietary guidelines 
40. Special nutritional considerations: vegetarianism 
41. Special nutritional considerations: Mediterranean diet, DASH- (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet 
42. Special nutritional considerations: trendy diets 
43. Assessment of nutritional status, nutritional screening 
44. Dietary supplements and functional foods 
45. Food additives 
46. Food safety, food safety testing 
47. Chemoprevention 
48. Genetically modified organisms 
49. Interaction of environmental and genetic factors in disease development 
50. Genomics and epigenetics in public health. Nutrigenomics 
51. Molecular basics of carcinogenesis 
52. Primary and secondary factors of epidemic process (virulence, source of infection, means of transmission, susceptible host) 
53. Nosocomial infections. Sterilization, disinfection 
54. Infectious diseases worldwide 
55. Prevention of infectious diseases: vaccination, chemoprophylaxis 
56. Epidemiology and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases, mandatory immunisation for children 
57. Epidemiology and prevention of airborne bacterial infections 
58. Epidemiology and prevention of airborne viral infections 
59. Characteristics, types, occurrence and prevention of enteric infections 
60. Epidemiology and prevention of enteric bacterial infections 
61. Epidemiology and prevention of enteric viral infections 
62. Epidemiology and prevention of enteric helminth and protozoon infections 
63. Epidemiology and prevention of viral hepatitides 
64. Epidemiology and prevention of haematogenic and lymphogenic infections 
65. Epidemiology and prevention of infections transmitted through the skin 
66. Epidemiology and prevention of zoonotic helminth and bacterial infections 
67. Epidemiology and prevention of zoonotic protozoon and viral infections 
68. Epidemiology and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (excluding AIDS) 
69. Epidemiology and prevention of AIDS 
70. Epidemiology and prevention of prion diseases 
71. New infectious diseases. Bioterrorism 
72. Importance of non-communicable diseases in developed countries (mortality, morbidity, trends) 
73. Epidemiology of ischaemic heart disease 
74. Main modifiable risk factors of coronary heart disease 
75. Other modifiable risk factors of coronary heart disease 
76. Risk factors of coronary heart disease (excluding main and other modifiable risk factors) 
77. Epidemiology and prevention of cerebrovascular diseases 
78. Epidemiology and prevention of hypertension 
79. Cardiovascular diseases: risk assessment and prevention 
80. Morbidity and mortality of malignant diseases 
81. Role of infectious diseases in tumour development 
82. Risk factors of malignant diseases 
83. Screening of malignant diseases 
84. Epidemiology and prevention of lung cancer 
85. Epidemiology and prevention of colorectal cancer 
86. Epidemiology and prevention of breast cancer 
87. Epidemiology and prevention of prostate and cervix cancer 
88. Epidemiology and prevention of liver-, pancreas- and gastric cancer 
89. Epidemiology and prevention of head and neck cancers and skin cancers 
90. Epidemiology and prevention of diabetes 
91. Epidemiology and prevention of obesity 
92. Epidemiology and prevention of osteoporosis 
93. Epidemiology and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 
94. Epidemiology and prevention of asthma 
95. Epidemiology and prevention of allergic rhinitis 
96. Epidemiology and prevention of hepatic cirrhosis 
97. Epidemiology and prevention of ulcer disease 
98. Epidemiology and prevention of inflammatory bowel diseases 
99. Epidemiology and prevention of suicide 
100. Epidemiology and prevention of depression and mood disorders 
101. Epidemiology and prevention of anxiety disorders 
102. Epidemiology and prevention of schizophrenia and dementias 
103. Epidemiology and prevention of addictions 
104. Recommended and compulsory screening methods for non-communicable diseases (excluding cancers) 
105. Basic principles of ecology. Human environment, human ecology. 
106. Health effects of interiors, health and the built environment 
107. Air pollutants and their health effects 
108. Health effects of microbiological and chemical water pollutants, water quality testing 
109. Health effects of soil contamination. Health effects and management of waste water, wastes and hazardous wastes 
110. Risk assessment, management and communication 
111. Occupational toxicology, chemical safety 
112. Occupational cancers 
113. Physical hazards: disorders caused by noise and vibration and their prevention 
114. Chemical hazards: Industrial and agricultural toxicology of organic compounds 
115. Chemical hazards: Industrial and agricultural toxicology of inorganic compounds  
116. Psychosocial and biological hazards in the workplace 
117. Health effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiations 
118. Ergonomic factors. Health effects of inorganic and organic dusts and their prevention 
119. Occupational diseases of health care workers and prevention. Occupational accidents. 
120. Migration and catastrophes, medical and occupational health considerations 

Prüfer

• Gyöngyi Zoltán
• Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• Szendi Katalin
• Varga Csaba (Népeg)

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen

• Gyöngyi Zoltán
• Járomi Luca
• Katz Zoltán
• Marek Erika Mária
• Szabó István (Népeg)
• Szendi Katalin
• Varga Csaba (Népeg)