Hygiene and epidemiology – examination questions
for ERASMUS students
1. Environment pollution and health implications of human exposure to major harmful substances in
the environment.
2. Air pollution and human health.
3. Water and health. Drinking water - quality requirements. Water borne health hazards.
4. Lifestyle; risk factors of “civilization diseases”.
5. Tobacco dependence: epidemiology, health impact, prevention
6. Tobacco dependence as a disease, treatment; role of health professionals.
7. Role of various food groups in human nutrition.
8. Dietary guidelines for the population.
9. Infant and young child feeding.
10. Role of proteins, lipids & carbohydrates in human nutrition (sources, excess, deficiency).
11. Role of minerals in human nutrition and their importance (Ca, P, Mg, Na, K -sources, deficiency,
excess).
12. Role of trace elements in human nutrition and their importance (Fe, I, Cu, Cr, F, Se, Zn -sources,
deficiency, excess).
13. Role of vitamins in human nutrition (source, deficiency, excess).
14. Nutritional disorders related to deficiency or excess of nutrients.
15. Toxic substances in foods.
16. Development of children and adolescents & issues.
17. Allergens in environmental and occupational settings. Health hazards, prevention options.
18. Occupational diseases of health care providers, principles of their health protection.
19. Physical factors of environment (microclimate and lighting).
20. Physical factors of environment (noise and vibrations) – evaluation methods, protection against
adverse effects.
21. Ionizing radiation. Medical applications of ionizing radiation; protection principles.
22. Physical factors of environment (UV radiation and electromagnetic field) – evaluation methods,
protection against adverse effects.
23. Chemical harmful substances in working environment – effects, principles of health protection
during work.
24. Late effects of xenobiotics.
25. Solid and liquid wastes issues; wastes from health facilities and their specific features.
26. Basic health indicators (morbidity, incidence, prevalence, mortality, fatality rate).
27. Primordial, primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
28. Descriptive epidemiological methods and studies.
29. Analytic and experimental epidemiological methods and studies.
30. Measures of central tendency and variability Normal (Gaussian/Bell) distribution.
31. Process of infection propagation - source of infection.
32. Transmission of infection etiologic agents.
33. Susceptible organism in the process of infection transmission.
34. Preventive anti-epidemic measures.
35. Implications of vaccination, type of vaccines, vaccination in the Czech Republic.
36. Repressive antiepidemic measures.
37. Airborne infections.
38. Foodborne infections.
39. Infections of skin and superficial mucosa.
40. Vector borne infections
41. Blood transmitted infections.
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Alimentary infections.
Nosocomial infections: sources, ways of transmission, most common etiological agents.
Nosocomial infections: incidence, risk factors, prevention.
Principle of safety measures of work with biological material.
Sterilization - importance, methods.
Disinfection - importance, methods.
Chronic chronic diseases occurring at a mass scale – term “civilization disease”
Epidemiology of cancer.
Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases.
Last update:03/09/2014