שם הקורס: מבוא לבריאות העובד והסביבה

מרצה: ד"ר יונה אמסטר

מספר קורס: 286.4110

The field of environmental and occupational health is inter-disciplinary and broad.  We will provide the students with a broad overview of the core topics of environmental and occupational health including toxicological concepts (source, exposure pathway, route of absorption, target organ, dose-response, susceptibility and effect), use of epidemiologic tools (sentinel events, relative and attributable risk, case-control studies, prospective cohort, cross-section, and time-series methods), and significance of major environmental exposures (ambient air and water pollution), and occupational exposures (gasses, metals, pesticides, and ionizing  radiation). The course will focus on global environmental and occupational health problems and how policy, politics and leadership can impart a positive health impact on global communities.

In addition to the core topics listed above, we will discuss some of the societal aspects of environmental and occupational health including international disparities in disease incidence, impact of environmental exposures on susceptible populations, environmental and occupational health legislation, ethics and advocacy.  We will practice critical review of the epidemiological literature and apply the concepts discussed in the course to real-world environmental and occupational public health hazards.