2023
Zoonosis and Food Security II
Name: Zoonosis and Food Security II
Code: MVT13063M
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Health Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Analyse the natural history of a disease and identify the most appropriate phases for monitoring and applying preventive measures
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of health systems where they are
- apply knowledge in anticipating biological, chemical, physical or behavioural hazards and applying them in their field of work;
- interpreting individual and group laboratory results applied to different agents.
- establish causal links adapted to the natural history of different agents / phenomena, assessing the risk associated with the same
- design questionnaires adapted to different agents
- Receive and interpret the results found;
- provide prevention, control / eradication and mitigation measures.
- assessing the consequences of measures implemented;
- communicate ideas and scientific knowledge in oral and written form.
- work in groups and form work teams, seeking consensus and evidence-based decisions.
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of health systems where they are
- apply knowledge in anticipating biological, chemical, physical or behavioural hazards and applying them in their field of work;
- interpreting individual and group laboratory results applied to different agents.
- establish causal links adapted to the natural history of different agents / phenomena, assessing the risk associated with the same
- design questionnaires adapted to different agents
- Receive and interpret the results found;
- provide prevention, control / eradication and mitigation measures.
- assessing the consequences of measures implemented;
- communicate ideas and scientific knowledge in oral and written form.
- work in groups and form work teams, seeking consensus and evidence-based decisions.
Contents
Determining factors and risks associated with the food chain and the transmission of zoonoses.
Risk Analysis and Decision Trees
Bacterial zoonoses. Main transmission cycles and possible monitoring and control points
Viral zoonoses. Main transmission cycles and possible monitoring and control points
Parasitic zoonoses. Main transmission cycles and possible monitoring and control points
Risk Analysis and Decision Trees
Bacterial zoonoses. Main transmission cycles and possible monitoring and control points
Viral zoonoses. Main transmission cycles and possible monitoring and control points
Parasitic zoonoses. Main transmission cycles and possible monitoring and control points
Teaching Methods
Using case studies and outbreak reports, the methodologies and resources used in surveillance, control and prevention of diseases will be analyzed, taking into account the focus research methodologies and their control in a One Health Approach
Elaboration of a work in which the students will focus on a specific theme, explaining and characterizing it within a given geographic and political reality, planning the evaluation of its importance and weight in the community, scheduling the actions of control, surveillance, risk communication populations and identifying the assessment indicators. These works will be done in groups as heterogeneous as possible and in a tutorial orientation.
Elaboration of a work in which the students will focus on a specific theme, explaining and characterizing it within a given geographic and political reality, planning the evaluation of its importance and weight in the community, scheduling the actions of control, surveillance, risk communication populations and identifying the assessment indicators. These works will be done in groups as heterogeneous as possible and in a tutorial orientation.
Teaching Staff
