Objectives and competences
The student will:
• Learn about the environmental risk factors that affect human health.
• Learn about European and Slovenian environmental protection regulations.
• Learn about pollutants in air, soil, water, and their impact on human health.
• Learn about the preparation of drinking water and the parameters of drinking water.
• Learn about healthcare waste management and apply this knowledge to nursing practice.
• Learn about environmental indicators.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Environmental risk factors that affect human health: biological (plants, animals, micro-organisms, allergens), chemical (inorganic and organic substances), physical (radiation, noise, etc.).
European and Slovenian Environmental Protection Regulations.
Pollutants in air, soil, water, and other pollutants and their impact on human health.
Air, water, and soil monitoring.
Drinking water preparation and drinking water parameters.
Healthcare waste management and regulations.
Environmental indicators of public health: emissions of pollutants into the environment (air, water, soil).
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
After the course, the students will be able to:
• Explain the environmental risk factors that affect human health.
• Describe environmental protection legislation.
• Explain the most important pollutants in the environment and their impact on human health.
• Describe the regulations related to water, air, and soil monitoring.
• Explain the preparation of drinking water and obtain parameter readings.
• Apply the knowledge acquired on the management of healthcare waste in all clinical training in clinical institutions.
• Present environmental indicators.
Readings
Temeljna:
Šostar-Turk, Sonja, Rozman, Urška. Vpliv okolja na zdravje : (zbrano učno gradivo). Maribor: Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za zdravstvene vede, 2020.
Šostar-Turk, Sonja, Rozman, Urška, Blaznik, Urška, Hrženjak, Vesna, Golja, Viviana, Mušič, Ema, Nahtigal, Blaža, Perharič, Lucija, Pajnkihar, Majda, Vrbnjak, Dominika. Kemijski dejavniki tveganja v prehrani. 1. izd. Maribor: Univerzitetna založba, 2022. III, 234 str., ilustr.
Priporočena:
Eržen I., Gajšek, P., Hlastan Ribič, C., Kukec, A., Poljšak, B., Zaletelj Kragel, L.: Zdravje in okolje, Izbrana poglavja, Univerza v Mariboru, Medicinska fakulteta 2010
Lippmann, M. (2009). Environmental Toxicants. 3rd edition, A John Willey & Sons, Inc., Hoboken.
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