Knowledge and Training Needs on Built Environment and Indoor Health of Italian Public Health Residents: a National Survey
Vol. 58 No. 2 (2017), Articles
Vol. 58 No. 2 (2017)

Knowledge and Training Needs on Built Environment and Indoor Health of Italian Public Health Residents: a National Survey

Articles
https://doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2017.58.2.652
Published 2017-07-04
Lorenzo Capasso
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Medicina Sperimentale e Forense, Università degli Studi di Pavia.
Francesca Campanella
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Medicina Sperimentale e Forense, Università degli Studi di Pavia.
Claudio Costantino
Department of science for Health Promotion and Mother to child care “G. D’Alessandro” University of Palermo.
Maddalena Gaeta
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Medicina Sperimentale e Forense, Università degli Studi di Pavia.
Stefano Capolongo
Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction engineering (ABC), Polytechnic University of Milan.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4679-9829
Marisa Arpesella
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Medicina Sperimentale e Forense, Università degli Studi di Pavia.
Daniela D'Alessandro
Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7980-2908
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Keywords

Residency
Public Health
Post-graduate Medical Education
Building Hygiene
Indoor Environment.

Abstract

Introduction

The Working Group for Hygiene of Built Environment and the National Council of Residents of the
Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health conducted a nation-wide survey to evaluate the knowledge and training needs on built environment and indoor health of Italian public health residents.

Results

The compliance was very high (52,4%) covering all the Italian postgraduate schools. The results underline important lacks of theoretical formation and practical training, but also a certain inhomogeneity across the country and show a strong interest of residents on this topic.

Conclusions

The authors propose the adoption a national core curriculum and suggest some strategies to improve learning.

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