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Linee di Ricerca
The main aim of the Public Health Department is to understand which factors affect the health of individuals or entire populations and to define effective interventions for responding to their health needs. Special emphasis is therefore placed on prevention, so that the risks of contracting illness are lowered, and on the dissemination of independent, evidence-based information.
The department’s effort cannot disregard the National Health System, however, which must guarantee access to, and quality of, care that is based on principles of equity and appropriateness and must guarantee it especially to the more vulnerable patient groups. It is in this context that the Public Health Department carries out its activities.
In addition to its formal research activity, the department participates in, and organises, initiatives involving information dissemination, training, and debate aimed at healthcare operators and social care workers, but also at the general population. These activities are also supported by the publication of the department’s two journals: Ricerca&Pratica and Quaderni di Farmaco Economia.
During 2009, 34 people worked in the Department
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