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View article: Prevention of cardiovascular disease through “Cardio50” screening: one-year outcomes
Prevention of cardiovascular disease through “Cardio50” screening: one-year outcomes Open
Cardiovascular diseases include a series of pathologies affecting the heart and blood vessels, including myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke and arterial hypertension. They represent one of the main causes of death both globally and in …
View article: Experience of Safety and Health Promotion in Dolomites Area.
Experience of Safety and Health Promotion in Dolomites Area. Open
The mountain context represents a suitable setting for promoting health. In view of the Olympic Games, which are expected to take place in the Dolomites area in 2026, the outdoor Alpine environment must con-tinue to meet all the health and…
View article: Improving the Quality of Mountain Facilities: A Novel Project in the Dolomites Area
Improving the Quality of Mountain Facilities: A Novel Project in the Dolomites Area Open
In its broadest sense, the mountain environment represents a setting useful for promoting health. This Italian project, conceived and applied in the Dolomites, aims to encourage multi-sector preventive public health policies; improve refug…
View article: Vaccinating in Different Settings: Best Practices from Italian Regions
Vaccinating in Different Settings: Best Practices from Italian Regions Open
Background: The success of vaccination programs depends on a complex interplay of logistical, social, and structural factors. The objective of this study was to analyze the different approaches to vaccine administration implemented by seve…
View article: Tuberculosis in a Migrant Population: Integrated Management of a Case through the Prevention Department and Hospital Services
Tuberculosis in a Migrant Population: Integrated Management of a Case through the Prevention Department and Hospital Services Open
Among numerous public health actions, the Prevention Departments of Local Health Authorities take charge of the migrant asylum-seeking population for health assessments, for the implementation of preventive activities, and for any conseque…
View article: Healthy Snack Project: Improving Healthy Choices through Multidisciplinary Food Education Actions
Healthy Snack Project: Improving Healthy Choices through Multidisciplinary Food Education Actions Open
School is one of the main settings where it is useful to guarantee health promotion actions, as it is well known that diet and eating habits that are shaped in the early stages of life are maintained through adulthood. The objective of thi…
View article: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns in Veneto Region: Population Vaccination Centers as Support for the Traditional Outpatient Model
Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns in Veneto Region: Population Vaccination Centers as Support for the Traditional Outpatient Model Open
The extraordinary vaccination campaigns of the COVID-19 pandemic era put organizational and operational systems to the test in numerous territorial contexts. In the Veneto region, the activation of population vaccination centers (CVPs) gua…
View article: Collective Catering Activities and Official Controls: Dietary Promotion, Sustainability and Future Perspectives
Collective Catering Activities and Official Controls: Dietary Promotion, Sustainability and Future Perspectives Open
Ensuring safe meals with suitable hygienic-sanitary and nutritional features is an essential requirement to guarantee health in different settings. This study aims to evaluate the compliance of collective catering menus adopted in both sch…
View article: The Preventive Health Professions in Italy: The Efficient Use of Resources, Skills and Best Practice during the Pandemic
The Preventive Health Professions in Italy: The Efficient Use of Resources, Skills and Best Practice during the Pandemic Open
Health visitors (HVs) and environmental health officers (EHOs) are the healthcare workers (HCWs) who, in the Italian National Health Service, mainly operate in the prevention departments of local health authorities, guaranteeing the territ…
View article: Cutaneous Melanoma in Alpine Population: Incidence Trends and Clinicopathological Profile
Cutaneous Melanoma in Alpine Population: Incidence Trends and Clinicopathological Profile Open
Previous studies associated high-level exposure to ultraviolet radiation with a greater risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM). This study focuses on the changing incidence of CMM over time (from 1990 to 2017) in the Veneto region of N…
View article: Halting the pandemic outside ‘CORTINA2021’ alpine world ski championships: a challenge for sport and public health in times of COVID-19
Halting the pandemic outside ‘CORTINA2021’ alpine world ski championships: a challenge for sport and public health in times of COVID-19 Open
Background In February 2021 the “Cortina2021” Alpine World Ski Championships took place in the mountain town of Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy), thus gaining the definition of “first sporting event of global significance in the time of covid-19 …
View article: Health Communication in COVID-19 Era: Experiences from the Italian VaccinarSì Network Websites
Health Communication in COVID-19 Era: Experiences from the Italian VaccinarSì Network Websites Open
In 2013, in a bid to combat Vaccine Hesitancy (VH) and provide information on vaccines by communicating with the general public and the health community (e.g., healthcare workers and public health operators), the Italian Society of Hygiene…
View article: Tuberculosis in schools: an outbreak in northeastern Italy and some key health protection interventions
Tuberculosis in schools: an outbreak in northeastern Italy and some key health protection interventions Open
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View article: Drive-through vaccinations prove successful in immunizing mountain communities against tick-borne encephalitis during the Covid-19 pandemic
Drive-through vaccinations prove successful in immunizing mountain communities against tick-borne encephalitis during the Covid-19 pandemic Open
In March 2020 the covid-19 pandemic led to the abruption of most of the routine outpatient activities in the Italian hospitals and Prevention Departments, including those vaccinations which were not urgent and/or scheduled for the age 0-6.…
View article: Hypothesis to explain the severe form of COVID-19 in Northern Italy
Hypothesis to explain the severe form of COVID-19 in Northern Italy Open
What is already known about this subject?► Human coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory re-infections, regardless of pre-existing humoural immunity.► There is evidence suggesting that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus typ…
View article: Italian Public Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Report from the Field, Insights and Challenges for the Department of Prevention
Italian Public Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Report from the Field, Insights and Challenges for the Department of Prevention Open
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is rapidly progressing globally, and Italy, as one of the main pandemic hotspots, may provide some hard lessons for other countries. In this paper, we summarize the current organizational capacit…
View article: Safety in Wine Production: A Pilot Study on the Quality Evaluation of Prosecco Wine in the Framework of UE Regulation
Safety in Wine Production: A Pilot Study on the Quality Evaluation of Prosecco Wine in the Framework of UE Regulation Open
In Italy, wine production is considered a sector of excellence, where the wines’ appreciable sensory features are favored by environmental factors, including weather and climate conditions, which benefit territories with a specific vocatio…
View article: Impact of Communication Measures Implemented During a School Tuberculosis Outbreak on Risk Perception among Parents and School Staff, Italy, 2019
Impact of Communication Measures Implemented During a School Tuberculosis Outbreak on Risk Perception among Parents and School Staff, Italy, 2019 Open
Risk perception has a significant impact on decisions people make when facing a threat: a mismatch between actual hazard and perceived risk can lead to inappropriate behaviours and suboptimal compliance to recommended public health measure…
View article: High rate of transmission in a pulmonary tuberculosis outbreak in a primary school, north-eastern Italy, 2019
High rate of transmission in a pulmonary tuberculosis outbreak in a primary school, north-eastern Italy, 2019 Open
Italy is a low-incidence country for tuberculosis (TB). We describe a TB outbreak in a primary school in north-eastern Italy, involving 10 cases of active pulmonary disease and 42 cases of latent infection. The index case was detected in M…
View article: The nutrition hygiene as a mission of the departments of prevention.
The nutrition hygiene as a mission of the departments of prevention. Open
black clouds are approaching the Italian National Health Service (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale or SSN), the perfect storm is getting closer: drowning will be a common fate if no changes will be put in place. The signs are all there: dramat…