Department: Public Health
Laboratory: Prevention
Director: Professor Panayota Sourtzi

Laboratory Contact Details

• Telephone: +30 210 746 1474/-5
  E-mail: psourtzi[at]nurs.uoa[dot]gr

Room / Building

• 301, 123 Papadiamantopoulou Street, 11527, Athens

General Description

The laboratory of Prevention was established by in 1996 and its activities included teaching and research on disease – chronic and communicable -  prevention. Since 2000 the activities of the laboratory have expanded to include teaching and research on occupational and environmental health, health promotion and health education of workers, immigrants and other vulnerable populations in addition to educational activities.

The laboratory is specialized on occupational health and safety risk management in the health care environment, environmental risks management, medical waste management and HACCP for hospitals. It is also developing and evaluating educational programmes for the prevention of specific occupational hazards such as musculoskeletal disorders, sharp injuries, etc. In addition to the above specialized subjects there are also research projects on health promotion and education for employed populations as well as retired ones and epidemiological studies on disease prevention.

Laboratory Staff

• Emmanuel Velonakis, Professor Emeritus of Prevention and Environmental Health
• Panayota Sourtzi, Professor of Occupational Health Nursing
• Elina Grana, RN, MSc, PhDc
• Vassiliki Katsikavali, RN, MSc, PhDc
• Panagiotis Panagiotidis, MSc, PhDc
• Kleanthis Papagiannopoulos, MSc, PhDc
• Christos Priftis, MSc, PhDc
• Eirini Stylianaki, RN, MSc, PhDc
• Konstantina Tassiopoulou, RN, MSc, PhDc
• Stavroula Tziava,  RN, MSc, PhDc

Laboratory  Courses (undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum) - taught in the laboratory

• Prevention (pre-and postgraduate)
• Demography (postgraduate)
• Occupational Health (pre-and postgraduate)
• Health Education (postgraduate)
• Gerontology Nursing (undergraduate)
• Lectures in other undergraduate and postgraduate courses
• Organisation and implementation of training activities for health care personnel related to occupational and environmental health

Infrastructure

• Three PCs
• Instruments for students training in the preventive occupational health practice:
• ECG (2)
• Spirometer
• Audiometer
• Visiotest
• Electronic BP measurement
• Assistive devices for MSD prevention training in nursing students and hospital personnel

Laboratory Research Activities

• 2020-2023: EMMA-European Master on active ageing and age-friendy society, erasmus+ ka2, ΚΕ: 17267
• 2017-2021: “Safety Culture and Risk Management in Agriculture” (SACURIMA), COST: CA16123
• 2013-2016: ELLAN, European Later Life Active Network. Project No: 539547-LLP-1-2013-1-FI-ERASMUS-ENW, KA:12473
• 2011-2015: ΘΑΛΗΣ–UOA-The Detection, Transcription, and Analysis of Inequalities to Healthcare Access for Immigrants Living in Greece, MIS 377228

Publications

• Wiggin D, Penič B, Sulopuisto O, Setti A, Mali J, Stitzel A, Kuisma R, Baptista F, Kukkonen T, Konstantakopolou O, Timonen L, Carnide F, Velanoki V-S, Ströckl DE, Zymbal V, Cardadeiro G, Nevala E, Kaitelidou D, Sourtzi P, Hlebec V, Filipovič Hrast M, Timmons S. (2021). Postgraduate education in healthy and active ageing: learning needs, curriculum and expected outcomes: a scoping review protocol [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Study protocol. HRB Open Research.

• Pesiridis T, Galanis P, Anagnostopoulou E, Kalokerinou A, Sourtzi P (2021). Providing care to patients with COVID-19 in a reference hospital: health care staff intentional behavior and factors that affect it. AIMS Public Health 8 (3), 456-466
• Sarla E, Lambrinou E, Galanis P, Kalokairinou A, Sourtzi P. (2020). Factors That Influence the Relationship Between Social Support and Health-Related Quality of Life of Older People Living in the Community. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 6, 1-10
• Sourtzi P, Galanis P, Konstantakopoulou O, Siskou O, Kaitelidou D. (2020). Factors that influence the health status of immigrants living in Greece. AIMS Public Health 7 (2), 287-300
• Syrou N & Sourtzi P (2019). Implementation and evaluation of a distance learning program on school safety and hygiene. IJEI, 1, 73-84
• Kaitelidou D, Galanis P, Economou C, Mladovsky P, Siskou O, Sourtzi P (2019). Inequalities between Migrants and non-Migrants in accessing and using Health Services in Greece during an Era of Economic Hardship. International Journal of Health Services, 50 (4), 444-457

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