[Health education as prevention of alcoholism in young people]. / Educazione sanitaria come prevenzione dell'alcolismo nella popolazione giovanile.

The close correlation between road accidents and excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, as well as the lowering of the minimal age for alcohol drinking, prompted the Authors to examine the acute and chronic effects of alcohol on the human organism; therefore, they analyze the metabolic effects of alcohol and, after having described it's few beneficial effects, they furnish some suggestions to avoid above all "the havoc of Saturday evening", outlining in detail the causes and progressive states of alcoholic intoxication. The Authors, in agreement with the current views of prevention, professed by the scientific community, emphasize information and health education as the main tools that guarantee primary prevention in young people who, as it is well-known, belong to the most vulnerable segments of the population. To such purpose they created a poster, to which a CD will follow, that could be distributed and discussed in schools with the purpose to encourage social debate and constructive involvement of students, teachers and their parents.

[Preventive and therapeutic approach to tuberculosis in the general, and high-risk populations]. / Approccio preventivo e terapeutico della malattia tubercolare nella popolazione generale e nei soggetti a rischio.

Authors in the present contribute illustrate the tuberculosis disease in all aspects, the infection, the disease in active phase and in the resistant phase, the law, the prevention and the professional risk in exposed subject, and to consider the epidemiological aspect. Authors hope a coordinate approach between the different figure involved in the therapy and prevention of tuberculosis disease.

[Legislative Decree 25 of 2/2/2002: prevention of chemical agents risks]. / Il D.Lgs. 25 del 2/2/2002: protezione dai rischi da agenti chimici.

The Authors, with the present contribution, illustrate and comment the recent legislation aimed to protect workers from risks due to chemical agents and compare it with the previous legislation. A careful analysis makes it clear the urgent need to realize optimal safety standards for workers in the chemical industry, in order to protect them from avoidable risks.

[Safety and hygiene in activities of craftsmen: a survey in the province of Rome]. / Igiene e sicurezza nelle imprese artigiane. Indagine conoscitiva effettuata nella provincia di Roma.

The artisan firms, in the past, have paid a poor attention to hygiene's problem and to workers' safety. For this reason the Authors have promoted an investigation in 342 activities of Rome's district to verify the correct observance of some preventionistic indicators such as the evaluation of the risks, the electric plant, the use of ipd, the application of the system of signs, etc. The results of the research have proved a situation that is better in comparison with the past; the Authors analyze the causes and they auspicate that the evolutional process can guarantee the minimum safety's conditions to the all employees in the small firms.