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PREVENTION

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

Laboratory Contact Details

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 specializes 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.

 

Teaching, Research and Laboratory staff:

  • Panayota Sourtzi, Professor of Occupational Health Nursing
  • Eleni Roditi, RN, MSc, Research Associate, PhDc
  • Eirini Stylianaki, RN, MSc, PhDc
  • Themis Oikonomou, PhDc
  • Sotiria Rompola, PhDc

 

Courses (undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum):

  • Applied Epidemiology & Prevention (pre-and postgraduate)
  • Demography (postgraduate)
  • Occupational Health (pre-and postgraduate)
  • Health Education (postgraduate)
  • Gerontology Nursing (undergraduate)
  • Lectures in other undergraduate and postgraduate courses

 

Infrastructure:

  • Four PCs
  • Instruments for students training in the preventive occupational health practice:
    • ECG (2)
    • Spirometer (2)
    • Audiometer (2) & Acoometric Booth
    • Visiotest
    • Electronic sphygmomanometer
    • Weight and Height Gauge (2)
    • Examination Bed (2)
  • Assistive devices for MSD prevention training in nursing students and hospital personnel

 

Laboratory research activities (recent and ongoing):

  • 2023-2026: chAnGE-Climate change and healthy AgeinG: co-creating E-learning for resilience and adaptation
  • 2022-2023: HAiG-Healthy Aging and well-being of community-dwelling older persons in Greece
  • 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

 

Publications (recent):

  1. Grana, E., Galanis, P., Velonakis, E., Tziaferi, S., & Sourtzi, P. (2024). Investigating the Effectiveness of a Workplace Musculoskeletal Disorders Management Program. Healthcare, 12(18), 1815. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12181815
  2. Wiggin DA, Penič B, Sulopuisto O, Setti A, Mali J, Stitzel A, Kuisma R, Baptista F, Sourtzi P, Timmons S. (2024). Postgraduate education in healthy and active ageing: a systematic scoping review of learning needs, curricula and learning impact. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 45(3):345-368. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2023.2187386.
  3. Christodoulakis A, Kritsotakis G, Linardakis M, Sourtzi P, Tsiligianni I. (2024). Evaluating Critical Thinking Disposition, Emotional Intelligence, and Learning Environment of Nursing Students: A Longitudinal Study. West J Nurs Res. 46(5):381-388. doi: 10.1177/01939459241238687. 
  4. Galanis P, Moisoglou I, Katsiroumpa A, Sourtzi P.(2024).  Impact of workplace bullying on job burnout and turnover intention among nursing staff in Greece: Evidence after the COVID-19 pandemic. AIMS Public Health. 29;11(2):614-627. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2024031.
  5. Wiggin DA, Setti A, Mali J, Ströckl DE, Sourtzi P, Nevala E, Penič B, Zymbal V, Cardadeiro G, Carnide F, Baptista F, Fitzgerald T & Timmons S (2023). Learning needs in healthy and active aging according to key stakeholders: a multinational survey, Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2023.2252368
  6. Galanis P, Katsiroumpa A, Sourtzi P, Siskou O, Konstantakopoulou O, Kaitelidou D. (2023). The COVID-19 burnout scale: development and initial validation. J Ment Health. 32(5):985-994. doi: 10.1080/09638237.2023.2245914.
  7. Christodoulakis A, Kritsotakis G, Linardakis M, Sourtzi P, Tsiligianni I. (2023). Emotional intelligence is more important than the learning environment in improving critical thinking. Med Teach. 45(7):708-716. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2193305. 
  8. Katsiroumpa A, Sourtzi P, Kaitelidou D, Siskou O, Konstantakopoulou O, Galanis P. (2023). Predictors of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Willingness among High-Risk Populations Three Years after the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Vaccines (Basel). 11(2):331. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11020331. 
  9. Christodoulakis A, Kritsotakis G, Gkorezis P, Sourtzi P, Tsiligianni I. (2023). Linking Learning Environment and Critical Thinking through Emotional Intelligence: A Cross-Sectional Study of Health Sciences Students. Healthcare (Basel). 11;11(6):826. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11060826. 
  10. Pana A, Sourtzi P, Kalokairinou A, Velonaki VS. (2022). Sarcopenia and polypharmacy among older adults: A scoping review of the literature. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 98:104520. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2021.104520.
  11. Galanis P, Katsiroumpa A, Sourtzi P, Siskou O, Konstantakopoulou O, Katsoulas T, Kaitelidou D. (2022). Social Support Mediates the Relationship between COVID-19-Related Burnout and Booster Vaccination Willingness among Fully Vaccinated Nurses. Vaccines (Basel). 11(1):46. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11010046. 
  12. Tasiopoulou KE, Sourtzi P (2022). Investigation of health and safety conditions of migrants compared to native wokers. Nursing Care & Research/Nosileia kai Ereuna, 63: 121-149
  13.  Τζιάβα Σ, Σουρτζή Π (2022). Αξιολόγηση Σχολικών Προγραμμάτων Αγωγής Υγείας  Nursing Care & Research/Nosileia kai Ereuna,62: 86-97
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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

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