Kontakt 2008, 10(1):194-199 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2008.027

Centre of Prevention of Civilization DiseasesBiomedicine

Lenka Šedová^1,*, Vlasta Koudelková¹, Věra Adámková²

¹ Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra ošetřovatelství

² Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra klinických oborů

The work comprises results of two-year activities of the Centre of Prevention of Civilization Diseases at the Faculty of Health and Social Studies, The University of South Bohemia. The centre is a shared facility of the Faculty of Health and Social Studies and company Danone. Services offered in the centre free of charge for citizens of the South-Bohemian region, are arranged to be in agreement with topical needs of the primary and secondary prevention in the field of civilization diseases. In the centre, the following care is offered free of charge: measurements of cholesterol, blood pressure, pulse rate, glycaemia, BMI and lipids and furthermore nutritional advisory activity with the help of the Nutri-Dan program loaned by the company Danone.
The Centre of the Prevention of Civilization Diseases operates under a control by the Department of Clinical Disciplines of the Faculty of Health and Social Studies, the University of South Bohemia, and company Danone. It started its activity in May 2006. The client may be any citizen over 18 years of age, who is interested in his/her healthy living style within the city of České Budějovice and South-Bohemian Region.
Between May 2006 and November 15, 2007, 84 men and 428 women from the South-Bohemian Region were examined. The measurement results can be considered as tentative parameters of the population health condition in the South-Bohemian Region. In a comparison of the parameters measured depending on the gender, there is a higher risk in men, since they exerted more frequent occurrence of hypertension (68%), and they also more frequently had excess body weight as expressed by the BMI (40%).
The healthy life style is a necessary part of the primary and secondary prevention of diseases. The healthy life style includes sufficient physical activities, non-smoking, rational food and mental balance, resistance to stress. In spite of the fact that the centre is not in operation for a long period, the number of clients is fairly good. Every individual, who visits the consulting facility, is examined free of charge and the values measured are independently summarized in a table for each client, for his/her own need. During a further visit in the Centre of the Prevention of Civilization Diseases, each client can compare the newly measured values with the preceding ones. The examination is related to key parameters of civilization diseases.

Keywords: prevention; health; living style

Received: March 18, 2008; Accepted: May 9, 2008; Prepublished online: June 27, 2008; Published: July 27, 2008  Show citation