Kontakt, 2010 (vol. 12), issue 2
Hodnotenie vedeckej činnosti a impact factorEditorial
Libuša Radková, Alexandra Archalousová, Nataša Bujdová
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):127-129 
Factors affecting the choice of the first affiliation in general nursesNursing
Martina Koutná, Darja Jarošová
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):131-135 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.017
The main target of the study presented here was mapping and description of factors affecting the choice of the first affiliation of nurses leaving the studies and comparison of the data acquired with results of foreign research. The first target was to evaluate and compare the development of preferences for particular working sites in students.The sample group included 63 students of the last year of full-time study branch General Nurse at Ostrava University in Ostrava and branch Registered General Nurse at SZŠ and VOŠZ Ostrava. Quantitative examination was implemented in March 2009 with the use of a standardized questionnaire by R. Whittle.Among...
Involvement of nurses in support of health and prevention of allergyNursing
Nikoleta Poliaková, Mária Boledovičová
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):136-143 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.018
The prevention is an unavoidable and important part of provisions focused on the control of the increasing frequency of allergic diseases. The authors of the contribution present results of a research aimed at establishing the extent of the involvement of nurses working at outpatient departments and taking the primary care of children and youth in support of the health and prevention of allergic diseases. The method was based on the use of a semi-structured questionnaire. The involvement of the nurses in the preventive care was expressed as a percent proportion of working hours devoted to consultation activities, visits to families, quality of the...
Role of nurses in providing play activities of hospitalized childrenNursing
Alena Machová, Iva Brabcová
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):144-150 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.019
In the life of a child and his/her family, disease brings a stress situation, particularly if hospitalization of the child is necessary. The child realizes the disease depending on his/her age and different children perceive their diseases in different ways. The restriction to movements and separation of children from friends and parents can result in anxiety.Play is a children activity, which offers children with pleasure and is very important for their social, intellectual and emotional development. During the play, the child is familiarized with unknown words and with all the causes of anxiety. By the controlled play, the nurses acquaint children...
A comparison of British and Czech models of the solution to children obesityHealth and Social Sciences
Helena Šašková, Heather Norris
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):151-158 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.020
The purpose of the work presented here is a comparison of two programmes of the solution to children obesity respecting this problem as whole. The authors of materials analyzed are the societies STOB in the Czech Republic and MEND in Great Britain. These are particularly PPS presentations, web sites, promoting materials and also direct communication with representatives of these societies and rich expert experience of one of the present authors. The attention was paid to similar features of and differences in the programmes considered.The first part of the article is aimed at risks of obesity and alarming statistics exerting the extent of the obesity...
Certain questions concerning the family in terms legislation (conditions in Czech countries at the end of the existence of Austro-Hungary)Health and Social Sciences
Karel Attl
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):159-169 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.021
The target of the work is to provide basic characteristics of legal arrangements of traditional families, establishing of marriage, possible divorce and principal relationships between parents and children in Czech countries at the end of the existence of Austro-Hungary.Considerations are recently being ever more frequently encountered not only in expert publications, indicating that the traditional family faces a big crisis. This is usually documented by different statistical data about high rates of divorces, low numbers of marriages, i.e. not establishing marriage of young persons or older partners, particularly over the last 15 years, replacement...
Diskusní fórum (vyjádření recenzentů k obsahu výše uvedeného článku)Health and Social Sciences
Senta Radvanová, Pavel Vošalík
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):169-172 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.022
Několik poznámek k článku (vyjádření autora k recenzím)Health and Social Sciences
Karel Attl
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):172-173 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.023
Selected aspects of the risk behaviour of technical university studentsHealth and Social Sciences
Zdeněk Valjent, Libor Flemr
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):174-184 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.024
The target of the study was to examine changes in opinions, attitudes and practices of students in the course of their university studies in terms of certain selected aspects of their risk behaviour. A questionnaire was employed to establish differences between a group of students of the first year (n = 625) and that of students of higher years (n = 581). The results obtained based on the statistical analysis (version 14.0 SPSS) were verified by qualitative methods - deep non-categorized interviews with 32 students and analysis of written texts provided by 27 students.The results indicate considerable changes in older students: in the number of...
Free-time activities for street children in ZambiaHealth and Social Sciences
Veronika Šimečková
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):185-192 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.025
The scope of the article is knowledge acquired by the author in the course of her stay in Zambia in 2006 to 2009. It concerns problems of so called free-time activities for "Street children". The attention is paid to problems of poverty, which involves the life of children, and inter alia, also affects the structure of their free time.The targets of the communication presented here is to describe the currently existing health and social situation in Zambia, define basic terms concerning free time and free-time activities, and describe free-time activities in Zambia as related to the social situation. Poverty is one of the biggest problems of Zambian...
Occurrence of the D-type personality in students of helping professionsHealth and Social Sciences
Ľubica Bánovčinová, Zuzana Škodová, Milina Bubeníková
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):193-198 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.026
The specific nature of helping professions presents high requirements not only for the professional capacity but also for the personality. The concept of the D-type personality including high negative affectivity and simultaneously high social inhibition plays an important role as a risk factor in the etiology and prognosis of certain diseases, particularly in coronary artery disease.The target of the present research was mapping of the occurrence of the D-type personality in a selected sample of students of helping professions. In this way, we considered a comparison of the occurrence of this feature in different study branches. In a sample of...
Consideration of the degree of dependence in children under 18 years of age with persisting long-term adverse health conditionsHealth and Social Sciences
Libuše Čeledová, Rostislav Čevela
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):199-206 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.027
The article deals with the consideration of the degree of dependence in children under 18 years of age with persisting long-term adverse health conditions. Children suffering from diabetes, mostly type I diabetes mellitus, under 18 years of age are considered by way of example. This is the most frequently occurring metabolic disease. The state supports parents taking care of children with long-term adverse conditions based on the system of social security benefits. The authors acquaint the reader with procedures employed in the consideration of children with long-term health involvements within the framework of the law on social services and compare...
Trends in the therapy of botulismBiomedicine
Jiří Patočka
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):207-211 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.028
Botulin neurotoxins are etiological agents of botulism, which is a disease manifested by peripheral neuromuscular blockage and characterized by plegia. Botulotoxin is the most toxic known substance. Botulotoxin A is currently in the focus of interest of healthcare professionals, and is employed in a number of clinical applications. It is most frequently used in the treatment of muscle spasticity, hyperhidrosis, focal dysphonias, blepharospasms, hyperactive bladder, pelvic pain syndrome, vasomotorial cephalgia, migraine, achalasia, anal fissures and vaginismus. The most effective protection against the toxin is induction of a protective immunity response...
Umírání a smrt v historickém vývojiPopularizace vědy
Helena Kisvetrová, Jana Kutnohorská
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):212-219 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.029
E-learningová podpora pro výuku mezinárodní klasifikace funkčních schopností, distability a zdraví (mkf)Varia
Jana Kupková, Hana Matlasová, Marek Zeman
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):220-225 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.030
Interaktivní výuka předmětu sociální gerontologie a thanatologieVaria
Ivana Šímová
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):226-229 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.031
Recenze na knihyReviews
Mária Boledovičová, Jan Vitoň
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):230-233
ZprávyNews
Stanislav Tůma
Kontakt 2010, 12(2):234-236