Kontakt, 2011 (vol. 13), issue 2
Publikuj, nebo zhyň!Editorial
Jiří Šimek
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):127 
Opinions of physicians and general nurses concerning advantages and drawbacks of taking care of seniors in home environmentNursing
Valérie Tóthová, Věra Veisová, Sylva Bártlová
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):129-137 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.017
In the recent years, ever increased attention is being paid to worldwide trends of aging population, which is reflected in social, health as well as economic spheres. Seniors ever increase in number and thus, quite different requirements for services, which can they use including those in the field of healthcare, are quite different compared to the situation several tens of years ago. The contemporary care for this population exerts its failures and this is also one of many reasons why there are important discussions concerning the community care, where the healthcare and welfare professionals, and particularly community nurses, can completely use...
Problems of hospitalization of members of the Ukrainian minority in hospitals in the Czech RepublicNursing
Andrea Hudáčková, Iva Brabcová
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):138-147 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.018
The article acquaints the readers with results of the grant project named "Providing effective, culturally differentiated nursing care in selected minorities in the Czech Republic (NS 9606-3)", the partial target of which also included an analysis of opinions of the Ukrainian minority concerning the quality of healthcare services provided in Czech hospitals, mapping of specific needs of Ukrainian migrants based on cultural differences and subsequent identification of obstacles encountered by healthcare professionals in providing the holistic care for these patients. The research was implemented based on a financial support from the Internal Grant Agency...
Pro-social behaviour and nursingNursing
Ľubica Bánovčinová, Milina Bubeníková
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):148-156 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.019
In helping professions including nursing, the planned form of the help is a characteristic feature. The target of our survey was mapping of the occurrence of the pro-social behaviour or pro-social personality in a selected sample of students and nurses. The sample included 245 respondents: 143 students of the regular form of the bachelor study in the branch nursing (age of respondents ranged between 19 and 25 years, average age was of 20.86 years) and 102 nurses employed as healthcare professionals (average age 36.06 years, the lowest age was of 23 years and the highest age was of 52 years). For the identification of the pro-social behaviour we employed...
Development of equipment of regions with services of social care for seniors and handicapped peopleHealth and Social Sciences - Original article
Ladislav Průša
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):157-165 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.020
Introduction of a new system of financing social services offers prerequisites for finding an optimum form of providing human needs under adverse social conditions, which should increase the efficacy of the financial means used for this purpose. The target of the present contribution is an analysis of the equipment of regions with social services for seniors and handicapped people and evaluation of implementation of modern European trends in this field in our country.It is shown that there are very considerable differences in equipment of particular regions and that the availability of particular services is not at the same level in all the regions....
Results of proceedings of appeal concerning occupational diseases at the Centre of Occupational Diseases, Hospital České Budějovice, a. s. in 2005 to 2009Health and Social Sciences - Original article
Eva Cepáková, Aleš Hejlek
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):166-176 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.021
The target of the work presented here was the evaluation of decisions of the proceedings of appeal concerning occupational diseases (including occupational injuries) issued by the section of social affairs and healthcare of the Regional Office of the South Bohemian Region in 2005-2009. The data necessary were accumulated by processing the medical documentation kept at the Centre of Occupational Diseases, Hospital České Budějovice, a. s. In our work, we also considered legal aspects of occupational diseases and proceedings of appeal. Over the considered five-year period, at our department, we solved total of 111 appeals concerning occupational diseases,...
Volunteering: one of the possibilities for the unemployedHealth and Social Sciences - Review
Michaela Kabelková, Petra Königová
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):177-186 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.022
Due to the slowly receding global economic crisis, the number of unemployed persons in the Czech Republic remains high. According to data of the Czech Statistical Office, in the fourth quartile of 2010, the unemployment rate reached 7% for those between the ages of 15-64. Accordingly, it is important to discover ways to reduce the high unemployment rate, reduce the corresponding impact on the state budget, and most importantly, help the unemployed. In the Czech Republic, the most common and preferred approach to reducing the structural unemployment is through re-training. We believe an additional approach merits consideration, namely, the use of volunteering....
Effects of work on health of members of the Mongolian minority in the Czech RepublicHealth and Social Sciences - Original article
Marie Jelínková
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):187-196 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.023
In all the advanced countries, there is a higher frequency of occupational injuries in foreigners compared to the majority population. The foreigners are not exposed to a significantly higher health risk during their employment, but the nature of the work performed by them contributes to the risk. Given the fact that foreigners account for nearly 3% of the total frequency of occupational injuries in the Czech Republic, based on certain investigations, it is possible to believe that the occurrence of their injuries is actually considerably higher and the injuries are considerably more frequent. A similar situation can also be expected in occupational...
Life of women after hysterectomyHealth and Social Sciences - Original article
Erika Krištofová, Mária Boledovičová, Iveta Macáková
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):197-203 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.024
The quality of life of an individual is very tightly related to the health condition. Hysterectomy is an invasive intervention in the woman body. It brings changes in the life and requirements for important and necessary adaptations. The contribution presented here describes the quality of life of women submitted to hysterectomy. Its target was evaluation and comparison of the quality of life of women with benign and malignant diseases after hysterectomy, consideration and evaluation of differences in the assessment of the quality of life in the physical, mental and social areas and in the surrounding environment. The sample included 100 women, 50%...
Failures in respecting intimacy of patients in medical institutionsHealth and Social Sciences - Original article
Lucie Sikorová, Andrea Filová
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):204-210 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.025
The contribution presents results of a survey focused on monitoring principles of saving intimacy of patients in selected hospitals in Ostrava. The survey was implemented at departments of surgery, internal medicine, gynaecology and central admission. The target of the examination was to find how the patients and healthcare professionals perceive adhering to the intimate nature during the communication patient-healthcare professional and how the patients and healthcare professionals consider adhering to the patient intimacy in the course of the care provided in the environment of healthcare institutions. The survey was performed in the first quarter...
Social work with small children of mothers addicted to alcoholHealth and Social Sciences - Original article
Marek Šrank, Mária Boledovičová
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):211-215 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.026
The contribution deals with a view of social welfare professionals in medical institutions on their professional activities focused on small hospitalized children of mothers addicted to alcohol. The dependence on alcohol currently brings a severe social problem encountered in our everyday life. Not only the addicted person but also an individual, a small child in the case considered here, who is most involved by the given social-pathological phenomenon, becomes an object of the social work. The welfare professional as a member of a multidisciplinary team in the medical institution enters interactions not only with healthcare professionals but also...
Successful and unsuccessful university students in terms of selected indicators of the active living styleHealth and Social Sciences - Original article
Zdeněk Valjent
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):216-229 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.027
The purpose of the study presented here was to find whether successful students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague have different living style compared to those students of the same faculty, who were forced to discontinue the study for different reasons. With the help of a questionnaire (7-point Likert scale), based on preliminarily established objective significance, differences were determined between a group of students continuing their studies after the third semester (n = 625) and that of students who have already terminated the study (n = 311).Based on considering total of 34 selected indicators,...
Blood lipids, metabolic syndrome and possibilities of affecting themBiomedicine - Original article
Ilona Lískovcová, Vladimír Vurm
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):230-241 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.028
Lipids together with saccharides and proteins form basic components of the organism nutrition. Excess amounts and unsuitable composition of lipids in the food increase the risk of severe diseases. About half the world population have increased cholesterol levels, which causes one third of the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. The most effective method of reducing the incidence of cardiovascular diseases in the population is a prevention, which inter alia includes the treatment of hyperlipoproteinaemia, i.e. adhering to regimen provisions and possibly pharmacotherapy.The target of the present pilot research was to find what levels of blood...
Toxicology and environmental toxicology of herbicide triclopyrBiomedicine - Original article
Jiří Patočka, Zdeněk Hon, Petr Procházka, Kamil Kuča
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):242-249 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.029
Triclopyr is a systemic herbicide, which belongs to the group of chlorinated pyridines. Triclopyr is used in the form of ester or amine salt. It is employed for the control of deciduous woody plants, provided that it does not destroy grass and coniferous woody plants. It is used for the control of broad leafed weeds and bushes at different spots along ways, in pastures and meadows, in forests and sport areas including home lawns, where the grass and coniferous woody plants remain intact after this use. Triclopyr is unusually effective against woody plants and is used for the destruction of bushes along railways and defoliation of forest areas. Triclopyr...
ReviewReviews
Vojtěch Krebs, Jan Vitoň
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):250-252
ReportsNews
Šimák, M., Prouza, D., Eisertová, J., Zölzer F.
Kontakt 2011, 13(2):253-255