Kontakt, 2017 (vol. 19), issue 2
The medical and social model of childbirthEditorial
Edwin Roland van Teijlingen
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):e73-e74 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.03.001 
Empirical evaluation of the changes in public health nursing interventions after the implementation of an evidence-based family home visiting guidelineNursing - Original article
Karen A. Monsen, Sadie M. Swenson, Lisa Klotzbach, Michelle A. Mathiason, Karen E. Johnson
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):e75-e85 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.03.002
The objective of this quality evaluation was to evaluate the changes in public health nursing (PHN) interventions after the implementation of an evidence-based family home visiting (EB-FHV) guideline encoded using the Omaha System.Design and sample: This quality improvement evaluation was conducted using a secondary dataset of 27,910 PHN family home visiting interventions from visits to 129 adult clients enrolled in EB-FHV programs in a Midwestern PHN agency. The interventions were documented 12 months before and 14 months after EB-FHV Guideline implementation. The EB-FHV consisted of 94 PHN interventions for 10 Omaha System problems, with electronic...
Selected aspects of education process realization in preventive cardiologyNursing - Original article
Marie Trešlová, Lenka Šedová, Sylva Bártlová, Valérie Tóthová, Ivana Chloubová
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):e86-e92 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.04.002
Introduction: Prevention is necessary in order to decrease the incidence of cardiovascular diseases. Effective intervention is an educational activity in the competence of general nurses. This research was focused on the educational activity regarding cardio prevention (nurse activities during the education of patients with cardiovascular disease).Aim: To monitor the conditions for realization of the educational process in preventive cardiology used by nurses in the Czech Republic (CR).Method: A quantitative method using the questionnaire technique of a voluntary standardized guided interview. Data were processed using descriptive statistics...
Personality predictors and their impact on coping with burnout among students preparing for the nursing and midwifery professionNursing - Original article
Ľudmila Majerníková, Andrea Obročníková
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):e93-e98 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.02.002
Personality characteristics might be important factors influencing an individual's ability to cope with burnout syndrome. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between personality factors such as self-evaluation and a sense of coherence and burnout syndrome among students of nursing. The study involved a total of 190 university students of the study programme Nursing and Midwifery (average age 20.66 ± 3.01; 98.4% females). Scale Burnout Inventory (SBI) in the school was used for assessing the burnout levels. A Sense of Coherence Questionnaire (SOC) and Rosenberger's Self-Esteem Scale (SES) were used as well. A significant negative...
Effect of maternal heart sounds on physiological parameters in preterm infants during aspirationNursing - Original article
Dilek Küçük Alemdar, Fatma Güdücü Tüfekci
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):e99-e104 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.04.001
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of maternal heart sound given to preterm infants during aspiration on pain and comfort.Methods: This was a randomized controlled trial. Preterm infants (n = 62) receiving care or treatment at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) were eligible for participation in this study. Infants in the intervention group were provided with prerecorded maternal heart sounds before, during, and after aspiration, whereas infants in the control group received routine care.Results: In both groups, the infants' physiologic parameters were evaluated during aspiration. In the study, it was determined that while...
The effectiveness of intervention programs for preventing patients from fallsNursing - Review article
Jana Horová, Iva Brabcová, Jitka Krocová
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):e105-e115 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.04.003
The goal was to write a review article which would summarize the conclusions of empirical studies on the effectiveness of preventive programs established in hospitals over the last 5 years.Incorporated research studies were found by using seven electronic databases on nursing and related health professional research (full text databases: Cinahl, Ebsco, Nursing Ovid, ProQuest STM+ Hospital Collection - Medline, Science Direct and citation databases PubMed and Scopus) entering keywords: accidental falls, effectiveness, fall prevention programs, institution. Other search criteria were: full text, reviewed publications, English language, human subject...
Professional values in Turkish undergraduate nursing students and its reflection on caring behaviourNursing - Original article
Yeşim Yaman Aktaş, Neziha Karabulut
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):e116-e121 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.03.003
Aim: Professional values and caring are important for nursing professionals. The purpose of this study was to determine professional values in undergraduate nursing students and its reflection on care behaviours.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey design was used. The study sample consisted of first-year, second-year, third-year and fourth-year undergraduate students (n = 351) studying for the Bachelor of Nursing Science Degree at the University of Giresun, Turkey. The data was collected by the researchers using the demographic form for students, 'Nursing Professional Value Scale' and 'Caring Assessment Questionnaire-Care-Q'.Results:...
The magnitude of problems in selected areas of the life of addicts entering resocialization in the context of the overall extent of their motivationSocial Sciences in Health - Original article
Ľuba Pavelová
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):e122-e129 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.04.004
Addicted persons have a large number of unsolved problems in different areas of their lives. The magnitude of these problems creates external and internal pressure, which is perceived as a motivating factor for the decision of addicted persons to solve their situation. In doing so, we consider the motivation for change and its maintenance as a foundation for entering the healing process and the keeping of abstinence. Motivation of addicted clients is perceived as a part of the "essential treatment-related perceptions" complex. The level of motivation when entering treatment significantly influences the treatment duration, as well as its outcome. This...
Risky behaviour in adolescents in the East Bohemian regionSocial Sciences in Health - Original article
Stanislava Hoferková, Václav Bělík
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):e130-e135 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.04.005
The aim of the study was to examine selected factors of health-related behaviour in children and youth in the Pardubice and Hradec Králové regions (which constitute East Bohemia). The participants were 664 pupils and were students of selected elementary and secondary schools.The research was carried out by means of quantitative data collection, using a questionnaire of our own design which included scale questions. The questionnaire of risk behaviour in adolescence investigates the risk factors of lifestyle in children and youth, i.e. specifically the category of truancy, neglecting school duties, addictive behaviour, aggressive behaviour including...
The development of an employer's pension scheme and additional private pension scheme in the Czech Republic (after 2012) and its problemsSocial Sciences in Health - Original article
Jan Molek
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):e136-e144 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.04.006
The amendment to the pension scheme that remains a part of the third pillar of the pension system even after its reform, valid since 2013, has brought many serious changes. Except for the alteration of the state contribution, there is in particular the fact that the newly established so-called participation funds do not guarantee a non-negative evaluation of the paid funds which allows choosing a more dynamic strategy with the hope of a higher yield under higher risks. At the same time an opportunity to continue in the so-called transformed funds (previous pension funds) and continue having a guarantee of a non-negative yield has been preserved.An...
Work ability of the Czech workforce aged 50+ and the relationship between selected demographic and anthropometric variablesSocial Sciences in Health - Original article
Petr Hlaďo, Bohumil Pokorný, Markéta Petrovová
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):e145-e155 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.05.001
Background: An aging workforce is a global phenomenon with significant implications for European countries. Interventions facilitating the active performance of work until retirement age have consequently been developed. A new concept of work ability, which comprehensively describes the way to achieve a better correspondence between aging and work, has been created in Finland as of the end of the twentieth century. It also includes an objective measurement of work ability based on the index of work ability. The use of methods of objectification of work ability upon determination of the WAI index is still at an early stage in the Czech Republic.Objectives:...
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Kontakt 2017, 19(2):i | DOI: 10.1016/S1212-4117(17)30029-6
Pížová, L., Balogová, B. Materstvo a starostlivosť o seba ako novodobé koncepty sociálnej práceReviews
Martin Hamadej
Kontakt 2017, 19(2):167