Vojenské Zdravotnické Listy, 2003 (vol. 72), issue 4
VĚDECKÁ KONFERENCE - LIŠKUTÍNOVY DNY
Pavol Hlúbik
VZL 2003, 72(4):137 
RIZIKA A ŠANCE VE VÝUCE, VÝZKUMU A PRAXI V HYGIENĚ A EPIDEMIOLOGII
Vladimir Bencko
VZL 2003, 72(4):138-140
PRÍPRAVA POSTGRADUÁLNEHO ŠTÚDIA ODBORU HYGIENA NA LEKÀRSKEJ FAKULTE UNIVERZITY P. J. ŠAFÁRIKA V KOŠICIACH
Kamila Bernasovská
VZL 2003, 72(4):140-141
MASTER’S STUDIES OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT AT THE SECOND MEDICAL FACULTY OF CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE
Karel Dohnal, Eva Pýchová
VZL 2003, 72(4):141-144
There is no study branch in the system of educational programmes focused on master’s studies of public health and management for graduates of medical and art bachelor programmes in the Czech Republic. There are already a few dozen of them accredited. At present the following bachelor study branches are taught at the Second Medical Faculty of Charles University: optics and optometry and physiotherapy. Preparations for bachelor studies are being completed in the following areas: nursing, the laboratory method and the depicting method and ionizing irradiation application. For the school year 2003/2004 we have applied for accrediation of the public...
TOPICAL INTERCONNECTION AMONG RESEARCH, THEORY AND PRACTICE AT THE INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AT THE JESSENIUS MEDICAL FACULTY OF COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN MARTIN, SLOVAKIA
Magdaléna Szárazová, Tatiana Janušová, Aurel Dostál
VZL 2003, 72(4):145-147
Pregraduate education in hygiene (after restructuralization in the School year 2001/2002) is carried out in two study branches: general medicine and nursing. In the 10th Semester for students in the general medicine study branch, hygiene education consists of 12 lessons of lectures and 24 lessons of practical exercises. In the 2nd semester for students in the bachelor and master's nursing study branches, it consists of 18 lessons of lectures and 18 lessons ofpractical exercises, and in the 1st and 2nd semesters for students in the external form of nursing study branch it consists of 12 lessons of lectures...
EVALUATION OF EDUCATION IN HYGIENE CARRIED OUT BY A CLASSICAL METHOD AND A CASE STUDY METHOD
Jaroslav Tejral, Jiři Mareš, Jindra Šmejkalová, Zdeněk Fiala
VZL 2003, 72(4):147-150
We would like to inform you about a questionnaire survey carried out during the teaching of preventive occupational medicine at our school's Institute of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine. We tried to find out the attitudes of students in the 5th year of general medicine studies to the Seminar teaching of occupational medicine carried out during the first part of the lessons by a classical method of discussing topics already taught and in the second part by using case vstudies which one of the authors obtained during his practice.From the results obtained we can say that the teaching of hygiene and preventive medicine is accepted in...
TOPICAL KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE LIFE-STYLE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM THE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASPECT
Zuzana Štefániková, Jana Jurkovičová, Ludmila Ševčíková, Ľubica Sobotová, Stanislav Sekretár, Ľubica Ághová
VZL 2003, 72(4):150-153
The aim of this study is to present selected life-style characteristics in university students, important from the point of view of cardiovascular risk and intersexual differences which occurred from 1992 to 2002. A total of 3172 medical students participated (1185 men, 1987 women, the average age being 22.38±1.34 years). The occurrence of psychogenic stress was increasing (32.8% of students in 1992 and 46.5% in 2002, p<0.001). The opposite situation exists with sport activity: the number of students with low physical activity increased from 13.2% to 36.9% in 2002 (p<0. 001). Women more frequently use hormonal contraception (0.5% in 1992;...
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES FOCUSED ON THE CHILDREN’S POPULATION
Zdeňka Vašíčková
VZL 2003, 72(4):153-157
From 1993 to 1995 three nutritional intervention programmes were organized by the Department of Preventive Medicine, at the Medical Faculty in Brno: ”Five Times a Day“, “The Elixir M“ and “Food Guided Pyramid“. Their aim was to improve young children’s knowledge about nutrition and consequently to positively influence their dietary habits. Our study tried to evaluate the long-term ejfects of these programmes, i. e. hether children from the schools with intervention programmes (presently aged 14-15 years) have maintained their knowledge of “healthy nutrition“ and to compare them with children...
CHRONIC DISEASES IN SLOVAK SCHOOL CHILDREN - ROUTINE STATISTICAL DATA AND A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Ľudmila Ševčíková, Erika Macháčová, Zuzana Štefániková, Jana Jurkovičová, Ľubica Ághová
VZL 2003, 72(4):158-160
The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in morbidity in Slovak school children since 1965 and to compare the accessible official health statistical data up to 1989 with the results of a cross-sectional study from 2000. Sample and method. Questionnaires completed by children and parents were used to obtain data from a representative sample of 3605 Slovak school children. Reports of the Institute of Health Information and Statistics in Bratislava were the source of routine health data.Results. A highly significant increase in non-specific respiratory diseases, allergic diseases, orthopedic disorders, visual and psychological...
SELECTED HEALTH STATE BIOMARKERS AS A REFLECTION OF THE SLOVAK POPULATION’S LIFE-STYLE
Jana Jurkovičová, Zuzana Štefániková, Ľudmila Ševčíková, Ľubica Sobotová, Ľubica Ághová
VZL 2003, 72(4):160-163
The aim of this Study was to find the incidence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in the Slovak population and to motivate the working population, by targetted intervention, to actively take care of its own health.The examined group. The project was carried out at twelve workplaces in Slovakia from June to September 2001. 1,503 workers took part in it (48.3% men and 51.7 % women). Their average age was 41.7±9.3 years.The results. The most important life-Style factors are smoking, a high amount of Stress both at work and at home, insufficient physical activity and Some bad aspects of nutrition. The high incidence of obesity,...
A CONTRIBUTION TO BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTORS IN MEDICAL STUDENTS
Tatiana Janusová, Magdaléna Szárazová, Aurel Dostál
VZL 2003, 72(4):164-167
This article presents the results of a six-year monitoring of selected life-style risk factors (smoking, drug and alcohol abuse, coffee drinking, and hormonal anticonception) and positive family and personal case histories in connection with cardiovascular risk during the monitoring of students in the 5th year of medicine at the Jessenius Medical Faculty of Comenius University in Martin, Slovakia. 501 students were evaluated (216 men and 285 women) in the form of an anonymous questionnarie survey carried out from 1998 to 2003. The following five personal case history data were monitored: hypertension, myocardial infarct, congenital heart defects,...
IS PREVENTION OF SMOKING AND PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IMPORTANT?
Ivan Dóci, Ladis1av Hosák, Mária Kovářová
VZL 2003, 72(4):167-170
The prevalence of smoking and psychotropic drug abuse in patients with schizophrenia is high. The aim of this article was to show this problem, and to document on a group ofpatients the severity of it and the necessity of carrying out preventive measures. At the end of the article we mention the integrated model of schizophrenia treatment and psychotropic drug abuse which is now being introduced in the USA.
CHANGES IN HEALTH AND THE NUTRITIONAL STATE IN OBESE PERSONS AFTER WEIGHT REDUCTION
Jan Čelakovský, Dana Müllerová, Zdeněk Zloch, Dagmar Matějková, Jaroslav Racek
VZL 2003, 72(4):170-172
This study tests the hypothesis of the caloric restriction effect on the antioxidative state of the organism in obese patients during the course of reduction therapy with a low energy diet. By achieving an average weight reduction of 10% using a diet with 5 MJ contents and with a high proportion off ruits and vegetables (1.7 MJ), HDL and total antioxidative potential have increased significantly statistically. An increased lipolysis in ersons reducing their weight probably increases the lipoperoxidation products in plasma. The method used for their determination is not, however, specific. The glutathionperoxidase activity is not increasing significantly.
ESTIMATION OF NUTRITIVE STATE OF RECRUITS FROM CENTRAL POLAND IN 1996-2003
Anna Klos, Jerzy Bertrandt
VZL 2003, 72(4):172-175
One of the fundamental environmental factors influencing on human development and keeping good health state is proper nutrition. Without proper nutrition men cannot make use of his genetically determined possibilities of optimal physical and mental development (6)....
TEACHING PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE USE OF MULTIMEDIAL TECHNOLOGY
Dana Fialová, Zdeněk Fiala
VZL 2003, 72(4):175-177
Physical activity is part of a healthy life-style and part of primary and secondary prevention. Wellness is a life-style aiming at health and is characterized as a life-style leading to a pleasant and satisfactory life every time. Wellness consists of five parts. One without the other does not lead to a healthy life-style. Wellness consists of a positive approach to life, personal habits, nutrition and weight maintenance, stress management and fitness. Individual parts should be developed independently and at the same time simultaneously in certain link-ups and coherences. Wellness and a good level of physical fitness depend on one having...
A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF SELECTED INDICATORS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CZECH REPUBLIC: THE DISTRICT AND CITY OF HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ (THE INCIDENCE TRENDS OF REGISTERED CANCER CASES)
Lenka Hodačová, Zdeněk Sobotík
VZL 2003, 72(4):178-180
In our longitudinal study we monitored 15 indicators and their 38 indices in district and city of Hradec Králové and in the Czech Republic. We identified the accessibility of indicators for the monitored regions over the last 20 years and assessed their reliability. We also analyzed the time trends of all the monitored ndicators. For the purpose of this article we chose to describe the problems of malignant neoplasms out of a broad scale of all the monitored indicators. Malignant neoplasms present One of the most serious health and social problems. The incidence trends of all registered cancer cases and the trends of registered cases of eight selected...
HAZARD ANALYSIS CRITICAL CONTROL POINT (HACCP) - THE METHOD OF CRITICAL POINTS USED TO ASSESMENT THE THREAT OF INFECTING SOLDIERS WITH THE MY COSIS IN A MILITARY UNIT
Roman Łakomy, Jerzy Bzdega
VZL 2003, 72(4):180-183
In the course of past years one notes a growth of infections, with yeast likefungi of mucous membrane, to the skin of hand and feet (3, 8). In epidemiological research in Poland, yeast like fungi accounted for 27.8—36.8% of the composition of the flora of the mycosis concerning human population....
OCCURRENCE OF HEAVY METALS IN DRINKING WATER IN KOŠICE AND THE KOŠICE AREA
Gabriela Holéczyová, Alexander Hudák, Kvetoslava Rimárová
VZL 2003, 72(4):183-185
The systematic study and determination of metal concentration in the water are very important for good and sustainable water quality. Toxic elements rank among the main health hazards for drinking water quality. Inhabitants of Košice and the Košice area are supplied with drinking waterfrom the public supply and from wells. The aim ofthis research was to monitor water contamination and to provide drinking water quality assessment. Water sample investigation was performed in two periods, in five water supply sources in the city of Košice and in wells in 15 villages of this region. The selected metal concentrations in the public supply and in well...
HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF MIXTURES OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
Zdeněk Fiala, Adolf Vyskočil, Lenka Borská
VZL 2003, 72(4):185-187
Hygienic experience in the branch of industrial hygiene and occupational medicine supposes that the effects of chemical toxicants in mixtures are independent or additive. The availability and quality of scientific information concerning possible additive interactions is assumed to be a critical point for evaluation of the additive eflects of chemical compounds in a mixture. The proposed database permits a fast and valid evaluation of topical mixture health risks following from the additive eflects Of the compounds presented. This database could be a very effective tool for the branch of industrial hygiene and occupational medicine.
ČO JE MOŽNÉ UROBIŤ PRE ZLEPŠENIE PSYCHICKEJ POHODY SOMATICKY CHORÝCH PACIENTOV
Mária Kovářová, Ivan Dóci, Ladislav Hosák
VZL 2003, 72(4):188-190
THE INCIDENCE OF CHILDREN’S INJURIES AT PLAYGROUNDS
Petr Nencka, Michal Grivna, Veronika Benešová
VZL 2003, 72(4):191-193
Injuries are the most serious problem in childhood. Children’s playgrounds are popular places for spending free time and the injuries which happen at these locations are important part of all children’s injuries. We carried out a three-year retrospective study at our department from 1999 to 2001 which assessed playground injuries at two regional hospitals — Litoměřice and Havlíčkuv Brod. An injury questionnaire was drawn up containing basic information about a hospitalized child with a detailed description of the injury. 89 children were included in this study. The children were from 1 to 14 years of age, 60% of whom were boys. 44%...
AKTIVITY CENTRA ÚRAZOVÉ PREVENCE V PROJEKTU BEZPEČNÁ KOMUNITA
Veronika Benešová
VZL 2003, 72(4):194-195
VZPOMÍNKA NA PROFESORA MUDr. VLADIMÍRA ŠERÉHO, DrSc.
Jiří Beran, Jiří Vaništa, Zdenka Manďáková, Jan Rutsch
VZL 2003, 72(4):196