Hygiena, 2008 (vol. 53), issue 2

The National Institute of Public Health is udergoing transformation

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):39  

Response and Non-response in the Czech Population Health Survey (Results of the HELEN Study)

Kristýna Žejglicová, Marek Malý, Jana Kratěnová

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):40-47  

Response rates are one of important markers to influence the validity of epidemiological studies, including selective surveys of population health. One of selective surveys performed in the Czech Republic is the questionnaire-based survey - the "HELEN study". The HELEN study is a part of the System of Monitoring of Health of the Population related to the environment. The overall response rate of the study decreased from 70 % in the first stage (1998-2002) to 50 % in the second stage (2004-2005). The lower response rate was due to decreasing willingness in Czech society to participate in similar surveys and was also influenced by the performance of...

Trends in Cigarette Smoking in Czech Children and Adolescents from 1994 through 2006 and Selected Smoking Associations among Adolescents

Ladislav Csémy, Hana Sovinová, Jarmila Rážová, Hana Provazníková

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):48-52  

Objective. The study is focused on trends in smoking among adolescents in the Czech Republic from 1994 through 2006. Specific attention is given to psychosocial context of smoking.Methods. Analyses are based on a dataset from the WHO project Health Behaviour in School-aged Children. The Czech Republic has participated in the study since 1994. Data were collected in schools in form of an anonymous survey. Sample. The sample size of school-aged children from years 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 is as follows: 3,585 3,703 5,012 and 4,782 individuals respectively.Results. The prevalence of regular smoking (frequency at least once per week) was rather...

Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (Naegleriasis) - Problemme of Public Health?

Katarína Trnková, Lucia Maďarová, Cyril Klement

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):53-59  

Naegleriasis or primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is invariably an acute, often fulminant infection of CNS caused by Naegleria fowleri, a small, free-living amoeba. Pathogenic free-living amoebae can cause serious illnesses in humans. The amoebae belonging to the genus Naegleria, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia mandrillaris and Sappinia diploidea produce syndromes in man ranging from acute fatal disease to chronic tissue invasion with granulomatous manifestation. The purpose of this report is to describe the clinical history, treatment, pathology and methods of laboratory diagnostic of naegleriasis.

Reflections on the 110th Anniversary of the Founding of the Institute of the Hygiene at Faculty of Medicine, Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague, 1897/1898

Vladimír Bencko

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):60-62  

The article emphasizes the necessity of standardizing the content and volume of teaching in the fields of hygiene, epidemiology and social medicine in the undergraduate education of medical students in European universities, with reference to "The Future of Hygiene and Public Health in Europe - Needs, Challenges, Strategies and Concepts" symposium, as organised by the Rudolf Schûlke Foundation in Hamburg, November 2007. Our curriculum in the above-mentioned fields at the 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, was well received in European context. The author moreover expands on proposals for improving the syllabus in these fields...

Investing in Health

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):47  

Assessment of the Hygiena Journal - Vol. 57/2007 (In Czech)

Lumír Komárek

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):59  

Dear Friend, Dear Lumír

Hana Provazníková, Kamil Provazník

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):62  

Anniversary Medallion for Prof. MUDr. Vladimir Bencko, DrSc

Otakar Klein

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):63  

Anniversaries at the Slovak Society of Hygienists of the Slovak Medical Association

Ľudmila Ševčíková

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):64  

NIPH Health Education Issue 2007

Lumír Komárek

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):65-66  

Silesian Meeting on Preventive Medicine

Renáta Brablcová

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):67-68  

From the Agenda of the Editorial Board of the Hygiena Journal

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):69  

Assessment of the Hygiena Journal - Vol. 57/2007 (In Slovak)

Ľudmila Ševčíková

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):69  

Journal of Health in the Czech Republic

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):70  

A Challenge for Europe

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):70  

Research Support Fund

Redakce

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):71  

Our Farewell to Prof. Vladimír Wagner, M.D., Ph.D

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):71  

Meeting of the Chief Public Health Officers and Public Health Professionals of the V4 Countries

Ivan Rovný

Hygiena 2008, 53(2):72