Hygiena, 2013 (vol. 58), issue 1

EDITORIAL

Are We Capable of Enforcing the Relevance of Primary Prevention in Czech Society?

Drahoslava Hrubá

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):3-4  

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Towards the Effects of Airborne Pollution on Mortality-rates in the Czech Republic

Vladimíra Puklová, Michala Lustigová, Helena Kazmarová, Bohumil Kotlík

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):5-10 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a0955  

The most important health impact of long-term exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM) is premature mortality and reduced life expectancy. We have attempted to contribute to the assessment of the years of life lost (YLLs) and decreased life expectancy due to exposure of the Czech population to this pollutant, utilizing the concentration database maintained by the Environmental Health Monitoring System at the National Institute of Public Health. The evaluation was performed using two scenarios: the current situation against natural background PM2.5 levels and the decrease of PM10 mean annual concentration in the municipalities...

Incidence of Overweight and Obesity among School-age Children and Adolescents in Central Slovakia

Mária Kožuchová, Martina Bašková

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):11-15 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a0956  

Overweight and obesity among school-age and adolescent children currently pose a worldwide health problem drawing attention not only of the professional but also general public. The increase of overweight and obesity among school children is the outcome of bad eating habits and reduced physical activity. The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) project is one of the first international cross-sectional studies focused on teenagers' health and their health-related behaviour. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the occurrence of overweight and obesity in school-age children and adolescents in Central Slovakia. The body mass index (BMI)...

Physical Exercise of Senior Women I: Anthropometric, Physiologic and Biochemic Evaluation

Dana Fialová, Věra Vlastníková, Zuzana Faktorová

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):16-22 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a0957  

The first part of the present study was to evaluate the effect of long-term physical activity of relatively low volume and intensity on anthropometric, physiological and biochemical indicators of the exercising seniors. Two groups were observed - the experimental group (performing 10-month controlled group or individual exercise) and the control group (without exercise). All groups completed the lectures focused on physical activity, healthy nutrition and mental health. Group and individual 10-month exercise programs were compiled with the same frequency of exercise sessions, with the same amount of time and with moderate exercise intensity. Anamnestic...

REVIEW PAPERS

Health and Behaviour Part I - Lifestyle and Disease

Šárka Kunzová, Drahoslava Hrubá

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):23-28 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a0958  

Chronic non-communicable diseases with the complete determinants are serious health problems in developed countries. Lifestyle factors are important in prevention and treatment of disease. Lifestyle is characterized by patterns of behaviour and plays a comprehensive role in both mental and physical health and the quality of life. Behavioural, environmental, psychological and genetic elements form the lifestyle, are interactive and can modify the hereditary risk of complex diseases influencing genetic expression. These findings correspond to the bio-psycho-social concept of health and illness and highlight the importance of health-related behaviour...

Human Biomonitoring and its Development on the Domestic and International Levels

Milena Černá, Andrea Krsková, Dana Očadlíková, Kateřina Forysová, Růžena Kubínová

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):29-32 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a0959  

The article summarizes the development of human biomonitoring in the Czech Republic, its relationship to biological exposure tests in occupational medicine, utilization of cytogenetic analysis of peripheral lymphocytes for supervision of occupational exposure to genotoxic carcinogens and incorporation of human biomonitoring into the 1994 Environmental Health Monitoring System. The article further describes increased worldwide interest in biomonitoring. Based on the grounding of HBM in the European Environment Health Action Plan during the 2004-2010 period, the EU COPHES project was established with the aim of creating a unified metodology of HBM for...

Linking the Register of Occupational Exposure to Genotoxic Factors with the Cancer Registry for the Moravia-Silesia Region: Results

Ivona Závacká, Petr Ambroz, Hana Lehocká, Jana Vavrošová, Vladimír Janout

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):33-37 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a0960  

The object of this study is to present an analysis of genotoxic risks in the Moravian-Silesian Region and assess the significance of genotoxic factors in the etiology of cancer by bringing together the Registry of Occupational Exposure to Genotoxic Factors and Cancer Registry and compare the rate of detected cancer in persons professionally exposed to genotoxic factors in the Moravian-Silesian Region with the occurrence of cancer in the population of the Czech Republic. The set of individuals consisted of 748 subjects whose records of occupational exposure have been available since 2005 and have been updated at least once. The most common carcinogens...

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Legal Actualities during 16.9.2012-31.12.2012

Eva Nekvindová

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):38-40  

Are the Current Trends in School-meals Heading the Right Way?

Veronika Šikolová, Sylva Štajnochrová

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):41-42 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a0961  

The article draws and compares the newly adopted changes in the French and Czech school meals. It compares different approaches of solving a similar problem. The issue of the newly adopted changes affecting mainly the inclusion of meat at the expense of vegetables, legumes and fish in the school cafeteria.

DISCUSSION

Does the Limit of Noise for School Rooms Correspond to Contemporary Knowledge of Traffic Noise Impact on Children's Cognitive Development?

Bohumil Havel

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):43-44 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a0962  

NEWS

A Noteworthy Meeting at the IPVZ School of Public Health

Redakce

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):10  

Conference of Directors on the 60th Anniversary of the Public Health Service

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):15-32  

Conference: 60 years of the Public Health Service in Central Bohemia

Šárka Nováková, Ivo Krýsa

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):28  

The Passing Away of a Modest Man

Jan Ševčík, František Kotěšovec

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):37  

Disease Prevention - a Challenge for Medicine of the 21st Century

Redakce

Hygiena 2013, 58(1):42