Hygiena, 2010 (vol. 55), issue 3
EDITORIAL
Towards the Anniversary of the Foundation of the National Institute of Public Health
Jitka Sosnovcová
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):75-76
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Screening Nutritional Levels of School Meals in the Czech Republic
Miroslava Slavíková, Lenka Vlčková, Jiří Skorkovský
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):77-85
The monthly menus including stock release notes of selected educational establishments were evaluated by the Nutricom nutrition programme. Values of the following nutrients were identified: energy, animal-based proteins, plant-based proteins, total proteins, fats, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1 and B2, niacin, vitamin C and cholesterol. The calculated data were compared with daily recommended values in the Czech Republic from which school meals are derived (based on the so-called consumption basket). No major differences between the average input of the monitored nutrients in catering establishments and the...
Protection of Children from Passive Smoking in their Homes
Drahoslava Hrubá, Halina Matějová, Iva Žaloudíková
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):86-91
Exposure to passive smoking has been recognized as serious health hazard, especially for children who are more vulnerable than adults to the damage caused by chemicals. Legislation restricting smoking in public places cannot protect children as they are primarily exposed in their homes and/or cars. Therefore, it is necessary to improve both public and individual health education concerned with protection of children against exposure to tobacco smoke. In some countries, the active advice services by health professionals are targeted on families with ailing children and "Smoke-free homes" programmes are being developed. In the Czech Republic, school-based...
Levels of Lead, Cadmium and Mercury in Blood of Czech School Children Monitored within the 6th FP of EU (the PHIME Project) - Comparison with the Czech Human Biomonitoring Results
Andrea Krsková, Věra Spěváčková, Mája Čejchanová, Jiří Šmíd, Kateřina Wranová, Milena Černá
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):92-95
Biomonitoring as a tool for verification of population exposure to environmental toxic compounds and for health risk assessment is since 1994 an integral part of the Czech Environmental Health Monitoring System (MZSO). Since 2006, the Czech Republic, by means of National Institute of Public Health, has been taken part in the PHIME project (Public health impact of long-term, low-level mixed element exposure in susceptible population strata) of the 6th FP of EU. In this project, the levels of lead, cadmium and mercury have been examined in blood of 150 children (79 boys, 71 girls) aged 5-12 years, living in regions with different environmental pollution...
REVIEW PAPERS
Airborne Asbestos and Associated Health Legislation
Ariana Lajčíková, Miroslava Hornychová
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):96-101
The article presents correct procedure for handling asbestos materials, ranging from preparational work to final disposal in the landfill. Legislation governing asbestos handling is presented. Reconstruction and demolition work is on the rise, making health risk from airborne particles containing asbestos an ongoing issue. Asbestos was widely used in the past but is now wholly proscribed.
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
The History of the Establishment of the National Institute of Public Health, Prague
Jaroslav Kříž, Renata Beranová
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):102-104
The National Institute of Public Health in Prague, Czech Republic, was established after the World War I on the conviction of the political representatives of a new Czechoslovak state and medicial experts, that the Republic needed a modern institution which would effectively contribute to the issue of communicable diseases and apply new approches to public health and social medicine. An important factor was the good will of the Rockefeller Foundation in co-financing the foundation of the institute both materially and in terms of concept. The Institute was inaugurated on the 5th November 1925.
Legal Actualities during 25.3.2010-30.4.2010
Eva Nekvindová
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):105-106
NEWS
IOP Projects at the NIPH (National Institute of Public Health
Jaroslav Volf
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):85
New Professorate in Public Health
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):101
Unions on the Public Health Service
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):101
Jan Stránský, MD Has Passed Away
Josef Vlček
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):104
European Science Advisory Netvork for Health, EuSANH
Jaroslav Volf
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):106
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)
Redakce
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):107
Cardiovascular Disease in Japan and the Economic Crisis
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):107
Life Expectancy in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Redakce
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):108
"Ambient Air Protection" No. 5-6/2009
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):108
The American Public Health Association
Redakce
Hygiena 2010, 55(3):108