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