More than half of all of the children in the world, which die before the age of five, die in Africa. Wider availability of several highly effecti - ve interventions such as oral rehyd - ration therapy in cases of diarrhoea could prevent large proportion of these child deaths. Unfortunately these interventions are usually not available in African countries. Ho - wever both availability of different life-saving health interventions and child mortality varies a lot across African countries. The purpose of this article is to explore what are determinants of child mortality and availability of these interventions in Africa. Both a review of existing research and a statistical analysis of data from 41 African countries point to the quality of governance and control of corruption as the most significant determinant of health system performance and availability of these life-saving interventions in Africa., Jan Klusáček, and Literatura
Východiska: Implementace mezinárodní klasifikace NANDA-I v podmínkách neonatologické péče v ČR. Cíl: Cílem práce bylo validovat diagnostické prvky ošetřovatelských diagnóz 00104 Neefektivní kojení a 0106 Snaha zlepšit kojení vybraným souborem neonatologických sester – expertek a zjistit, které diagnostické prvky považují za hlavní a které za vedlejší. Metody: Pro obsahovou validaci byl využit Fehringův model validity diagnostického obsahu (Diagnostic Content Validity Model). Soubor tvořilo 26 neonatologických sester – expertek. Za expertky byly považovány sestry pracující na neonatologii, které získaly minimálně 4 body dle modifikovaných Fehringových kritérií. Pro posouzení významnosti diagnostických prvků byl použit měřící nástroj obsahující 43 položek (diagnostických prvků) uvedených v klasifikačním systému NANDA-International. Výsledky: U ošetřovatelské diagnózy 00104 Neefektivní kojení za významné určující znaky (vážené skóre vyšší než 0,80) expertky považovaly: kojenec není schopen správně uchopit prs (0,82). Ze souvisejících faktorů dosáhlo váženého skóre vyšší než 0,80 celkem 3 prvky. U ošetřovatelské diagnózy 0106 Snaha zlepšit kojení váženého skóre vyšší než 0,80 nedosáhl žádný prvek. Závěr: Pro posouzení nespokojenosti nebo potíží matky a dítěte při procesu kojení na oddělení šestinedělí považují expertky za významné 4 prvky z 30, týkající se pouze ošetřovatelské diagnózy 00104 Neefektivní kojení., Background: Implementation of the International Classification of NANDA-I in neonatology care in the Czech Republic. Aim: The aim of the study was to validate the diagnostic elements of nursing diagnoses 00104 Ineffective Breastfeeding and 00106 readiness for inhanced breastfeeding selected file by neonatal nurses-experts and determine which diagnostic elements consider as the main, and which the minor are. Methods: For the content of validation was used Fehring diagnostic content of validity model (Diagnostic Content Validity Model). The sample consisted of 26 neonatal nurses-experts. For expert were considered nurses working in neonatology, which received at least 4 points modified by Fehring standard. To assess the significance of diagnostic elements was used measurement instrument containing 43 items (diagnostic elements) listed in the classification system, NANDA-International. Results: At nursing diagnosis 00104 Ineffective Breastfeeding, the main key features (score > 0, 80) experts considered: the infant isn´t unable to correctly to grasp the breast (0, 82). From the related factors achieve score 0, 80 in all 3 elements. At the nursing diagnosis 00106 Effort to improve breastfeeding weighted score of > 0, 80 reached no character. Conclusion: For the assess of dissatisfaction or problems of mother and child at the process of breastfeeding on postpartum department, specialists considered to be significant of 4 members from 30, concerning only to nursing diagnoses 00104 Ineffective breastfeeding., and Jana Chrásková, Mária Boledovičová
In this paper a longitudinal study is presented of age-dependent speech acoustic characteristics from the utterances of Czech actresses, acquired from movie databases recorded in the years from 1985 to 2014. The age dependence of phonation is analyzed using the parameters fundame ntal frequency, jitter, and shimmer. For assessment of articulation, the formant-based voice area index of vocals and the length of the burst from apalatal stop consonant isused. For prosody, no characteristics were found that were applicable to the analysis of film archives. The results of age dependencies described by the phonetic categories are consistent with the assumptions and conclusions presented in the literature. This pilot project also confirms the possibility of creating valuable studies from publicly available sources., Roman Čmejla, Jarmila Behenská, Tereza Tykalová, Jan Rusz, and Literatura
Cíl: Některé kategorie migrantů ze třetích zemí mají v České republice omezený přístup ke zdravotní péči. Cílem této studie je popsat a analyzovat zkušenosti migrantů ze třetích zemí s jejich přístupem ke zdravotní péči a využíváním alternativních strategií k zajištění zdraví. Metody: Kvalitativní design za využití semistrukturovaných rozhovorů. Bylo realizováno dvacet čtyři rozhovorů s migranty ze třetích zemí různých národností a s různými typy povolení k pobytu na území České republiky. Výsledky: Migranti v praxi čelí četným problémům v přístupu ke zdravotní péči. Byly identifikovány hlavní bariéry přístupu ke zdravotní péči: omezený právní nárok na veřejné zdravotní pojištění, nedůvěra a špatná informovanost pojištění, nedůvěra a špatná informovanost zdravotnických pracovníků, přístup komerčních zdravotních pojišťoven založený na tržních principech, jazyková bariéra a nedostatek znalostí cizinců o českém zdravotnictví. Tyto překážky byly příčinou následujících alternativních strategií migrantů k zajištění zdraví: kontaktování nebo využívání lékařů v zemích původu, platby v hotovosti, odkládání zdravotní péče, návštěvy známých lékaře nebo lékařů s migračním původem a samoléčba. Závěr: Některé kategorie migrantů ze třetích zemí čelí formálním a neformálním překážkám využívání českého zdravotnického systému, které jsou příčinou alternativních strategií zajišťování zdraví. Ty mohou vést k nepříznivým účinkům na jejich zdraví. Tato studie ukazuje, že v souladu s mezinárodními lidskými právy je potřeba implementovat změny v rámci veřejné ev. zdravotní politiky a zajistit tak přístup ke zdravotní péči pro všechny legální migranty ze třetích zemí v České republice., Background: Some categories of third countries´ migrants in the CR have restricted access to healthcare. The aim of this study is to describe and analyse migrants´ experiences of access to health- -care. Methods: Qualitative design using semi-structured interviews with twenty four migrants in the Czech Republic. Results: Some categories of third countries‘ migrants face formal and informal barriers to the Czech healthcare system, which leads to alternative health-seeking strategies such as visiting doctors in countries of origin (so called salmon bias), payments in cash, postponing the health care, visiting the known physicians or physicians with migration background and self-medication. The barriers to healthcare were: limited legal entitlement to public health insurance, mistrust and lack of awareness of medical professionals, approach of commercial health insurance companies based on market principles, poor language skills, and lack of knowledge about the Czech healthcare system., and Karolína Dobiášová
The subject of liability for damage to client caused during performance of social services in residential establishments becomes increasingly relevant. As opposed to the liability for damage caused during performance of health services, this subject is rather underappreciated by general members of the legal profession. For this reason RILSA produced a study „Legal aspects of liability for damage caused to a client while providing a social-health care in residential establishment for social services“ that aimed to find out the level of knowledge among the providers of residential social services in the area of liability for damage. To find out the level of legal knowledge of providers of residential social services, a question form was distributed randomly in the Czech Republic. We found out, that providers of residential social services know about the existence of liability for damage and that they are insured. But in the case of significant incurred damage or in the case of more damages within one year the insurance coverage limit might not be sufficient. However, the knowledge of legal terms of liability for damage eventually caused to their clients is limited and current way of obtaining the knowledge by individual study is insufficient., Daniela Bruthansová, Věra Jeřábková, and Literatura
Aldosterone blocker Spironolactone has antiinflammatory, antiproliferative and antioxidative effects, that is why pathogenetically it is expedient to use it in complex therapy of rheumatoid arthritis. Material and methods: 46 patients with RA took 2550 mg/day of Spironolactone during 12 months as an addition to standard therapy, the comparison group consisted of 47 patients that got only standard therapy, all the patients were fully examined prior and post the treatment. Results: complex RA therapy leads to improved VAS, HAQ, the antioxidative potential index F; decreased blood concentrations of TNFα, ICAM1, FGF and VEGF in contrast to standard therapy. Complex therapy made reduced the DAS 28 more > 0.6. Conclusions: applying of Spironolactone in complex therapy of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to more pronounced improvement in indices of articular syndrome and patients life quality, reduce of antiinflammatory, antiproliferative and angiogenic cytokines, and more effectively reduces the activity of the disease comparing to standard therapy., Elena Komarova, Borys Rebrov, and Literatura
Background: In evidence-based education, experts are supposed to possess skills and content knowledge. Scientific skills provide the tools and ways of thinking that enable researches to build the robust conceptual frameworks needed to gain expertise. Science education should not only provide broad content knowledge base but also develop analytical thinking, understanding of scientific research processes, and inspire curiosity of researchers. Objectives: is paper discusses the key results of subjective evaluation of attained outcomes of a 2,5-year project focused on enhancing research competences in a faculty of health sciences. Methods: e data was gathered from project members by four consequent semi-structured online questionnaires. Total number of respondents was 78 (N = 78) with 75% response rate. e data was analysed by a summative content analysis combining quantitative and qualitative analyses. Results: e findings present evident progress in personal achievements, team working, and scientific practice in the faculty. Based on identified needs the concrete measures supported learning and lead to enhancement in the target group’s research competences. Conclusions: Capacity building approach was successful in laying a robust foundation for consistent development in research-based practice both in academic and professional levels. Further research should be conducted on the long-term impacts of the project in the faculty. and Andrew Sirkka, Juraj Čáp