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The Male Sex Worker and His Needs in Relation to a Health and Social Service
Hykyšova, Michaela ; Hradcová, Dana (advisor) ; Bosá, Monika (referee)
The domain of male sex work in the Czech Republic remains significantly under- researched. In 2020, the Ministry of the Czech Republic entrusted the NGO Rozkoš bez rizika, z.s. (henceforth R-R) to extend its services to include this group. R-R, which has been actively involved in providing health and social assistance to female sex workers since 1992, faces distinctive challenges in accommodating male sex workers. This group exhibits diverse characteristics and approaches to healthcare and social services compared to their female counterparts. The limited understanding of this new group contributes to a lack of interest among potential male clients, resulting in a significantly slow increase in new user numbers. These challenges stem from insufficient methodologies in addressing this specific group and ineffective promotional strategies. Current research on male sex work often revolves around risk assessment, potentially stigmatizing men engaged in the sex industry, labelling them as deviant and undesirable. This thesis critically examines the current approach and advocates for a novel perspective rooted in the sex-positive paradigm. This paradigm aims to shift the narrative form pathologizing sexual behaviours to embracing a comprehensive understanding of sexual experience, even within the context...
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When the general nurse is a man...
Tomášková, Vanda ; Růžička, Michal (advisor) ; Bosá, Monika (referee)
In the upcoming years, the healthcare and social system in the Czech Republic is expected to encounter a significant surge in the deficit of general nurses due to the anticipated retirements. One of the strategies that could help mitigate the impacts of the expected shortage of healthcare professionals in this area of expertise is to attract more men to pursue careers in nursing. This thesis examines the subject of integration of men into teams predominantly composed of women in intensive care units. The aim of the thesis is to determine how alterations in the gender composition of initially exclusively female teams impact the processes related to group dynamics. Interim objectives included finding a suitable strategy to facilitate men's entry into teams predominantly composed of women, as well as identifying the abilities and skills through which men could improve the current provision of nursing care. With information obtained in this manner, we should be able to implement appropriate measures that support not just the recruitment but also the retention of new employees. The key challenge in this area will be to guarantee transparency and equal conditions for both women and men who will choose to work in this area of expertise. Keywords: gender, gender stereotypes, group dynamics, human...
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Life career of sexual workers
Babej, Sára ; Malinová, Hana (advisor) ; Bosá, Monika (referee)
In my diploma thesis I focus on women who work in the sex business and their careers. The aim of the work is to present relevant theories and current knowledge about the life careers of sex workers, expanded by my own research. The work is dividing sex business according to the place of provisioning of services as well as according to the trends of this profession in our country and abroad. It describes present social and health risks in the historical perspective, career in the sex business, motivation to do such a job, and also mentioning an organization that works with women from the sex business. The work concerns only women who provide sexual services for a fee and are over 18 years of age. In my work I focus on biographies of women who provide paid sexual services from their point of view, and how they view their lives. I also adapted a selected sample of respondents to this work and addressed both existing clients of ROZKOŠ bez RIZIKA, z. s., including those who no longer work in the sex business. I used the method of structured interviews, through which it was possible to get a basic picture of the interviewee's family, personal and work situation. Furthermore, I focused on capturing their view of the stage of life when they were working in the sex business. I tried to identify the key...
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The phenomenon of feminization in healthcare environment
Kirsch, Stela ; Bosá, Monika (advisor) ; Klokočková, Šárka (referee)
The presented diploma thesis focuses on the identification of gender-based specifics in health care, specifically in the management of a health care institution as a caring institution. In the theoretical part, we defined feminism and feminist views, the concept of gender, medicine as a feminized environment, the legislative definition of work in health care in terms of management and, finally, stereotypes were defined. In the conducted qualitative research, we used unstructured interviews with health professionals (nurses and doctors) from the Czech and Slovak Republics, and we examined the gender-based specifics in health care. Research has shown that gender specificities in health care are emerging, in the areas of division of labor, impacts on job choices, equality and inequality, occupation of position and in provision of care. At the end of the thesis I presented recommendations for the use of management tools as a source of overcoming barriers to equality in the context of a caring institution. Key words Feminism, phenomenon of feminization, health care, woman, gender, caring institution, management, gender-based specifics, health care professional, nurse, doctor.
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Social networks and youth mental health care
Dobrocká, Romana ; Vrzáček, Petr (advisor) ; Bosá, Monika (referee)
Perceiving the world from the perspective of the present and adapting to it represents the continuum of life. The aim of the graduate thesis is to analyse the mainly communicated topics on mental health on selected social networks and to examine social networks from the point of view of e-social work. The theoretical part characterizes social networks in general, discusses the relationship of social networks with mental health problems of young people and individually discusses the pitfalls that the use of social networks brings with it. Furthermore, the research offers insight into the characteristics of young people's mental health problems, deals with them from a contemporary perspective, and connects them with the specific social networks. The subchapter of social work determines need of e-social work and its possibilities. The end of the theoretical part looks at social identity and the need for community in the life of adolescence. The aim of the research is defined by four research questions and follows four social networks: Twitch, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. The qualitative research combines netnography with an additional interview. The results of the research include identification of the mainly communicated topics on social networks, possible ways of mental health support provision,...
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Perinatal Care in Czech Maternity Hospitals
Koumarová, Michaela ; Krejčí, Jiří (advisor) ; Bosá, Monika (referee)
The thesis deals with the current state of perinatal palliative care development in gynecological departments in the Czech Republic. This type of care is in development and its introduction presents a significant challenge for both professionals and general public. The objective of the theoretical part is to describe the current problematic of the given care in a way so that it is easily understandable for both layman and expert. It also aims to cover all aspects of the entire process of perinatal palliative care, meaning the stages of pregnancy (the developmental phases of a fetus), the period of viability (the complexity of assessing specific situations by professionals and their competencies and responsibilities), social aspects (the possibilities of support from state institutions and other organizations). In the empirical part, based on the professional literature the individual attributes of development of the given care are set and then their un/fulfillment is examined using quantitative method. During the research, 91 Czech department heads and chiefs of gynecological departments in the Czech hospitals were approached, with 17 respondents actively participating. The research took place in November 2022. The evaluation of the results emphasizes recommendation of specific steps that, by...
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Sexuality in Elderly Care Homes - Staff Perspective
Frühbauerová, Martina ; Lejsal, Matěj (advisor) ; Bosá, Monika (referee)
The topic of the thesis is intimacy and sexuality among clients of residential aged care. The theoretical framework of the thesis is based on the concepts of Quality of Life and Active Aging, and a Person-Centered Approach provides the ethical framework. Sexuality is presented as one of the key aspects of being human, and a wide range of its meanings are explored, arguing for its timeless relevance regardless of a person's age. Although intimacy and sexuality in old age remain a societal taboo, staff in residential aged care are frequently confronted with them in their work. The aim of the thesis is to describe the perception of intimacy and sexuality among the clients of these services from the perspective of the staff, using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Key words: Active Ageing, interpretative phenomenological analysis, Person-Centered Approach, Quality of Life, residential aged care, sexuality of the elderly
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Establishing relationships in case of Pramen home clients in general and specifically through the volunteer project "Open Doors"
Machová, Veronika ; Hradcová, Dana (advisor) ; Bosá, Monika (referee)
The thesis deals with the topic of disability and volunteering. The subject of research is to identify the difficulties in establishing relationships of people a diagnosis of intellectual and combined disabilities who live in an institutional environment for a long time. Regarding to that the "Open Door" volunteer project was launched in Domov Pramen, which aims to help clients of the service with gaining social contacts, I will look for difficulties on two levels. The first is the general level, where I will focus on client's life who live in this residential service. The second level is specific, where I will try to identify opportunities and difficulties within the volunteer project "Open Doors". Keywords: disability, otherness, disability studies, home for disabled people, volunteering
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Queer aging in social work and social services in Prague
Vlasáková, Barbora ; Lejsal, Matěj (advisor) ; Bosá, Monika (referee)
Czech society is slowly becoming more tolarant towards LGBTI+ people. How would they react to LGBTI+ seniors, now the hidden minority, from whom they mostly do not asume any other than heterosexual orientation? Is the topic of LGBTI+ aging present in the practise of social workers whose are in contact with LGBTI+ seniors almost on daily basis? This thesis aims to reflect the topic of the needs of aging LGBTI+ people in residential and outreach services in Prague through the lense of social workers themselves and threir possible facilitatiors and barriers in relations to the performance of practical social work and the topic of LGBTI+. Following analysis will provide a set of knowledges that can provide organizations working with the insight of the topic of LGBTI+ into the success of promoting the topic in social services and the possible need for education of social workers. Key words: LGBTI+ people, seniors, social work, person centered approach, residential social services, outhreach social services, Prague.
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The needs of callers to the emergency number 155 in the event of an acute deterioration of the condition of a patient with an advanced incurable, life-threatening or life-shortening disease
Brýdlová, Helena ; Bosá, Monika (advisor) ; Mertl, Jiří (referee)
The graduation thesis looks at the interconnection of parts of the health and social systems in areas that are linked by palliative care. The palliative care patient, and with them the informal carer, uses different trajectories through the health and social systems, looking for moments that are empowering or, conversely, limiting in good practice in the delivery of palliative care. The theoretical part looks at the different areas of the health and social care system, which should work very closely together and be intertwined, but it turns out that even the separate disciplines have their shortcomings, making it even more difficult to link these systems together. The aim of the theoretical part is to introduce the different segments in the social and health fields, with a link to palliative care. The aim of the empirical part was to investigate, through qualitative research, the reasons for relatives or close friends of the patient (i.e., informal caregivers) to call the emergency medical services (EMS) for their loved ones who were terminally ill, to identify their needs. The resulting findings led to two outcomes from a social and a health care perspective. From the social perspective, the importance of engaging communication and how information is delivered to informal caregivers and supporting...
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