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Analysis of clients needs in low-threshold drop-in center SANANIM: Questionnaire survey
Ayapbekova, Dinara ; Petruželka, Benjamin (advisor) ; Nováková, Elizabeth (referee)
Background: Human needs encompass a spectrum ranging from fundamental physiological requirements, such as breathing and sustenance, to elevated needs like love and appreciation. While most individuals fulfill these needs through typical social interactions, certain groups, including those engaging in illicit drug use, seek assistance from institutions such as the SANANIM contact centre. The objective of this thesis is to ascertain the perceived needs of clients at the facility and evaluate the extent to which these needs are being addressed. These insights can contribute to enhancing existing services and introducing new ones where necessary. Another objective is to formulate a unique questionnaire suitable for consistently assessing the requirements of the facility's clientele. Methods: The instrument of data production was an original questionnaire, created specifically for the research, which was filled in with the respondent by the interviewer - PAPI (Pen and Paper Interviewing). Research Sample: The study involved 60 clients of the low-threshold center SANANIM who utilize the services provided by this facility. Results: The research highlights the prevalence of social difficulties, significantly impacting the clients. Social relationships emerge as a key area of concern. Within the realm of...
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Exposure to alcohol advertising among second grade primary school students in Prague
Baraník, Petr ; Barták, Miroslav (advisor) ; Petruželka, Benjamin (referee)
Background: During adolescence, individuals develop their own lifestyle, experience self- awareness, and shape their identity. Children in this period often experiment, reject advice, and disregard the opinions of adults. Alcohol advertising shapes a positive relationship with alcohol across age groups. Adolescents seek new friendships, good mood, and an escape from stress, anxiety, and obligations. Alcohol advertising specifically offers guidance and recommendations for alcohol consumption. Alcohol advertising fails to highlight the negative consequences of alcohol use and the risks of addiction. Aim: Describe and analyse the relationship between the influence of alcohol advertising, and the views and experiences of primary two pupils on alcohol use. To evaluate the exposure to alcohol advertising among second grade primary school students in Prague. To investigate the impact of alcohol advertising on pupils' attitudes and behaviour. To analyse pupils' awareness of the risks associated with alcohol consumption. Methods: The bachelor's thesis has the character of quantitative research, the research tool is a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Between May and June 2023, 35 elementary schools in the capital city of Prague were approached, of which 9 elementary schools were willing to participate....
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Substance use in the nightlife environment
Žák, David ; Petruželka, Benjamin (advisor) ; Barták, Miroslav (referee)
Background: The nightlife environment is associated with a higher prevalence of substance use compared to the general population. This use is typically recreational. Patterns of use, frequency and motivation tend to be diverse. The most frequent visitors of the nightlife environment are young adults who are in a turbulent phase of life. However, this stage of life changes over time, and with it the patterns of use and the value users place on substance use. Objective: The primary objective is to use qualitative research methods to describe the patterns of substance use in the nightlife environment and to find out whether new trends are emerging in this context. The secondary goal is to describe the relationship between young adulthood and the use of addictive substances. Methods: The work uses qualitative research methods. The research population was selected using purposive sampling and self-selection. The research group consisted of eight respondents with an average age of 28.4 years. The data was recorded using an audio recording and then transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Recreational users in the research group use addictive substances with less frequency than is described in similar studies. The phenomena of normalization and aging out were described. The respondents...
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Controlled Alcohol Consumption : Current use in the outpatients facilities
Staš, Filip ; Barták, Miroslav (advisor) ; Petruželka, Benjamin (referee)
BACKGROUND: Increased health, social and economic risks related to alcohol consumption affect almost a fifth of the population of the Czech Republic, while the availability of outpatient professional care in particular is insufficient. Controlled alcohol consumption can expand the spectrum of treatment interventions. However, its current spread is not mapped. AIMS: To map and analyze the current expansion and form of use of the therapeutic method of controlled alcohol consumption in outpatient facilities in the Czech Republic. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews with 10 communication partners working in outpatient facilities and their thematic analysis in MAXQDA software. Subsequently, the creation of hypotheses, followed by an online questionnaire survey with the resulting set of 85 respondents from outpatient facilities. Hypothesis testing in Statistica MAIN RESULTS: Controlled alcohol consumption is most often described in the form of a set of rules and used as an intermediate step towards an abstinence, with which 69 % of respondents agreed. 53 % of respondents agreed with the concept in a form of alternative to abstinence. 64 % of respondents consider the approach suitable especially in low- threshold services. The majority (64 %) of the involved outpatient facilities allow their clinets to...
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Drug use among skateboardists
Kačer, Amalie ; Petruželka, Benjamin (advisor) ; Barták, Miroslav (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the issue of substance abuse among skateboarders. I assumed that marijuana is more used among skateboarders. In the Czech Republic there is almost no publication on this topic. In foreign studies we read that substance use is higher among adolescents who play extreme sports. Furthermore, foreign authors state that substance use and skateboarding are independent manifestations of masculinity. The aim of my bachelor thesis is to analyze and describe the role of substance abuse in skateboarding subculture. In this thesis I decided to take a qualitative approach, where I collected data through semi-structured interviews. The research sample consists of six men. The results are divided according to the research questions into five categories and the last sixth category deals with the analysis of the CAST questionnaire. The results show that skateboarding is taken as a lifestyle in the first place, then skateboarding is described as an organized sport. The results also show that marijuana has a role to play and is closely linked to the skateboarding subculture. Other illicit substances are used sporadically and are attributed to individuals rather than to the subculture as a whole. Motivations for use vary from substance to substance. The results further suggest that...
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Experiences of substance users with discrimination in everyday life
Leštinová, Zuzana ; Petruželka, Benjamin (advisor) ; Fidesová, Hana (referee)
Background: Illegal drug users are often socially excluded. It is not easy for them to cope with such behaviour and they assume that they will be treated unequally. Aims: The main aim of the research is to map the experiences of illegal drug users with discrimination in everyday life. I was interested in what actions the clients themselves describe as discriminatory, regardless of whether it is actually discrimination from a legal point of view, in what areas of everyday life they encounter discrimination and whether they resolve the situation in any way. Main research questions: How do respondents understand the concept of discrimination? In what areas do respondents encounter discrimination? Whether and how have respondents dealt with the situation? Sample: The research sample consisted of 10 persons (5 men and 5 women) using addiction services. 5 respondents were clients of a low threshold facility and the remaining 5 respondents were in institutional care. The respondents had to meet the basic criterion of illegal substance use. It was irrelevant whether they had developed an addiction. Methods: Interviews were recorded on a tape recorder and then transcribed into MS Word and analyzed using thematic analysis with semi-open coding and categorization methods. Results: All respondents...
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Theoretical and Methodological Issues in the Evidence Production in the Addictology.
Petruželka, Benjamin ; Barták, Miroslav (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee) ; Mojžíšová, Adéla (referee)
Background: Indicators, primarily administrative indicators, the field of addiction studies are considered imperfect, approximate and associated with a number of issues. Among others, these issues are based in the fact that administrative indicators are not primarily research indicators. In spite of their shortcomings, these indicators are an important part of public policy making, as they are part of strategic documents and can be used to assess the situation and develop policies in the field of addictive substances. Objectives: The first objective of this thesis was to identify issues related to the administrative indicators. The second objective was to propose the directions for development in areas that had been identified as problematic, i.e., the theoretical and methodological framework. The third objective was to apply selected procedures that had been proposed in the previous parts of the thesis. Methods: To meet the first objective, the basic issues associated with the use of administrative indicators were identified using a narrative review of the literature. The directions for the development of the theoretical and methodological framework were elaborated, responding to the issues identified in the review. The third objective was achieved by application of the approaches described in the...
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Needs analysis of outreach programme clients in the Beroun region
Čmelíková, Šárka ; Vacek, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Petruželka, Benjamin (referee)
Needs analysis of the outreach program's clients in the Beroun region The needs of outreach programme clients depends if the the drug scene is open or closed. The thesis is focused on outreach programme in a town, where the drug scene is ussually closed. The theoretical part is focused on the location advantages and disadvantages, service provided and outreach work based on the harm reduction principles. In the Czech Republic, there are 53 outreach programmes, not only in large cities, but also in smaller ones, where outreach work attitude is adapted to clients needs. Needs analysis in one of the evalution tools that helps to view the current needs of clients and also suggest their further improvement and development. The aim of the thesis is to describe the scope, characteristics and needs of problem users and to evaluate the other services accessibility in the Beroun region. The partial goals of the work are the closed drug scene monitoring and the need for establishing a contact center in the region. The method of data collection was a semi-structured interview recorded on a record sheet and IN- COME questionnaires realized with clients of the outreach programme in the Beroun region. There was also a structuring of interventions provided by other organizations in the locality. The selection of...
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Cocaine abuse in the Czechoslovak republic in 1918 - 1938
Knížková, Iva ; Šejvl, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Petruželka, Benjamin (referee)
Backround: Cocaine is an addictive substance which was very popular during the First republic in higher society, although there was no historical tradition of its use. Interest in foreign culture, however, brought many phenomena to the Czechoslovak Republic, including drugs - hashish, morphine and cocaine. Aim: The aim of this work is to chart cocaine abuse in the Czechoslovak Republic during the First republic and describe this period in the context of drug use. Methods: I used content analysis of documents for data collection. The documents were categorized according the years of their release. I used text documents, sound and video recordings. Text documents were most often historical newspaper articles published during the First republic, but also literatue dealing with the relevant issues published in the later period. I also searched for sources from already published documents. Results and conclusion: Cocaine was abused in the Czechoslovak Republic during the First republic abundantly. At first, it was promoted as a miracle cure for the treatment of morphineism and also for its local anesthetic effect. Before long, however, its dependency potencial became apparent. Cocaine abuse often occured in culture and also in higher society. Many famous First Republic actors and actresses fell into...
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Substance use by university students during the exam period
Kunová, Vendula ; Vacek, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Petruželka, Benjamin (referee)
This work deals with the description of substance abuse by university students in the examination period. Students, for whom the study itself is a stressful period, have an examination period associated with even higher levels of stress. If they do not have the capacity to cope with stress, they may use some substances as a balancing strategy. The study design was a comparative questionnaire survey, which was collected at two time intervals - in the winter semester and after the exam period. The research concerned full-time university students of various specialization. Total of 159 students completed the survey. The first place in lifetime prevalence of use was occupied by alcohol. Other abused substances were coffee, energy drinks and cannabis. The order of the substances use did not change during the examination period. In the examination period, these substances are significantly more used by men alone. It also increased binge drinking of alcohol. Suprisingly the use of memory-promoting substances was reduced during the examination period. Slight increase was observed only in use of lecithin. Students mostly get substances from their friends, in pharmacies or other stores. In most cases students use these substances for better concentration, for rest between tests and for staying alert. The...
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