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Counselling in smoking cessation provided by addiction professionals in the selected outpatient addiction treatment services
Kořínková, Markéta ; Kulhánek, Adam (advisor) ; Volfová, Anna (referee)
Background: Clients in addictological outpatient care are often not just a user of another addictive substance, but also smokers. Workers in these outpatient services focus especially on the primary addictive substance, despite the fact that there are many studies nowadays that prove that quitting tobacco products along with the primary addictive substance increases treatment success. Objectives: The aim of this work is to discover whether and how workers in the selected addictological outpatient services provide counselling to their clients in the area of smoking cessation. Methods: A qualitative approach was chosen for the research, which included semi- structured interviews in which a range of questions had been proposed beforehand. Respondents were obtained by deliberate selection. A total of 13 addictological outpatient services in Prague and the Central Bohemian Region were invited ti participate, 6 of them participated in the research. Results: The results of the research show that most experts in the selected addictological outpatient services do not focus primarily on smoking cessation. Only a third of them work with clients who deal only with tobacco dependence. This counseling takes the form of individual therapies. A client is educated about the addiction and is made a plan for quitting...
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The Old South Memory: Remnants of the Civil War through the perspective of American reenactors
Volfová, Anna ; Pondělíček, Jiří (advisor) ; Perutka, Lukáš (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on the role of the American Civil War memory in the American society today. It examines this phenomenon through the perception of American Civil War reenactors. The thesis analyses their opinions on the current issues that are linked to the history of this conflict - the omnipresence of the Confederate monuments and the Confederate battle flag in the American public space. It also explores the subject of the Southern identity, the role of the Confederacy in its formation and whether the ideas of the Confederacy are still present in the South today. It is necessary to understand the Southern mentality and how it is perceived by the rest of the United States, because the individual characteristics of the Southern identity are reflected in the current debates on the Confederate heritage. An idea that interconnects the individual chapters of the thesis is that the American Civil War memory is strongly influenced by the Lost Cause ideology and the overall mythologization of the conflict. While the Civil War reenactors' main motivation is to educate society about the conflict, their opinions are also mostly supportive of the romantic perception of the Confederacy.
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Causes and Impact of the Increased Engagement of Russia in the Middle East
Volfová, Anna ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Aslan, Emil (referee)
This bachelor thesis examines the problematics of Russian engagement in the Middle East with regard to the Syrian civil war. The aim of the thesis is to analyse what are the main causes of Russia's increased presence in the region. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian Federation lost its superpower status, and therefore the ability to control a strategic region such as the Middle East. The current Russian foreign policy under President Vladimir Putin strives to reclaim this potential. The Middle East region has recently gone through violent events of the Arab Spring; thus it offers Russia ideal platform to implement its interests. In addition, the country is motivated by its own strategic and security concerns. Furthermore, the thesis examines what are the possible consequences of Russian involvement. Syrian civil war has spilled over into almost every bordering country and even the Russian military intervention did not achieve to end the conflict. Although the development of the war is shaped by numerous external circumstances, it is apparent that Russian Federation will have the major influence on the peace negotiations.
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