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Health promotion management among patients with chronic kidney disease
PUMPROVÁ, Johanka
Introduction: The bachelor thesis deals with the management of health promotion of patients with chronic kidney disease. It highlights the importance of health promotion for patients with chronic kidney disease. Aim of the work: The aim of this work is to investigate the management of health promotion of patients with chronic kidney disease. Methodology: The research part of the thesis was carried out by quantitative research using two unstructured questionnaires. The first questionnaire was designed for patients with chronic kidney disease attending a dialysis center, it included 30 questions focused on health promotion and 5 questions on demographic data. The second questionnaire developed for nurses working in the dialysis center and consisted of 20 questions, 4 of them were related to demographic data. The first questionnaire was answered by 74 respondents and the second by 32. The data that came out of the questionnaires was processed into graphs and then the research questions were answered. The results: It was found that patients support their health mostly in the areas of diet, drinking and rest. On the other hand, physical activity and participation in educational sessions is a critical area. Education on stress avoidance is the critical place for most nurses. Further, the research revealed that patient's unwillingness to listen is the biggest problem that hinders nurses from imparting health promotion information. There are only few patients who are not supported by their friends and relatives other or general nurses. Conclusion: Health promotion is very important both as a prevention of chronic kidney disease and as an effort to prevent disease progression. Engaging in leisure time physical activities, eating vegetables regularly, being supported by loved ones or finding out new information about their disease are simple actions that are not that demanding and through which the patient can promote their health.
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Assesement of effects of antismoking policy focused on children and teenagers
Quirschfeld, Lýdia ; Háva, Petr (advisor) ; Kružík, Lubomír (referee)
Diploma thesis "Assesement of effects of antismoking policy focused on children and teenagers" deals with the problem of young smokers, whose numbers are not significantly decreasing in the Czech republic despite broad range of measures taken in recent years. Efficiency and funcionality of those measures leading to the protection of children and health promotion as well as the proposed solutions of battle against tobacco companies' marketing are evaluated. Czech republic legislation and its effects on children's cigarette consumption is therefor analyzed. Moreover, possible solutions in form of WHO's proposals are introduced.
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School and community health promotion projects
Myšíková, Lucie ; Kovaříková, Miroslava (advisor) ; Kočí, Jana (referee)
The Diploma thesis focusing on the topic "School and community health promotion projects" with a focused on primary schools on the Pilsen region. The main aim of the study is to get a grasp of the offer of health promotion projects on primary schools. Furthermore, to find out the attitude of principals to these projects, what motivates them to participate in and how primary schools are supported in this area. A partial goal of this thesis is to create an overview of the offered projects which should help the principals of primary schools with the selection of the convenient one. The theoretical part of the thesis is based on the specialized literature, the information available on the official websites of each project, legislation and strategic documents related to primary schools which were valid at the time of creating this Diploma thesis. It deals with the definition of basic concepts related to the issue of health and health promotion and also presents individual projects promoting health. The practical part is drawn up on the basis of interviews with the principals of the selected primary schools. These interviews are the analyzed using open coding and thereafter interpreted. KEY WORDS health promotion, health, prevention, health education, projects, primary schools, Pilsen region
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Health promotion projects as part of education
Redrová, Eliška ; Kovaříková, Miroslava (advisor) ; Kočí, Jana (referee)
This specific study entitled: "Health Promotion Projects as part of Education'', consists of a theoretical part containing the voices of various authors on the issue of health promotion in schools. Firstly, the basic concepts that are contained in the body of my work were explained and thanks to this, the reader will be better acquainted with these. In the following chapter I described characteristics of health promotion projects and gave several examples. The principles of health promotion in schools was also dealt with because they are closely related to the topic. Since my primary focus was on how projects in schools are actually implemented, I covered this in a subsequent chapter by giving concrete examples of projects that have already been implemented in schools. It was also important to mention the implementation process of health education into the primary school curriculum and thus I finished the theoretical part of the work and followed it up with a practical part. I used interviews as a research method and these were conducted at primary schools where one of the health promotion projects had been implemented in the past. The thesis also has a practical component. It included my own proposal of a health promotion project. The aim of it was to evaluate efficiency of initiating the health...
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Determinants of the circulatory system diseases among the Czech population
Lustigová, Michala
Determinants of circulatory system diseases among the Czech population Abstract The determinants of circulatory system diseases are very well known, modifiable risk factors and factors widely spread among populations are in focus for the public health research. The aim of this thesis is a quantification of main cardiovascular risk factors in the Czech population using the survival analysis and HAPIEE cohort data. The epidemiologic situation, trends in the Czech population health including "the cardiovascular revolution" is discussed in the first part of the thesis. Among the Czech population high prevalence of many risk factors were found. The education had the strongest impact on cardiovascular health from sociodemographic characteristics. The negative effect of smoking, prevalence of high blood pressure, prevalence of diabetes and physical inactivity was confirmed. On the other hand the impact of obesity, binge drinking and high blood cholesterol level was not significant among the Czech population. The population approach in cardiovascular epidemiology and cardiovascular health promotion as well are discussed in the last chapter. Keywords: diseases of the circulatory system, mortality, health transition, cardiovascular health, risk factors, survival analysis, health promotion
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Health literacy of the residents of home for eldery
PLCHOVÁ, Aneta
The diploma thesis deals with the health literacy of the residents living in the homes for the elderly. The aim was to find out what is the seniors' level of health literacy, whether they are interested in raising it and whether they are able to participate in the care of their person and make decision about their health. The second objective of the thesis was to describe the role of the nurse in providing health literacy to the clients of the home for the elderly. In the theoretical part of the diploma thesis, we were dealing first with the concept of old age and aging for a comprehensive overview, and we summarized the concepts of health and illness in old age and issues of geriatric nursing and nursing care in homes for the elderly. We analyzed in detail individual areas of health literacy, the acquired knowledge was applied in the research section. The objectives were achieved through a qualitative research in the form of semi-structured interviews. The set for research was chosen on purpose. In the set, there were clients of retirement homes and nurses that works in these homes. The research part focused on the identification of seniors' health literacy took place in two stages, a cognitive function test was first performed with the selected seniors, and it was then followed by an in-depth interview with cognitively intact seniors. The data were processed using text coloring. In the research focused on seniors, there were created 4 categories with 9 subcategories and in the nurse's research, there were 3 categories with 7 subcategories. The research shows that the level of health literacy of the elderly population differs depending on the specific area of health literacy, but it can be summed up that the seniors generally have insufficient health literacy due to the abandonment of initiative and responsibility in the care of their person and decision-making about their health status to the medical staff. In order to increase their health literacy, education is needed especially in the effect of lifestyle on health, the preventive behaviour, the causes and the possible complications of the diseases and the side effects of the used drugs. In the second part of the research we found that the role of a nurse in the home for the elderly is not only irreplaceable in increasing the health literacy of seniors, but very time and psychologically demanding, therefore, it always does not reach the qualities that the nurses themselves would like.
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Support health literacy in the elderly
HOLÁNOVÁ, Klára
Theoretical part of the thesis: The diploma thesis deals with the issue of health literacy with regard to its support for the elderly. Areas for explanation of this issue and the possibilities for health literacy are included in this work. In particular, we speak of the right motivation of the seniors, the education and the possibilities of education for seniors. What is also important is the activation that we can develop the capabilities and skills of the seniors. Aims: For the practical part of the thesis, one aim was set, to which 5 hypotheses belong. Aim: To describe how seniors support health literacy. Hypotheses: 1st The level of support for health literacy is affected by the health of the senior. 2nd Women are more interested in gaining information by visiting Days of Health than men. 3rd The method of promoting health literacy is different for seniors up to 70 years old and seniors over 70 years of age. 4th Senior citizens with higher levels of health literacy support consider health information from healthcare professionals to be more useful than older people with lower levels of health literacy support. 5th Men use Universities of the Third Age to promote health literacy more than women. Methodology: In the practical part of this thesis, a quantitative research was chosen in the form of structured interviews. A total of 23 questions were compiled, including identification data. The research team consisted of 100 elderly over 65 years of age from the South Bohemian Region, who, on the basis of their addressing and their voluntary decision, answered the given questions. The data obtained was further processed and evaluated. Results: According to the results, women and men have the same interest in Health Days. The level of support for health literacy does not have a different impact on seniors on evaluation of the usefulness of information from healthcare professionals, and men use Universities of the Third Age as well as women. Support for health literacy is influenced by the state of health of the elderly in the field of education, physical activity and adherence to doctor's recommendations. The way of promoting health literacy is different for seniors up to 70 years of age and over 70 years of age in the area of physical activity, information and health care for first aid and accident prevention, oncology prevention, skin protection and healthy eating. Conclusion: It is important to inform the elderly about the possibilities of promoting health literacy and to provide information on health promotion and disease prevention. The output of this work is material for seniors containing this information.
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The health literacy development of elementary schools
GRECMANOVÁ, Jana
This diploma thesis deals with the issue of the development of health literacy of pupils attending primary schools. In the theoretical part, it focuses on defining the concept of the health literacy, its importance for society, the importance of its development and the consequences of its lack. A literate person is characterized in here, the factors influencing health literacy and the assessment tools, how it could be measured. It also deals with health promotion and health education at primary schools, which are closely related to health literacy. It focuses on the influence on educational system on health literacy of pupils and on health promotion programs at school facilities. It deals with school age, its division, and the pupil's personality in common. At the end of the theoretical part, we discuss how the health literacy can influence nurses. The empirical part of the thesis is aimed at pupils of 7th and 9th grade of elementary schools, who have been inquired about their ability to look up and evaluate healthcare information. The aim has been to determine the level of health literacy of boys and girls and try to find out differences in their level of health literacy depending on the age and size of the city they are live in. A quantitative research survey has been selected to address this issue and identify the objectives set. The data was obtained using the abridged version of the standardized European Health Literacy Questionnaire HLS-EU-Q, namely the HLS-EU-Q16 questionnaire. The research was attended by 208 pupils from two primary schools in Prague and one from Karlovy Vary.
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