|
|
The issue of preventive medical examinations in the population over 45 years old
ZÁRUBOVÁ, Michaela
The topic of my bachelor thesis is ´The Issue of Preventive Medical Examinations in Population over 45 years of age.´ The thesis is divided into two parts, a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part deals with the meaning and content of medical examinations at a practitioner´s and a dentist´s for adults, and at a gynaecologist´s for adult women in more detail. The practical part describes the determined hypotheses and the aim of the thesis, which was to find out the extent of awareness about preventive medical examination (further on referred to as PME) within healthcare in a chosen sample of Czech population aged 45 and more. The thesis methodology clarifies the evaluation of data gathered via my own research. For the purposes of my own research I have chosen the methodology of quantitative analysis, i.e. non-standardized questionnare (Appendix No.1). Using this questionnare, I was able to evaluate the determined hypotheses and find out whether respondents over 45 years of age are aware of the issue of preventive medical examinations. The research sample was made of 156 respondents, predominantly by women, 107, and the rest 49 were men. The pleasant finding is that most respondents attend their preventive medical examinations for adults regularly, i.e. 106 respondents out of the research sample, out of 156. 39 out of the remaining 50 respondents who do not attend regularly, have stated the absence of health complications as their reason. A less positive result of the research is that only 35 respondents out of 156 are invited to attend a preventive medical examination for adults by their practitioner. The rest of 121 are not, however, 98 of them would be interested in being invited. I have found out that the knowledge of PME for adults time range at a practitioner´s does not differ in terms of age, according to my research not even education plays a role, there are no differences even in ways of PME invitation preference given by age.
|
|
|
Monitoring of prevention programs and activities promoting public health by health insurance companies
VOLFOVÁ, Jana
Public health insurance system is compulsory for all people permanently living in the Czech Republic as well as for foreigners who work here. Insurance begins with the day of birth, with the day of obtaining permanent residence or if a foreigner who does not have a permanent residence in the area of Czech Republic, has become an employee here. Insurance expires with the citizen´s death, with the end of their permanent residence, or if the citizen without a permanent residence has ended their employment in the Czech Republic. Nowadays, there are seven health insurance companies that may pay different health services beyond paid health care from prevention funding, thus offer their clients a range of contributions. The aim of this thesis is to find out whether prevention programmes offered by individual health insurance companies differ, and whether using of the offered benefits for health support differs according to clients´gender and education, and whether the frequency of changing health insurance company depends on the client´s gender. I have created a non-standardized questionnaire with 18 questions to refute or confirm my hypotheses, and thus evaluate the aims of my thesis. Testing of my hypotheses happened via the chi-quadrat test, where I found out that using of the offered benefits (financial aid provided beyond public insurance for health support) differs according to gender, but does not differ according to the clients´ education. I have also found out that the frequency of changing health insurance company does not depend on the client´s gender. Comparing prevention programmes of different health insurance companies has made me conclude that benefits differ, and thus it is up to the client to decide at which health insurance company to insure themselves. Whether they follow the offered benefit spectre or the fact that the insurance company has entered a contract with their doctor.
|
|
|
EFFECTIVITY OF SCREENING PROGRAMS OF NEOPLASMS IN CZECH REPUBLIC
Valášková, Veronika ; Pechholdová, Markéta (advisor) ; Nývlt, Ondřej (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the national screening programs for cancer diagnosis. The goal of this thesis is to find a proper way how to evaluate the effectivity of screening programs as well as their influence on the intensity of mortality from certain types of cancer. For the purpose of finding out necessary information were used data related to the diagnosis of colorectal cancer, a diagnosis of cervical cancer and breast cancer in the population of the Czech Republic between 1977 - 2011. This thesis is divided into eight chapters. The first chapter is an introduction to the topic and contains the description of the main goals. The second chapter defines terms that are crucial for this thesis. The third chapter is devoted to data sources and institutions that collect different types of data and health statistics. The next chapter deals with the epidemiology of all described types of cancer and also provide information on risk factors and symptoms of the disease. The fifth chapter looks back at trends in mortality and incidence of the most common malignant tumors in the Czech Republic. The sixth chapter describes planning and implementation of screening processes. The seventh history of screening programs in the Czech Republic. The eighth chapter deals with the rules and regulations of the EU Council and the World Health Organization. The ninth chapter represents the final assessment of Czech screening programs, compared both to the WHO guidelines and the results in the world. The last chapter is including description of mortality and their reaction on screening programs. Text describes even comparison with two other European countries (Germany, France).
|
guest ::
