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Tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and marijuana abuse in secondary school pupils in the Ústí RegionORIGINAL ARTICLES
Ladislav Pyšný, Jana Pyšná, Dominika Petrů, David Cihlář, Karol Görner
Hygiena 2018, 63(1):5-9 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1553 
Assessed is tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and marijuana abuse by students of "standard secondary schools" of the Ústí Region. The Ústí Region is specific in a range of factors which could support increased intake of these drugs, and results of some studies bring only data covering the whole republic. For data collection were used questions from the European Model Questionnaire (EMQ), focused on this issue. The survey was carried out at 43 secondary schools, where in there have been evaluated 3,558 questionnaires, 1,809 from boys and 1,749 from girls. Our results describe the high intake of selected drugs in high school boys and girls difference...
The Capital City Prague Public Health Authority is Overseeing the Adherence to the So-called Anti-smoker ActNEWS
RNDr. Jan Jarolímek, Ph.D., MBA
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):136
Meeting of the Committee of the Society of Hygiene and Communal Medicine, October 17, 2017NEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):135-136
Conclusions of the 21th National Conference “Nutrition and Health 2017” – the Prof. Stanislav Hrubý, MD, Memorial Nutrition Hygiene Meeting Held in Teplice, September 19–21, 2017NEWS
Bohumil Turek, Igo Kajaba, Petr Šíma, Jan Ševčík
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):134-135
Remembering Jaroslav Horníček, MDNEWS
RNDr. Daniela Žádníková
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):134
Eightieth Birthday of Prof. Vladimír BenckoNEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):133
Proof of the Negative Health Effects of PM2.5 at Levels below the Valid LimitREVIEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):132
Malignant Tumours in the Czech Republic in 2015REVIEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):130
Factors Influencing the Frequency of Having Lunch at SchoolREVIEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):128
World Health Organization. On the Road to Health 2020 Policy TargetsREVIEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):118
Europe on the Way to Suppress Noncommunicable DiseasesREVIEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):111
A September Falling of LeavesDISCUSSION
František Kotěšovec, Jan Ševčík
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):131-132
Legal Actualities during 1. 8. 2017 – 15. 10. 2017SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Eva Nekvindová
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):129-130
General and Communal Hygiene – a 40-year RetrospectiveEDITORIAL
MUDr. Bohumil Havel
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):107 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1544
Usefulness of Human Biomonitoring for the Process of Risk Assessment of Exposure to Xenobiotics Including Dietary Intake Using as an Example the Exposure to MercuryREVIEW PAPERS
Katarína Kromerová, Vladimír Bencko
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):123-128 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1566
Human biomonitoring is an efficient and cost-effective way to measure the level of exposure of the human body to xenobiotics. Its advantage is the integration of all exposure routes and sources, it reduces the number of assumptions that need to be done when estimating food consumption, the possibility of clarifying the human metabolism and mechanism of toxicity of contaminants, the possibility of its use in case of the majority of xenobiotics and the fact that it reflects the internal dose of the contaminant at any given point in time. However, further harmonization is necessary in the area of human biomonitoring, to derive equivalents of markers of...
Caring for Surgical Instruments in Pre-Sterilization PreparationORIGINAL ARTICLES
Magda Taliánová, Ilona Kašparová
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):119-122 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1551
Caring for surgical instruments is an integral part of preparation for surgery. Appropriate care of surgical instruments has an impact not only on patient safety, but also on their quality and tool life. The aim of the research was to determine how perioperative nurses/midwives are caring for surgical instruments. It was found that Perioperative nurses/midwives endeavor to comply with generally applicable principles of surgical care, but some shortcomings have also been identified that could have a negative impact on both the quality and life of the instruments, as well as the safety of patients in surgical procedures.
Analysis of Nano and Micro Particles in the Working Atmosphere During Metal ProcessingORIGINAL ARTICLES
Martin Frič, Marián Schwarz, Miroslav Dado, Lucia Bustin
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):112-118 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1547
The article deals with the analysis of various aerosol fractions, including nanometric, micrometric particles and particulate matter (PM), in the working atmosphere. Analysis of particle distribution in the production of steel tubes by hot rolling, precisely at the punching press has been shown the presence of PM particles with diameter less than 0.5 µm (7.1 µg/m3), 1 µm (16.4 µg/m3), 2.5 µm (40.4 µg/m3), less than 4.0 µm (58.6 µg/m3) and less than (95.1 µg/m3). We further evaluated the results of particle size distribution according to their quantity....
Life Expectancy in the 65 Years Old Population and Pensions IncomeORIGINAL ARTICLES
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(4):108-111 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1548
Influence of income from pensions on life expectancy was described in several articles in medical journals and research reports. Present study tried to verify this association in the Czech population of 65 years of age. However, only a very low correlation was found in men and medium correlation in women between regional averages of pension income and life expectancy with limited statistical significance. On the contrary, the percentage of higher educated significantly correlated with life expectancy in both men and women and determined life expectancy by about 40%. The author discusses the low effect of pensions income on life expectancy of elderly...
The Fifth Effective Health Promotion Strategy ConferenceNEWS
Marie Nejedlá
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):103-104
In Memory of Prof. PhDr. Vladimír Kebza, CSc.NEWS
Lumír Komárek
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):103
Our Professor Jaroslav KotulánNEWS
Drahoslava Hrubá
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):101-102
Professor Provazník's 80th BirthdayNEWS
Lumír Komárek
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):101
Global Warming and Safety of Food of Animal OriginREVIEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):100
Legal Actualities during 1.4.2017–15.5.2017SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Eva Nekvindová
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):99-100
Health Effects of a Public Smoking Ban in SwitzerlandREVIEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):98
The Contribution of Tobacco to Mortality in Eastern EuropeREVIEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):93
Efforts to Increase Physical Activity in School Children in the USAREVIEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):89
Malignant Tumours in Europe and in the Czech RepublicREVIEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):84
The Chief Public Health Officer of the Slovak Republic on the 65th Anniversary of the Public Health ServiceEDITORIAL
Ján Mikas
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):75-76 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1545
Significance and Physical Activity Options in the Armed Forces of the Czech RepublicZdravotní efekt zákazu kouření cigaret na veřejnosti ve ŠvýcarskuREVIEW PAPERS
Vladimír Pavlík, Jana Fajfrová, Marek Kulich, Petr Lašák, Tomáš Halajčuk
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):94-98 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1542
The study is focused on the significance of physical activity in primary prevention and its positive influence on decrease in the occurrence of non-communicable diseases in the population. Benefits for individual cardiometabolic diseases resulting from regular physical activity are described in the first part of the work. The second part deals with the options of time and place for physical activity in the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic (ACR), individual types of physical preparation in the ACR, sports possibilities and kinds of sports in individual units and types of physical activity testing. The problem of preventive rehabilitation and spa treatment...
HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT AND PSYCHoSOMATIC AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF RISK PERCEPTIONPodíl tabáku na úmrtích ve východní EvropěREVIEW PAPERS
Vladimír Bencko
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):90-93 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1555
Qualified assessment of potential health risks in the living and working environment, related to existing buildings and planned industrial, transport or other building activities/projects is an essential part of their audit. While the initial phase of the risk assessment, namely its identification and exposure assessment, are of a purely naturalistic nature, the self-estimation of the risk level already includes increasingly arbitrary aspects (eg safety factors). Risk communication and, in particular, risk management mean that, in psychosocial terms, decision-making is then put into a political context. An indispensable component of that system of...
New Trends in the Prevention of Biofilm Formation in HealthCare PremisesREVIEW PAPERS
Iveta Danilová, Irena Lovětinská-Šlamborová
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):85-89 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1520
Most bacteria exist as a cell community that adheres to living or inert surfaces. This fellowship is called a biofilm and it is often associated with health complications. Bacterial biofilm infections are especially problematic because the sessile bacteria resist the host's immune mechanisms, antibiotics and disinfectants. The review deals with the principle of biofilm formation and with aspects that affect this process. It tries to bring readers new trends in modern wound dressing, in the treatment of healthcare premises, water and invasive medical devices, which should lead to a minimization of biofilm formation and the incidence of health- care...
ECTOPARASITE BED BUG (CIMEX LECTULARIUS) HAS ONCE AGAIN RETURNED TO HUMAN HABITATS ALSO IN SLOVAKIAORIGINAL ARTICLES
Anna Totková, Ľudmila Ševčíková, Ľubica Argalášová, Daniel Böhmer, Vanda Repiská, Jana Malová, Andrej Karkalík, Adrián Totka
Hygiena 2017, 62(3):77-84 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1541
Introduction: In the 1970s and 1980s we noticed the occurrence of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius Linné, 1758) in flats, family houses and accommodation facilities in Slovakia and only sporadically in the Czech Republic. Under regular monitoring of this ectoparasite by hygienists from a department of disinfection, disinsection, and deratization, it was possible not only to eliminate the occurrence of the parasite but in the 1980s even to eradicate it. Today, it is necessary again to address this major global health issue. Cimex lectularius has once again returned to human habitats. Its biological development and activity are bond to...
The Silesian Meeting on Preventive Medicine 2017 ConferenceNEWS
Renáta Brablcová
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):69-71
A New Service for Readers of the Hygiena JournalNEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):72
Declaration of the Committee of the Society of Hygiene and Community Medicine on the Prohibition of Smoking in RestaurantsNEWS
SHKM
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):72
Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and HealthNEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):72
Ninth Global Health Promotion ConferenceNEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):71
Visual Feedback for the Lowering of Noise LevelsNEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):65
Káva v chemoprevenci nádorůREVIEWS
Drahoslava Hrubá
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):68
Dynamics of the Smoking Habit in the USA, 2005–2015REVIEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):68
Noise Levels in Greek NurseriesREVIEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):67
Přehled vývoje poznatků a směrnic WHO o kvalitě ovzduší | A Review of the Evolution of WHO Air Quality GuidelinesREVIEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):67
Health risk assessment of air pollution, general principlesREVIEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):67
We Were and We Will BeEDITORIAL
Vladimír Bencko
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):43-44 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1531
Legal actualities during 1. 4. 2017 – 15. 5. 2017SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Eva Nekvindová
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):66
On the establishment of the Public Health Service in CzechoslovakiaREVIEW PAPERS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):62-65 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1530
The Public Health Service in the former Czechoslovakia got started in 1952 and its development and work are documented in many sources except for the years 1951 and 1952 when the system was being prepared conceptually. According to the few documents that are available, on the establishment of the public health service, there has participated the Ukrainian professor of hygiene N. N. Litvinov from the former Soviet Union on request from the Czechoslovak government, along with Czechoslovak professors Vilém Škovránek and Pavel Macúch. Summarized is available information, however, there continues to be a minimum of authentic facts from that time.
CURRENT TRENDS IN THE PROCESS OF RISK ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE TO XENOBIOTICS INCLUDING DIETARY INTAKEREVIEW PAPERS
Katarína Kromerová, Vladimír Bencko
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):54-61 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1512
New trends in risk assessment of exposure to xenobiotics (including via food) respond to rapid advances in science, risk assessment methodologies, the generation of and access to a huge volume of data on various factors and parameters and changes in the regulatory environment. On the other hand, as such they constitute additional challenges. There is a clear tendency for an integrated approach to risk assessment of exposure to xenobiotics including those in the food chain on several levels. The aim of these approaches is to ensure that the result of the risk assessment process by its qualified estimation as established by law reflects as closely as...
Lifestyle and changes in body compositionORIGINAL ARTICLES
Jan Hlúbik, Pavol Hlúbik
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):50-53 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1514
Inappropriate lifestyle with excess energy in the diet and lack of physical activity is the cause of a positive energy balance. Obesity occurs most commonly as a result of a positive energy balance. Obesity is characterized by increase of BMI (body mass index) and percentage of body fat. Dietary therapy is the basis of a complex therapy for people with overweight and obesity. In a clinically healthy 45-year-old man there was realized a six year non-pharmacological overweight therapy. When the patient was behaving according to dietary and exercise recommendations a decrease in body weight on average 3.2 kg per month, decrease in body fat, decrease in...
Views of citizens of the Czech Republic on nutrition educationORIGINAL ARTICLES
Leona Mužíková
Hygiena 2017, 62(2):45-49 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1509
A representative sociological survey of Czech citizens' views on health care and health issues has been carried out regularly since 1995. In 2014, the survey first included questions enquiring about Czech citizens' views on nutrition education. The survey aimed to establish how well informed Czech citizens are about nutrition and diet, what their information sources are, and whether or not nutrition education should be taught in primary schools. The field survey consisted in a standardized controlled interview with a respondent, and the data were collected throughout the Czech Republic by professional inquirers of Spirox, s.r.o. The sample set had...
Report on the Issuing of the Hygiena Journal in 2016NEWS
Jaroslav Kříž, Věra Kernová, Jana Veselá, Pavol Hlúbik
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):40
Changes in the Constitution of the Interdepartmental Commission Concerning the Iodine DeficitNEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):40
Supplying the European Population with IodineREVIEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):39
Legal Actualities during 1.11.2016-31.3.2017SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Eva Nekvindová
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):38-39
Information about Health on the Pages of the WHONEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):37
Selected Population Health Indicators in the Czech Republic - EHES 2014SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Naďa Čapková, Michala Lustigová, Jana Kratěnová, Kristýna Žejglicová, Růžena Kubínová
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):35-37 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1511
The major objective of EHES (European Health Examination Survey) was to collect up-to-date information on the prevalence of risk factors for chronic diseases in the middle-aged Czech population. Medical examinations which included repeated blood-pressure tests, measurement of anthropometric markers, collection of venous blood for determination of total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and glycated haemoglobin were applied to 1220 subjects aged 25-64 years. Hypertension was detected in 47% of men and 26% women. Successful treatment (140/90 mmHg values) was recorded for 47% of men and 66% women. A total of 40% men and 26% women subjects with confirmed hypertension...
The Issue of Work Safety for Health-care Workers – the Risks Associated with Needlestick and Sharp Object InjuriesREPORT FROM PRACTICE
Emília Biborová, Eliška Kuchařová, Tomáš Mimránek
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):27-34 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1485
The authors propose a rational approach to the prevention of needlestick and others injuries among health-care workers exposed to occupational infections from biological material. The Central Military Hospital where this issue has been addressed since 2009 and where the EPI net database is used, is cited as example.
Infection Prevention and Control ProgrammeREVIEW PAPERS
Eliška Kuchařová, Emília Biborová
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):24-26 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1487
Health care associated infections represent a risk that affects morbidity, mortality and total cost of health-care across the world. The results of the European Point Prevalence Study, focused on health-care associated infections and the use of antimicrobials and organized by the ECDC in 2011-2012, reveal the severity of this problem troughout the EU member states. The introduction of the a functional infection prevention and control programme in health care facilities is a fundamental prerequisite for a rational approach to the issue of health-care associated infection.
Cardiovascular Diseases among WomenREVIEW PAPERS
Liana Greiffeneggová, Drahoslava Hrubá
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):18-23 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1494
According to a number of epidemiological studies, women are more vulnerable to cardiovascular risk factors than men. Women also have certain specific risk factors such as use of oral hormone contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy, pregnancy and toxaemia during pregnancy. This paper describes former and recent results from significant studies on gender differences in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Health in the EMRO Countries and the Legislative Regulation of Unhealthful InfluencesREVIEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):17
Burnout in Institutional Care for Elderly PeopleORIGINAL ARTICLES
Hana Lukšová, Iva Kuzníková
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):12-17 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1508
Aim: The aim of the review was to identify and analyze professional and scientific contributions to the issue of burnout syndrome in institutional care for the elderly, and to find out what standardized instruments are used to assess burnout in this area of care. Methodology: The source of the data obtained during the 2000-2016 period was from licensed and free available electronic databases. Evaluation of collected contributions was performed using the level of evidence specified by Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt. A total of 8 studies was selected for in-depth analysis and post-processing on the basis of established criteria. Results:...
Monograph on Health ProtectionREVIEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):11
Households Food Consumption in NUTS II of the Czech Republic - Demographic and Socio-economic ContextORIGINAL ARTICLES
Dana Hübelová, Šárka Odrážková
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):4-11 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1507
Appropriate nutritional intake habits are a major health determinant. Nutrition is closely related to household food consumption, which is influenced by socio-economic status. The object of this analysis is to identify household food consumption in eight regions of the Czech Republic as part of the NUTS II (Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics II), which involves cluster analysis. Results reveal a bidirectional effect of household food consumption and demographic and socioeconomic indicators. The Prague region is positively evaluated with the most favourable food consumption but also the highest usage of tobacco and alcohol, due to economic...
On Knowledge, Evidence and ReasoningEDITORIAL
Jaroslav Volf
Hygiena 2017, 62(1):3 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1510
Anniversary of Jarmila Rážová MD, PhDNEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):179
And Much Wiser. Yet on the 80th Birthday of Jan Ševčík, MDNEWS
Bohumil Turek, Petr Šíma
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):178
Honors for Jan Ševčík, MDNEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):177
Conclusions of the 20th National Conference "Nutrition and Health 2016"NEWS
Bohumil Turek, Igo Kajaba, Petr Šíma, Jan Ševčík
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):177
Legal Actualities during 1.8.2016-31.10.2016SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Eva Nekvindová
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):176
Smokers Negatively Influence Outdoor Ambient Air Quality to a Significant DegreeNEWS
Drahoslava Hrubá
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):175
Lung Cancer and HPV InfectionsREVIEW PAPERS
Petr Ambroz, Jana Janoutová, Vladimír Janout
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):172-175
Summary information is presented regarding latest knowledge on human papillomavirus and its role as a risk factor for lung cancer. Results of studies are inconsistent and IARC has not issued any declaration on the classification of HPV as a human carcinogen playing any role in the etiology of lung cancer.
Oxidative Stress Due To Ambient Air Pollution in the City of KarvináNEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):171
Immunomodulatory Effects of Beta-glucansREVIEW PAPERS
Vladimír Bencko, Petr Šíma, Bohumil Turek
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):167-171
Beta-glucans are structural components of the cell walls of bacteria, cyanobacteria, algae, yeasts and fungi, and even in abundance are also found in cereal grains. The primary source of beta glucans for immunomodulatory studies and for therapeutic applications are more or less traditional, given partly by their greater availability. In Europe and the US are zymosan of yeast used in baking and brewing, France glucans from seaweed, in Canada and Brazil glucans from cereals, Japan, China and Russia are all kinds of mushrooms (shiitake, maitake, reishi). Several clinical studies have indicated the possibility of using beta glucans in the preventin of...
Our Knowledge Concerning Physical Education in Preschool Children is Still InsufficientNEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):166
The History of Serological Surveys in the Czech RepublicREVIEW PAPERS
Hana Tomášková, Veronika Ovesná, Alena Kloudová, Aleš Hozák, Vladimír Janout
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):161-166
Serological surveys monitor levels of antibodies against selected infections and provide information about the susceptibility and collective immunity of the population. The surveys are used for evaluating the overall effectiveness vaccination programs of and create a major basis for important decisions about interventions, and modifications and changes in immunization schedules. They are also a basis for pronouncing epidemiological predictions and creating hypotheses. The introduction of serological surveys in the Czech Republic and also worldwide was contributed by the Czech founder of modern epidemiology professor Karel Raška, MD. In the Czech Republic,...
Ochratoxin A: 50 Years of ResearchNEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):160
Smoke-free Homes - Opinions of Fifth-year Students of General Medicine on the Prevention of Passive SmokingORIGINAL ARTICLES
Jana Fialová, Jana Stávková, Drahoslava Hrubá
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):157-160
The opinions and attitudes of medical students involved in the project Smoke-free homes shows the importance of a comprehensive approach to smoking prevention. Student participation in the project indicates a new perspective on the possibilities of prevention. Future doctors can better understand the attitudes of smokers and non-smokers and they can apply that experience in their approach to smoking prevention.
Economic Consequences of Ambient Air Pollution on HealthNEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):156
Cleaning Low Noise Pavements and Changes in Their Noisiness in the Czech Republic Monitored by the CPX MethodORIGINAL ARTICLES
Vítězslav Křivánek, Josef Stryk, Jiří Jedlička
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):152-156
The issue of noise is among the key issues of long-term road transport in terms of its negative impacts on the environment and human health, which is considerably affected by technical the condition of the road - road wearing course. Noise generated by contact of the tyre with the and road surface occurs in vehicles from the speed of approx. 40 km/h and higher, therefore low-noise road pavements have recently been used as anti-noise measures. Although there were just several cases of specialized surface installation in the Czech Republic in 2010, in 2013 there were already dozens of cases. Faster acoustic degradation has been found with low-noise surfaces,...
Correction for Sound Wave Reflection from House Facades with Protected Outdoor Environs of BuildingsORIGINAL ARTICLES
Jan Šlechta, Tomáš Hellmuth
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):146-151
The paper presents research performed in order to classify the correction for sound wave reflection from house facades with protected outdoor environs of buildings. Quantification of this correction is necessary because of the Directive 2002/49/EC which demands to subtract the reflected component of the sound pressure level from the measured sound pressure level A. The norm ČSN ISO 1996-2 deals with the problem and classifies three situations which can occur during measurements. An important document in the Czech environment is the Methodical Manual for the Assessment of Noise in the Protected Outdoor Environs of Buildings which assigns to all situations...
Global Development in Non-communicable DiseasesNEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):145
Determinants of Prehypertension and Hypertension in Adolescents within the Project Respect for HealthORIGINAL ARTICLES
Miroslava Podolinská, Eva Horváthová, Soňa Wimmerová, Zora Gerová
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):141-145
Background: In Slovakia, prevalence of hypertension and its determinants in the population of adolescents have not been systematically monitored. In this study we present the results of observing the impacts of selected risk factors of lifestyle (overweight, obesity, physical inactivity, excessive time spent over sedentary activities, salting, consumption of food with high salt content, smoking) on blood pressure in high school youth. Our goal has been to define the determinants of prehypertension and hypertension in students of Bratislava district, high schools in.Population and methods: The targeted group was composed of 4,242 healthy adolescents...
Why Be Member of a Professional Society?EDITORIAL
Pavel Dlouhý
Hygiena 2016, 61(4):139-140
He Is a Bit Younger and a Bit Taller. Recollections to the Eightieth Birthday of Jan Ševčík, MDNEWS
František Kotěšovec
Hygiena 2016, 61(3):135-136
Eva Gottvaldová has been named the new Chief Public Health Officer of the Czech RepublicNEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2016, 61(3):135
Legal Actualities during 21.4.2016-31.7.2016SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Eva Nekvindová
Hygiena 2016, 61(3):133-135
Reflections on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Professor Karel Symon, MDSHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Vladimír Bencko
Hygiena 2016, 61(3):131-133 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1488
This year marks 100 years since the birth of one of the founders of the Medical Faculty of Hygiene, the current 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, prof. Karel Symon, MD. The successful beginnings and quality instruction in the following years was due to a number of experts - university teachers. Prof. Karel Symon, MD, belonged to the prominent personalities of the time. The hundredth anniversary of his birth is a timely reminder of his professional profile and his significant share in tuition and in the progress of our modern understanding of hygiene, focused on acquiring knowledge based on objective evidence of harm to the health...
Bavarian Centre for HealthNEWS
Redakce
Hygiena 2016, 61(3):130
Nutrition and Mortality in the Central European Study HAPIEENEWS
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2016, 61(3):130
Professor Josef Roček, MD, Eminent Personality in the Field of Czech HygieneREVIEW PAPERS
Jaroslav Kotulán
Hygiena 2016, 61(3):124-130 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1462
Professor Josef Roček, MD (1887-1946), founder and head of the Department of Hygiene at the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University (Brno, former Czechoslovakia) in the period 1921-1939, was a respected personality not only at the faculty as an outstanding teacher and scientist but also amongst the general public as a well known expert in water hygiene (drinking water supply, sewage disposal). Alongside his relentless educational and scientific activities he played a significant role in national health education. He founded the Moravian Hygiene Museum and edited the monthly "Hygiene - Personal, Public, Social". He played a part in the development of...