Journal of Nursing, Social Studies, Public Health and Rehabilitati, 2016 (vol. 7), issue 1-2
Cooperation of occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech therapy in the therapy of children with cerebral palsy
Lucie Dončevová, Eva Buchtelová, Petra Pecharová
JNSS 2016, 7(1-2):7-19 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2016.001 
Aim: The project is focused on the problem of the cooperation of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy during the therapy of children with cerebral palsy.Materials and methods: In the study, 20 children with cerebral palsy were chosen. According to the physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy entrance examination, an eight-day rehabilitation intervention was assigned. Individual physiotherapy and occupational therapy treatment took place three times per week for 45 minutes. Speech therapy intervention was once a week under the direct charge of a speech therapist, and the practice was three times per...
Housing problems of people living in socially excluded localities
David Urban
JNSS 2016, 7(1-2):20-26 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2016.002
The size of housing, its location and quality are factors that have an impact on human health. With regard to the fact that housing situation in socially excluded localities continues to deteriorate, it is important to pay special attention to this issue.The article deals with the issue of housing of people living in socially excluded localities. The aim is to identify and describe the most common housing problems that the residents of these localities have to face. The first part generally defines the issue of social exclusion and housing. The following section presents the results of our own probe, which was implemented in the region of Southern...
Two varying views of discrimination in the Czech Republic
Irena Attlová, Karel Attl
JNSS 2016, 7(1-2):27-40 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2016.003
Since the beginning of the 1950's, the European Community has dealt with the protection of basic human rights and freedoms of which an integral part is the care of complying with the principles of equal handling and fighting against all forms of discrimination. A similar process started with necessary intensity in our territory after 1989 and accelerated when the Czech Republic joined the European Union in 2004; despite of this, many respondents of sociological researches are sure of a high rate of discrimination. The authors have used a comparative analysis to compare the data on discrimination gained from research on public opinion with the exact...
Strengthening nutrition-sensitive agriculture through bio fortification: introducing a comprehensive framework based on findings from a Canadian/Ethiopian project
Carol J. Henry, Patience Elabor-Idemudia, Sheleme Beyene, Susan J. Whiting, Nigatu Regassa
JNSS 2016, 7(1-2):41-56 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2016.004
This paper examines the links between agriculture and nutrition as it seeks to address food and nutrition security in Southern Ethiopia. It draws on data from field research supported by the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund, through the International Development Research Center/Global Affairs Canada. The review aims to introduce a comprehensive framework linking pulse food productivity, bioavailability of micronutrients from pulses through household level processing, nutrition education, and marketing, and their leverage on nutrition security. The development of the framework and subsequent discussion are based on key findings of...
Psychological barriers to the accurate scientific study of individual/social behavior
Kingsley U. Omoyibo, Anthony Afe. Asekhauno
JNSS 2016, 7(1-2):57-63 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2016.005
Humans could manifest behavioral patterns that may not be a true reflection of their inner will, in this sense, man is a being that doubts, thinks, wills, intends, desires, and is dynamically rational. How do these features apply in the predictability of man? In short, what is the depth and reliability of our prying into an individual's will? Prominently, there are two conflicting accounts on whether or not a scientific study of human social behavior is possible, and these are based on four basic claims: one, that there are regularities in human behaviors; two, that the world is rule-governed and humans are part of that world; three, following Spencer...
Death as a theme of the history of medicine
Václav Grubhoffer
JNSS 2016, 7(1-2):64-74 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2016.006
Death is very much an interdisciplinary subject that arouses research interest in natural sciences as well as the humanities. Within European historiography it has become a traditional area of research. The cultural history of death is usually understood as a kind of laboratory for understanding the lifestyle and mentality of representatives of a selected historical epoch. Death in this context is seen as a cultural and culture-forming phenomenon. The history of medicine plays an exceptional role in historical science; by definition it stands on the boundary of the humanities and sciences. In recent times we have provided a number of theoretical and...
The significance of family caregivers today
Jana Konečná, Zdeňka Mikąová
JNSS 2016, 7(1-2):75-81 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2016.007
Family care is defined as an informal type of lay care that is based on the principles of solidarity and love for the next of kin. The significance of this type of care is currently rising among the elderly in connection with the rising demographic increase in the number of older adults. Care for the elderly within families has a number of benefits, but there are also drawbacks that need to be eliminated. The major benefit for the elderly is being able to live at home in a stress-free environment. The major drawbacks lie in the physical and psychological strain for the caregiver, the financial burden for the family, a disrupted cohabitation, and disrupted...
Legal embedment of children's participatory rights in the Czech legal code
Jana Borská, Sylva ©vejdarová
JNSS 2016, 7(1-2):82-91 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2016.008
In the past three years, the Czech Republic has made far-reaching interferences in the legal regulation of socio-legal protection of children. In particular, children's rights have been strengthened, and new legal means assisting their protection have been established. With the adoption of new legal regulation of family law (which is comprehensively regulated by the Civil Code Act No. 89/2012 Coll.), a new procedural regulation has also followed, which deals with procedural ordinances connected with the protection of minor children, and a new act on special court procedures has been adopted. This extensive legal regulation has been a reaction to the...
Initiatives supporting breastfeeding
Jana Chrásková, Mária Boledovičová
JNSS 2016, 7(1-2):92-98 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2016.009
The paper focuses on mapping the principal field supporting the process of breastfeeding and lactation. It brings extensive scientifically well-founded benefits of breastfeeding for healthy growth and development of a child, including activities which are concerned with the support of breastfeeding within the international scale. It presents basic documents which declare the right to breastfeeding and lays stress on the activity of the international network - IBFAN (International Baby Food Action Network), which intervenes in the sphere using optimal nutrition methods. One part also deals with the historical survey of the initiative - Baby-Friendly...