Journal of Nursing, Social Studies, Public Health and Rehabilitati, 2019 (vol. 10), issue 3-4
Use of social support as protection against the stress of the working poor
Zuzana Řimnáčová, Stanislav Ondrášek, Alena Kajanová
JNSS 2019, 10(3-4):81-88 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2019.009 
This article deals with the relationship between the stress and social support of the working poor. We assume that a person with low income is surrounded by a number of stressful events and could create more social networks and thus use social support more than a person who does not experience such situations.The goal of this research was to find out whether social support of the working poor was so extensive that it could help in the protection against stress, which often arises due to a lack of finances.This study was carried out in 2017 and at the beginning of 2018 in South Bohemia. It included 358 respondents whose income was at the minimum...
Social and life aspects of Roma migration
David Urban, Alena Kajanová
JNSS 2019, 10(3-4):89-96 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2019.010
The article describes and analyses factors that influence the migration of the Roma from Slovakia to the Czech Republic. The qualitative study was conducted via an interview method and with help of biographic interview techniques with specified target groups. The research set consists of Roma females and males (N = 12) who moved from Slovakia to the Czech Republic between 2008-2018. The interviews were recorded on a recording device with the respondents' consent. The results were analysed through open and axial coding in the Atlas.ti program. The results show that the main motivation to leave their current location is a vision of a better life...
Nutritional status and wellbeing of older persons in Edo State, Nigeria
Osunde Omoruyi, Elisha Gregory Osayande
JNSS 2019, 10(3-4):97-103 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2019.011
The study examined the nutritional status and wellbeing of older persons in Oredo and the Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State. It was aimed at looking at the relationship between food intake, dietary intake and nutritional status of older persons. A total of one hundred and forty five respondents were used for the study through a mix method approach. The body weight, height and grip strength were measured, and the Mini Nutritional Assessment questionnaire was used to collect the nutritional data. We observed from the findings that 56% of the respondents eat three times daily, and the daily calorie intake from food composition was low due...
Secondary prevention of colorectal cancer
Tereza Dušičková, Sylva Bártlová
JNSS 2019, 10(3-4):104-110 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2019.012
Goal: The goal of this review study is to map the options of secondary prevention of colorectal cancer.Methods: We used the method of document content analysis. We searched for references using the following keywords: "screening", "colorectal cancer", "occult bleeding", "colonoscopy", and the Boole operators "AND" and "NOT". We used the databases of EBSCO, ProQuest and Pubmed between February and April 2019. After the filtering, we included 20 sources.Results: The study shows that if colorectal cancer is treated in the early phase, there is a higher probability of survival. We also confirmed a decreased incidence and mortality...