Access to health and long-term care. Equal for women?

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Authors: Křížková, Alena
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Violence against women and the role of gender equality, social inclusion and health strategies. National report Czech Republic

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Authors: Křížková, Alena
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Micro-Entrepreneurs’ Health Strategies During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Authors: Marková Volejníčková, R., Maříková, H., Pospíšilová, M. & Švarcová, M.
The topic of safeguarding against sickness grew in importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. People’s health was more at risk, yet not all had the same capacity and options to deal with it. Therefore, this article focuses on the under-researched topic of choice of strategies and i...
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Assessment of self-rated health: The relative importance of physiological, mental, and socioeconomic factors

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Authors: Hamplová Dana, Klusáček Jan, Mráček Tomáš
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Equality, efficiency and effectiveness: going beyond RCTs in A. L. Cochrane's vision of health care

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Authors: Trnka, S., Stöckelová, T.
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A study of the moderating effects of obesity and poor health on the distance to the ballot station and probability to vote relationship

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Authors: Kudrnáč, Aleš
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Selective pronatalism in childcare and reproductive health policies in Czechoslovakia

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Authors: Hašková, Hana, Radka Dudová
The paper discusses how selective pronatalism has been incorporated into childcare and reproductive health policies in the socialist state of Czechoslovakia (1948–1989). It answers the question of how pronatalist framing has been used to categorise ‘others’, whose procreation has...
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Children of the state? The role of pronatalism in the development of Czech childcare and reproductive health policies

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Authors: Hašková Hana, Radka Dudová
The chapter explores how pronatalism has influenced the formation of reproductive and care policies in Czechia. It shows that the pronatalist framing has been selective in the historical as well as the present-day debates on reproduction. Although pronatalist framing presents its...
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Devices of difference: On the socio-material forms and effects of technologies in complementary and alternative medicine

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Authors: Klepal, J., T. Stöckelová
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Psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Czech version of the Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale

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Authors: Hanzlová, Radka
The aim of this study was to validate the Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSWLS; Pavot et al., 1998) in the Czech language, including the examination of its psychometric properties and measurement invariance by gender and age. The TSWLS is a 15-item instrument for measurin...
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Single-item measures of happiness and life satisfaction: the issue of cross-country invariance of popular general well-being measures

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Authors: Raudenská, Petra
Single-item measures of general well-being are increasingly being analysed cross-culturally but without clear evidence of comparability level attainment. The primary objective of this study is to examine the cross-country measurement invariance of the two most common single-item...
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Neither magic bullet nor a mere tool: negotiating multiple logics of the checklist in healthcare quality improvement

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Authors: Kocman, D., Stöckelová, T., Pearse, R. and Martin, G.
Over two decades, the checklist has risen to prominence in healthcare improvement. This paper contributes to the debate between its proponents and critics, making the case for an STS-informed understanding of the checklist that demonstrates the limitations of both the ‘checklist-...
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Nutritional Practices and Experiences of People on Vegan Diet with Healthcare System: A Qualitative Study

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Authors: Borisova V., Stöckelová T., Ouřadová A., Gojda J
Objectives: The growing popularity of diets that restrict the consumption of animal-based foods is an important new challenge for the public healthcare system in Czechia. While the environmental and health-related benefits of plant-based diets are widely discussed in the media, p...
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Zdraví a rodinný stav

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Authors: Hamplová, Dana
This article focuses on the link between marital status and health and presents an overview of the theories and empirical studies that are devoted to this issue. The article examines the issues of selection and causality, the importance of the quality of a union, gender differenc...
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment for frail older people in acute hospitals: the HoW-CGA mixed-methods study

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Authors: Conroy S P, Bardsley M, Smith P, Neuburger J, Keeble E, Arora S, Kraindler J, Ariti C, Sherlaw-Johnson C, Street A, Roberts H, Kennedy S, Martin G, Phelps K, Regen E, Kocman D, McCue P, Fisher E & Parker S.
AbstractBackgroundThe aim was to provide high quality evidence on delivering hospital-wide Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA).Objective(s)Define CGA, its processes, outcomes and costs in the published literatureIdentify the processes, outcomes and costs of CGA in existing h...
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European food systems in a regional perspective: A comparative study of the effect of COVID-19 on households and city-region food systems

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Authors: Millard, Jeremy, Sturla, Alberto, Smutná, Zdeňka, Janssen, Meike, Vávra, Jan
The concept of the city-region food system is gaining attention due to the need to improve food availability, quality and environmental benefits, for example through sustainable agri-food strategies. The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of coherent and inclusive fo...
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Fear, trust, and compliance with COVID-19 measures: a study of the mediating effect of trust in government on the relationship between fear and compliance

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Authors: Hrbková, Lenka, Kudrnáč, Aleš
As the COVID-19 pandemic became an unprecedented global threat, it was accompanied by an increase in trust in governments as well as fear among the public. Previous research suggests that both institutional trust and fear contribute to the willingness of citizens to comply with a...
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Single Motherhood and Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan African: A Life Course Perspective

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Authors: Clark, Shelley, D. Hamplová
Single motherhood in sub-Saharan Africa has received surprisingly little attention, although it is widespread and has critical implications for children’s wellbeing. Using survival analysis techniques, we estimate the probability of becoming a single mother over women...
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“We Are in Control”: Instagram Influencers and the Proliferation of Conspiracy Narratives in Digital Spaces

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Authors: Heřmanová, Marie
Female spiritual influencers on Instagram engage with conspiracy content and appeal to the issue of control over female bodies to bridge the gap between mainstream and fringe online spaces. I use the concept of “third space” to analyse the dynamics of Instagram communities around...
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Gendered impact of caregiving on older nonmedical healthcare workers

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Authors: Pospíšilová, Marie, Křížková, Alena
Background: The paper deals with older workers and the issue of combining informal care for family members with paid employment, which is increasingly important in the light of socio-demographic changes in society - namely demographic ageing and the lengthening of working li...
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