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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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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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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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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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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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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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Authors: Vlachová, Klára (ed.)
In the years 2002 to 2012, Czech society experienced a series of events and changes. Similar events and changes, however, also took place in other European countries. State and development of attitudes, values and behaviour of populations of European countries in connection with...
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Authors: Conroy, S., Martin, G., Kocman, D., Parker, S., Bardsley, M., Kennedy, S., Neuburger, J., Phelps, K., Regen, E., Roberts, H., Sherlaw, Ch., Smith, P.
Frail older people admitted for acute inpatient hospital care are at high risk of adverse events, long stays, readmission and long term care. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) improves outcomes for this group, particularly on specialised wards. However, there is uncertaint...
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Authors: Stöckelová, T., Kolářová, K., Senft, L.
The Covid-19 pandemic revealed a dramatic need for modes of solidarity and responsibility that take into account welfare of others and simultaneously stem from the recognition of global co-dependency and shared vulnerabilities. Using the concepts of ‘imagined immunity’ and ‘compe...
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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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Authors: Křížková, Alena, Hana Hašková, Kristýna Pospíšilová
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Authors: Vinopal, J., Tabery, P., Pilnáček, M., Červenka, J., Ďurďovič, M.
A research report with main outputs of the survey conducted under the project Parallels and Differences of Social Situations with Panic Potential - an example of RMU and a coronavirus pandemic in Czech society.www.cvvm.soc.cas.cz
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Authors: Smutná, Zdeňka, Vávra, Jan, Duží, Barbora
Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic affected food systems in many countries and emphasized a lot of already existing social, economic and environmental agri-food problems. Alternative food networks (AFNs), praised for their ability to improve the food systems, were under stress,...

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