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Background: Health literacy is currently a hot and frequently discussed topic both in the Czech Republic and worldwide. The need of improving the awareness of this topic is confirmed by the fact that individuals with a lower level of health literacy show an impaired level of health, which is reflected by an excessive consumption of unhealthy food and prolonged hospitalization. Methods: This paper presents partial results of the RVO ZSF JU Project called Health Literacy in the Selected Groups of South Bohemian Popu...

Nursing is a culture and, since time immemorial, it has been connected to a number of cognitive and skill-based preconditions that should be an integral part of the personality equipment of each nurse as representative of the nursing profession. The preconditions include primarily the theoretical-philosophical frameworks of nursing or conceptual models whose importance consists primarily in the effort to offer a comprehensive, high-quality, individualized and documentation-based nursing care, considering the indiv...

Background: As a result of globalization, borders between countries become only imaginary lines on the map. Due to this spontaneous uncontrolled process there is a blending of cultures whose philosophy can be more or less different from that of the majority society. The objective of this paper is to present partial results of the research grant project and to reflect on the finality of life in contemporary religious traditions. Methods: The research was funded with support of the Grant Agency of the University of ...