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Why Community media in the Czech Republic? A Roadmap to Develop Czech Community Media Vrije Universiteit Brussel

In many different parts of the world community media are credited for enhancing democracy and stimulating participation. The CEE countries have been slow in the uptake of the community media model, with some exceptions, but this lack of attention now also offers opportunities for facilitating their establishment. This contribution discusses the need to combine two strategies: (1) a consultation, training and negotiation process; and (2) the ...

Spontaneous reports of adverse drug reactions related to oral anticoagulants in the Czech Republic Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Simona Dvorackova, Katerina Mala-Ladova, Eva Zimcikova, Eva Jirsova, Stephane Steurbaut, Ales Antonin Kubena, Jozef Kolar, Josef Maly

Background Oral anticoagulants are established drugs of choice for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic events. However, monitoring their safety remains warranted. Objective The aim was to analyze spontaneous reports of adverse drug reactions related to oral anticoagulants in the Czech Republic. Setting Retrospective observational pharmacovigilance study. Methods Adverse drug reaction reports were obtained from the State Institute ...

A comparison of drug use prevention systems in Belgium and the Czech Republic Ghent University

Katherina Srahùlkova, Wouter Vanderplasschen
The article focuses on the prevention of drug abuse in the Czech Republic and Belgium. It is a result of cooperation established between the author and her Belgian supervisor during her PhD fellowship at Ghent University as part of the Erasmus programme. The paper seeks to compare Belgium (especially the Flemish part of Belgium), as a West European country with a long tradition of drug prevention, and the Czech Republic, a country from the ...

Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Portugal Ghent University

Ines Fronteira, Miguel Oliveira da Silva, Vit Unzeitig, Helle Karro, Marleen Temmerman
Objectives This pilot study, within the REPROSTAT 2 Project, aimed at investigating the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of school-based youths in four countries of the European Union. Methods Students of either sex, aged between 16 and 19 years and entering grade 10, 11 or 12 during the 2005-2006 school year participated in a cross sectional survey. A structured questionnaire was administered to a convenience sample of students from ...

Characterization of the Complete Nucleotide Sequences of mcr-1-Encoding Plasmids From Enterobacterales Isolates in Retailed Raw Meat Products From the Czech Republic Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Marketa Zelendova, Costas C. Papagiannitsis, Adam Valcek, Matej Medvecky, Ibrahim Bitar, Jaroslav Hrabak, Tereza Gelbicova, Alzbeta Barakova, Iva Kutilova, Renata Karpiskova, et al.

The aim of our study was to determine complete nucleotide sequence of mcr-1-carrying plasmids from Enterobacterales isolates recovered from domestic and imported raw retailed meat and compare them with plasmids available at the GenBank sequence database. A set of 16 plasmids originating from Escherichia coli (n = 13), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 2), and Citrobacter braakii (n = 1) were analyzed. In our previous study, data from whole genome ...

Place of death in the Czech Republic and Slovakia Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Martin Loucka, Sarah G Brearley, Zeger De Groote

BACKGROUND: Place of death represents an important indicator for end-of-life care policy making and is related to the quality of life of patients and their families. The aim of the paper is to analyse the place of death in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2011. Research questions were focused on factors influencing the place of death and specifically the likelihood of dying at home.

METHODS: Whole population data from death ...

Genomic analysis of Escherichia coli strains isolated from diseased chicken in the Czech Republic Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Aneta Papouskova, Aneta Papouskova, Martina Masarikova, Martina Masarikova, Adam Valcek, David Senk, Darina Cejkova, Eva Jahodarova, Alois Cizek, Alois Cizek, et al.

Background: Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) can cause various extraintestinal infections in poultry, resulting in massive economic losses in poultry industry. In addition, some avian E. coli strains may have zoonotic potential, making poultry a possible source of infection for humans. Due to its extreme genetic diversity, this pathotype remains poorly defined. This study aimed to investigate the diversity of colibacillosis-associated ...

Isolated populations of **Ixodes lividus** ticks in the Czech Republic and Belgium host genetically homogeneous **Rickettsia vini** University of Antwerp

Markéta Novákova, Petr Heneberg, Dieter Heylen, Matej Medvecky, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, David Šmajs, Ivan Literák
In the last two decades, the advent of molecular methods has revealed a remarkable diversity of rickettsiae (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in invertebrates. Several species of these obligate intracellular bacteria are known to cause human infections, hence more attention has been directed towards human-biting ectoparasites. A spotted fever group Rickettsia sp. was previously detected in Ixodes lividus ticks (Ixodidae) associated with sand ...

Determination of arsenic bioavailability in mineral springs in the Czech Republic Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Vendula Smolíková, Eliška Sedláčková, Pavlína Pelcová, Andrea Ridošková, Barbora Musilová
Mineral springs Hronovka and Regnerka located in the northeast Bohemia, Czech Republic are characteristic for high content of arsenic. The diffusive gradient in thin films technique (DGT) was used for determination of arsenic bioavailable fraction in both mineral water samples. Despite the high concentration of iron in both mineral water, the arsenic content measured by DGT (cDGT) corresponded to the total arsenic concentration measured directly ...

Socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality in the Czech Republic, Russia, Poland and Lithuania in the 2000s: findings from the HAPIEE study Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Olga Vikhireva, Hynek Pikhart, Ruzena Kubinova, Sofia Malyutina, Andrzej Pajak, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Anne Peasey, Galina Simonova, Roman Topor-Madry, Michael Marmot, et al.
Background Relatively large socioeconomic inequalities in health and mortality have been observed in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Yet comparative data are sparse and virtually all studies include only education. The aim of this study is to quantify and compare socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality during the 2000s in urban population samples from four CEE/FSU countries, by three different ...