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Background: The period of adolescence is often considered the most difficult and the most important period of human life, which includes the modulation of basic human values. In the period of adolescence, primary prevention plays a key role because this is the time when life and eating habits form. Methods: The research was carried out using a 52 item non-standardized questionnaire. This paper presents partial results collected from the questionnaire. The research sample consisted of 1130 respondents living in Sou...

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...

Background: Although the health is considered to be the highest value in our individual lives, the health care is often neglected. Health care is closely connected with health literacy which has been, especially recently, growing more as an integral part of evaluation of quality of life as well as our societal state. The Roma people who are the largest ethnic minority in the Czech Republic, population of which has never been a homogenous group comprised of only one ethnicity, are often mentioned in association wit...