Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is yet to be fully acknowledged as a public health problem in Slovenia. This study aimed to explore the health and other patient characteristics associated with psychological IPV exposure and gender-related specificity in family clinic attendees. Methods In a multi-centre cross-sectional study, 960 family practice attendees aged 18 years and above were recruited. In 689 interviews with currently- or previously-partnered patients, the short form of A Domestic Violence Exposure Questionnaire and additional questions about behavioural patterns of exposure to psychological abuse in the past year were given. General practitioners (GPs) reviewed the medical charts of 470 patients who met the IPV exposure criteria. The Domestic Violence Exposure Medical Chart Check List was used, collecting data on the patients% lives and physical, sexual and reproductive, and psychological health status, as well as sick leave, hospitalisation, visits to family practices and referrals to other clinical specialists in the past year. In multivariate logistic regression modelling the factors associated with past year psychological IPV exposure were identified, with P ( 0.05 set as the level of statistical significance. Results Of the participants (n = 470), 12.1% (n = 57) were exposed to psychological IPV in the previous year (46 women and 11 men). They expressed more complaints regarding sexual and reproductive (p = 0.011), and psychological and behavioural status (p (0.001), in the year prior to the survey. Unemployment or working part-time, a college degree, an intimate relationship of six years or more and a history of disputes in the intimate relationship, increased the odds of psychological IPV exposure in the sample, explaining 41% of the variance. In females, unemployment and a history of disputes in the intimate relationship explained 43% of the variance. Conclusions The prevalence of psychological IPV above 10% during the past year was similar to earlier studies in Slovenia, although the predominance of better-educated people might be associated with lower tolerance toward psychological abuse. GPs should pay special attention to unemployed patients and those complaining about family disputes, to increase early detection.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 31186905Scientific monograph address changes in health behaviour, social context, health outcomes and risk behaviour in adolescents in Slovenia from 2002 to 2010.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 265551872The first Slovenian university textbook on immunization and vaccines, has 174 pages by chapter presents vaccines and immunity, the organization of vaccination, good practice on vaccination, management of unexpected events associated with vaccination, monitoring of adverse events following immunization, documentation management and reporting of vaccination, the legal basis for vaccination.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 256176128Purpose. To describe functioning and disability in patients with stroke according to the model endorsed by the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) in a rehabilitation hospital. Methods.Adult patients with stroke were consecutively enrolled. The FunctionalIndependence Measure (FIM) and the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHO-DAS 2.0) were administered in individual sessions. ICF checklist was applied on the basis of medical documentation and rehabilitationteam meetings. Descriptive analyses were performed to report on FIM and WHO-DAS 2.0 scores. ICF categories reported as a problem by more than 20% of patients were described in detail. Results. Patients (197 in total) were mainly men, aged about 60, with average FIM score of 75. Within ICF Body Functions component 32 categories were applied in at least 20% of the patients, 5 within Body Structures, 27 within Activities and Participation and 7 within Environmental Factors. Conclusions. ICF represents a new integrative tool to help professionals dealing with stroke. The checklist captures the various sequels of stroke in terms of impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions. It shows the extensive need for rehabilitation, whereby it facilitates consideration of the patient' needs
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COBISS.SI-ID: 1253225Description: Public Health is a textbook which covers basic public health skills and competencies for students of Faculty of nursing to expand their public health knowledge. It contains research methods appropriate to public health practices, including epidemiology, statistical methods and other methods of enquiry including qualitative research methods, epidemiology of diseases of public importance, disease prevention, equality, equity and policy, and management of health care and health care programs.
C.02 Editorial board of a national monograph