Impact of the Pandemic on Selected Aspects of Health-Promoting Attitudes in 2020-2021: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, people began to change both their health-promoting and anti-health behaviors.

Aim Of The Paper: To assess the impact of the pandemic on selected health-promoting attitudes.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2020 to September 2021.

Well-Being at Home During Forced Quarantine Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Introduction: People recently or currently in forced quarantine or isolation at home have shown high levels of depression and symptoms of generalized anxiety.

Aim Of The Study: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on certain aspects of people's day-to-day functioning.

Materials And Methods: The study involved using an online diagnostic survey including a proprietary questionnaire, the DASS 21, and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale.

The impact of parents' health behaviours on their preferences regarding vaccinations in Bialystok, Poland.

Background: Currently, as the number of vaccinated children in Poland and throughout Europe is decreasing. Many factors impact on the rate vaccination and parents' health behaviours may affect the frequency of vaccinations. The aim of the study was to assess the association of parents' health behaviors with children's vaccinations.

Trust in Nurse Scale Developed on the Basis of the Standardized Trust in Physician Scale by Anderson and Dedrick.

Introduction: Nursing care is one of the most important areas of health services, taking place in direct contact with the patient, constituting a subsystem deciding about the general level of services.

Aim: The aim of the study was to construct the Trust in Nurse Scale on the basis of the standardized Trust in Physician Scale by Anderson and Dedrick.

Methods: The study included a group of 1,200 people selected at random, 600 each from surgical and medical treatment wards.

Comparison of the Results of Studies of Air Pollution Fungi Using the SAS Super 100, MAS 100, and Air IDEAL.

Although several air sampling devices for identifying and enumerating airborne microorganisms are commercially available, each poses some limitations. The aim of this study was to evaluate air pollution fungi using three such samplers: SAS Super 100, Microbiological Air Sampler (MAS) 100, and Air IDEAL. Mycological air was taken from the cellars of a 17th-century church in Siemiatycze, Poland, and the nearby outdoor environment.