Factors Associated with Uptake of Effective and Ineffective Contraceptives among Polish Women during the First Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has burdened the healthcare system and influenced individuals' health-related choices. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and to identify the correlates of the use of more and less effective contraceptive methods among Poles in the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cross-sectional online study was conducted among the representative sample of 642 female respondents aged 18-49.

Psychosocial determinants of sexual norms and their impact on sexual debut in Polish adolescents.

Objectives: In an attempt to describe composite scales relating to sexual norms, we present their structure, psychosocial determinants, and the association with adolescent sexual initiation.

Methods: A representative sample of Polish students was surveyed in 2015 (n = 1024, mean age 17.8 ± 0.

The Relationship between Multiple Substance Use, Perceived Academic Achievements, and Selected Socio-Demographic Factors in a Polish Adolescent Sample.

Predictors of high-risk patterns of substance use are often analysed in relation to demographic and school-related factors. The interaction between these factors and the additional impact of family wealth are still new areas of research. The aim of this study was to find determinants of the most common patterns of psychoactive substance use in mid-adolescence, compared to non-users.

[Epidemiologic analyse 660 patients operated propter inguinal hernia with implantation synthetic mesh].

Analysis of epidemiologic data, with consern patients operated propter inguinal hernia in General Surgery Ward of J. Grande Hospital in Kraków. During period 2000-2003 were performed 660 henioplastics with implantation synthetic mesh.