Validation of factor structures of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire among the Czech young and adult general population.

Background: Alcohol use is one of the leading public health concerns in the Czech Republic. Drinking motives play a vital role in both initiation and subsequent alcohol use. A revised version of the self-report Drinking Motives Questionnaire (DMQ-R) has been proposed to assess these motives.

The geographical epidemiology of smoking-related premature mortality: A registry-based small-area analysis of the Czech death statistics.

Objectives: Smoking-related mortality varies over different social, environmental, and policy contexts. However, spatial patterns, examined at a small area level, have been seldom considered. Therefore, the study provides a detailed analysis of socio-spatial inequalities in premature mortality related to smoking in the contemporary Czech adult population.

Changing trends in adolescent alcohol use among Czech school-aged children from 1994 to 2014.

Background: For an efficient planning of public health policy, the regular monitoring over health-related behaviors among vulnerable population groups is necessary. The aim of this study is to examine the temporal trends in alcohol use among the Czech adolescent population.

Design And Methods: Data from the Health Behaviour in Schoolaged Children (HBSC) project conducted in Czechia from 1994 to 2014 were used.

Violence in persons with and without psychosis in the Czech Republic: risk and protective factors.

Purpose: To prevent violence among persons with psychosis, further knowledge of the correlates and risk factors is needed. These risk factors may vary by nation.

Patients And Methods: This study examined factors associated with violent assaults in 158 patients with psychosis and in a matched control sample of 158 adults without psychosis in the Czech Republic.

Trends in Lifetime Cannabis Use among Czech School-aged Children from 2002 to 2014.

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine trends in the prevalence of lifetime cannabis use among the Czech 15-year old students.

Methods: Data from the nationally representative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey, conducted in the Czech Republic in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, were used. Trends in cannabis use among both boys and girls were modelled through binary logistic regression with period as a predictor of the lifetime cannabis use.

Trends in Tobacco Smoking among Czech School-aged Children from 1994 to 2014.

Objective: The aim of the article is to examine trends in tobacco consumption among the Czech school-age population.

Methods: For the analysis, data from the Czech Health Behaviour in School-aged Children project, conducted between 1994 and 2014 were used. Trends in tobacco smoking were determined separately for boys and girls, applying the binary logistic regression with survey period as an independent variable for the smoking status.

Multiple health risk behaviour in Czech adolescents: family, school and geographic factors.

The study examines the relationship of family, school and geographic factors in relation to the prevalence of different health risk behaviours among Czech adolescents (aged 15-16 years) based on cross-sectional study design. Risk behaviours such as cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking and marijuana use among adolescents have often been shown to co-occur with each other. Data from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs 2007 were used.