Paediatric Type1 Diabetes Management and Mothers' Emotional Intelligence Interactions.

The functioning of the parents' emotional sphere is very important to a child's mental and physical health. This study focused on investigating the association between mothers' emotional intelligence (EI) and paediatric type I diabetes (T1DM) disease management in their children. We hypothesized that mothers' EI is associated with T1DM outcomes.

Body size perception, knowledge about obesity and factors associated with lifestyle change among patients, health care professionals and public health experts.

Background: The attitudes towards obesity may have an important role on healthier behavior. The goal of the present study was to explore the attitudes towards obesity and to investigate how these attitudes were associated with lifestyle-changing behavior among the patients attending primary care centers, health care professionals and public health experts.

Methods: This cross-sectional survey study was performed in 10 primary care offices in different regions in Lithuania and in 2 public health institutions.

Is blended learning and problem-based learning course design suited to develop future public health leaders? An explorative European study.

Background: Public health leaders are confronted with complex problems, and developing effective leadership competencies is essential. The teaching of leadership is still not common in public health training programs around the world. A reconceptualization of professional training is needed and can benefit from innovative educational approaches.

Family Social Environment and Parenting Predictors of Alcohol Use among Adolescents in Lithuania.

The role of the family as the social environment in shaping adolescent lifestyle has recently received substantial attention. This study was focused on investigating the association between familial and parenting predictors and alcohol use in school-aged children. Adolescents aged 13- and 15-year from a representative sample = 3715) of schools in Lithuania were surveyed during the spring of 2014.

Health-related quality of life measurement in chronic liver disease patients.

Background And Objective: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important health indicator in medical outcome research and clinical practice. This issue tends to attract even more attention with the recent improvements of patient survival after liver transplantation. This review article aims at providing a deeper insight into practices used for evaluating HRQOL in chronic liver diseases (CLDs) and especially cirrhosis patients during different stages of the disease including liver transplantation.

Determinants of self-rated health in elderly populations in urban areas in Slovenia, Lithuania and UK: findings of the EURO-URHIS 2 survey.

Ageing imposes extra financial burdens on social and health services in developed countries. Self-rated health (SRH) is considered to be both a reliable measurement of overall health status including morbidity and mortality and an important predictor of hospitalization, functional impairment and greater demand for health-care services in the elderly. Our aim was to identify factors associated with poor SRH in elderly populations and investigate possible differences between urban areas in Slovenia, Lithuania and UK.

In search for a public health leadership competency framework to support leadership curriculum-a consensus study.

Background: Competency-based education is increasingly popular, especially in the area of continuing professional development. Many competency frameworks have been developed; however, few address leadership competencies for European public health professionals. The aim of this study was to develop a public health leadership competency framework to inform a leadership curriculum for public health professionals.

Health-behaviour inequalities among Russian and ethnic majority school-aged children in the Baltic countries.

Aims: The main aim of this paper was to investigate whether ethnic heath inequalities exist in self-rated health and risk-taking behaviours (smoking, drunkenness, use of cannabis) between ethnic majority (Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian) and minority (Russian) population groups of school-aged children in three Baltic countries.

Methods: Investigation was carried out in the framework of Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. Randomly selected students aged 11, 13, and 15 years answered questionnaires in the classroom in 2006.

Social determinants of smoking, alcohol and drug use among Lithuanian School-aged children: results from 5 consecutive HBSC surveys, 1994-2010.

The aim of this study was to analyze the changes in the prevalence of smoking, alcohol and drug use among Lithuanian school-aged children in relation to the place of residence, family affluence, and family structure. MATERIAL AND METHODS. National surveys (26 556 anonymous questionnaires analyzed) of schoolchildren aged 11, 13, and 15 years were conducted in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010 in the framework of the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study.

Evaluation of leadership competencies of executives in Lithuanian public health institutions.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE. Lithuanian and international public health experts emphasize the importance of leadership in public health. The aim of this study was to explore the self-assessed level of leadership competencies of executives in Lithuanian public health institutions.

An evaluation of family physicians' educational needs and experiences in health promotion and disease prevention in Poland and Lithuania--a qualitative study.

Background: The aim of this study is to explore the views of family physicians/general practitioners about the most important competences in health promotion and diseases prevention and areas where these competences might be below the desired level.

Methods: A qualitative, descriptive study, combining two data collection techniques, was conducted in two Eastern European countries in June and July 2009. Focus groups numbering 10 and 9 physicians, respectively, practising in various clinical settings, were held in Poland and Lithuania.

Specialist English as a foreign language for European public health: evaluation of competencies and needs among Polish and Lithuanian students.

Foreign languages are becoming an essential prerequisite for a successful carrier among all professions including public health professionals in many countries. The expanding role of English as a mode of communication allows for university graduates to project and to seek their career in English-speaking countries. The present study was carried out in the framework of EU Leonardo da Vinci project "Specialist English as a foreign language for European public health.

Trends of smoking prevalence among Lithuanian school-aged children in 1994-2006.

BACKGROUND. Despite much effort spent on antismoking programs in schools in different countries, limited effects have been observed in many cases. Evidence from European countries shows that active tobacco control actions such as ban on tobacco advertising, increase of tobacco taxes could lead to successful results.

[Prevalence of drug use among students of vocational schools in Klaipeda city, Lithuania, in 2004-2006].

Unlabelled: The aim was to evaluate the prevalence and trends of drug use among students of vocational schools in Klaipeda city and to establish the relationships between psychosocial factors and drug abuse.

Participants And Methods: Two cross-sectional questionnaire surveys were carried out among first-year students of vocational schools in Klaipeda. Random samples of 912 and 342 students aged 16-19 years (representatives of Western part of Lithuania) were questioned in 2004 and 2006, respectively.

Trends in alcohol consumption among Lithuanian school-aged children in 1994-2006 and new challenges.

Unlabelled: Alcohol abuse is considered one of the most important risk-taking behaviors among young people in the world. This paper presents the results of the WHO collaborative cross-national study on Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) carried out in Lithuania and other European countries also in USA, Canada, and Israel in 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze features and trends in alcohol consumption among the samples of 11-, 13-, and 15-year-old adolescents (school-aged children) in Lithuania during 1994-2006.

Body image and weight control among adolescents in Lithuania, Croatia, and the United States in the context of global obesity.

Aim: To compare body image and weight control behavior among adolescents in Lithuania, Croatia, and the United States (US), the countries with striking contrasts in the prevalence of overweight among adolescents.

Method: The study was carried out according to the methodology of the Health Behavior in School-aged Children collaborative survey. Nationally-representative samples of students, aged 13 and 15, were surveyed in Lithuania (3778 respondents), Croatia (2946 respondents), and the US (3546 respondents) in the 2001/2002 school year.

Disease-specific health-related quality of life and its determinants in liver cirrhosis patients in Lithuania.

Aim: To evaluate disease-specific quality of life (QOL) in liver cirrhosis patients and to compare it with those of a healthy population. Also an important objective was to assess whether QOL in liver cirrhosis patients differs by age and gender, by type and severity of disease.

Methods: The case group of 131 liver cirrhosis patients was selected.

Trends in drinking habits among adolescents in the Baltic countries over the period of transition: HBSC survey results, 1993-2002.

Background: The Baltic countries--Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania--are considered to be an example of regional homogeneity over the period of transition. The World Health Organization cross-national study on Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) allows a comparison and time trends analysis of behavioral patterns among adolescents in this region. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and trends of alcohol consumption and drunkenness among adolescents of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in 1993/94, 1997/98, and 2001/02.

Prognostic factors for short and long-term survival in patients selected for liver transplantation.

Unlabelled: Indices for predicting of survival are essential tools for assessing prognosis and establishing priority for liver transplantation. Our aim was to investigate the survival and prognostic significance of Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) score and model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) scale for short and long-term survival prognosis in waitlist of patients selected for liver transplantation.

Material And Methods: The group of 236 patients with diagnosis of different chronic liver disease was investigated in period of 4.

Alcohol consumption in Lithuanian school-aged children during 1994-2002.

Unlabelled: Alcohol consumption becomes an important social and health problem among youth in many countries. Analysis of data on alcohol consumption behavior from World Health Organization Cross-National Study on Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) is presented in the article. This survey is carried out in majority of European countries including Lithuania.

[Use of contraceptives among adolescent girls and its relation with the Chlamydia trachomatis infection].

Objectives: Study aimed to evaluate the age of early sexual intercourse of adolescent girls and peculiarities of use of contraceptives. Establishing the risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis infection was one of study objectives.

Material And Methods: The "Questionnaire on Sexual Health Behavior" was developed by the authors.