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

Autor: Virginija Zelenytė, Leonas Valius, Auksė Domeikienė, Rita Gudaitytė, Žilvinas Endzinas, Linas Šumskas, Almantas Maleckas

Publikováno v: BMC Family Practice, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)

Abstract 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-chang

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

Autor: Jolanta Šumskienė, Limas Kupčinskas, Linas Šumskas

Publikováno v: Medicina, Vol 51, Iss 4, Pp 201-208 (2015)

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 afte

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Is blended learning and problem-based learning course design suited to develop future public health leaders?

Autor: Christa Lohrmann, Karen D. Könings, Ingrid A. E. Spanjers, Katarzyna Czabanowska, Nynke de Jong, Tony Smith, S. J. O'Connor, Linas Šumskas, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer

Publikováno v: Public Health Reviews, Vol 39, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2018)
Public health reviews, 39(13):13. BioMed Central Ltd
Public Health Reviews

Background: Public health leaders are confronted with complex problems, and developing effective leadership competencies is essential. The teaching of leadership\ud is still not common in public health training programs around the world. A reconceptu

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-018-0090-y

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

Autor: Apolinaras Zaborskis, Linas Šumskas

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 14; Issue 9; Pages: 1037
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 14, Iss 9, p 1037 (2017)
International journal of environmental research and public health 2017, 14, 9, p. 1-14.

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-

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28885599

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

Autor: Linas Šumskas, Christopher A. Birt, Skirmantė Sauliūnė, Olivera Stanojević Jerković, Janko Kersnik

Publikováno v: European journal of public health. 27(suppl_2)

Background: 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 importa

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26163468