Opportunities of Social Worker Activity in an Interdisciplinary Team of a Mental Health Centre

Indrė Dirgėlienė, Saulius Liekis Abstract A cultural situation of people with mental disorders obliges specialists to collaborate and to share their personal and professional resources in order to change the situation and to avoid the risk of the Soviet heritage. Team work is a vital prerequisite for the better quality of client empowerment, it means…

Nutrition in Preschool Children in Klaipeda City

Diana Šopagienė, Birutė Strukčinskienė, Dalija Stasiuvienė, Dalia Jurgaitienė, Ineta Pačiauskaitė, Greta Neverdauskaitė Abstract The survey on nutrition in preschool children was accomplished in Klaipeda city. In the survey participated 382 children aged 3-6 years; their parents were interviewed. Chi-square test was used and the significance level p ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. The study revealed…

Risk of Professional Stress in the Process of Social Work: the Prospect of the Use of Supervision

Indrė Dirgėlienė Abstract Social worker‘s professional activity has been analyzed from different viewpoints: the complexity of professional activity in the socio-cultural context of Lithuania is reflected by a complex character of client‘s problems, multiple dimensions of the empowerment process, the novelty and the status of the profession in the community, public culture, etc. Social work…

Lifestyle in Young People in Western Lithuania

Birutė Strukčinskienė, Sigitas Griškonis, Vaiva Strukčinskaitė Abstract The survey on lifestyle in young people was accomplished in the Western Lithuania. In the survey participated 253 young people from Klaipeda University. Chi-square test was used and the significance level p ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. The study revealed that in Western Lithuania, young men exercise more…

„Youth in Europe – a Drug Prevention Programme“: the Case of Klaipėda in the Context of European Cities

Rožė Perminienė, Natalja Istomina, Danguolė Drungilienė, Artūras Razbadauskas Abstract The aim of the paper is to analyze the tendencies of substance use by teenagers of Klaipėda and other European cities and the scale of risk factors influencing these tendencies. In 2006 Iceland, together with the international organization „European Cities Against Drugs“ (ECAD), initiated a decadelong…

Harm Reduction of the Drugs Using: the Changes of Concept and Evidence-Based Effectiveness

Natalja Istomina, Rožė Perminienė, Riitta Suhonen, Helena Leino-Kilpi Abstract Infectious deseases such as HIV and virus hepatitis B and C are closely connected with drug use. These deseases are one of the hardest drug use results affecting health. The relation between drug injections and infection transmission is undeniable. Therefore in many countries prevention of drug…