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Title Substance use in a comparative perspective : the case of Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Romania and Slovakia / Arnost Veselý, Dagmar Dzúrová, editors ; reviewers, PhDr. Ladislav Csémy, MUDr. Darina Sedláková, MPH. ; foreword by Prof. Richard Scheffler, Prof. Martin Potůček ; cover design and layout Jan Serých
Edition First edition
Published Prague [Czech Republic] : Karolinum Press, 2011
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations
Contents Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Environmental Factors as Determinants of Substance Use; 3. Risk Behavior in Comparative Perspective; 4. Risk Behavior in Five Post-Communist Countries; 5. Health-related Behavior at the Individual Level: Case Study of Substance Use ; Executive summary; Appendix ; About authors; References
Summary The book puts together different pieces of evidence on the developments of substance use in five post-communist countries over time. It builds a complex and reliable evidence base for empirical comparison and identifies evidence gaps. Such developments are analyzed and interpreted using an original theoretical framework and a combination of both quantitative and qualitative methodology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 08, 2014)
Subject Substance abuse -- Social aspects -- Bulgaria
Substance abuse -- Social aspects -- Czech Republic
Substance abuse -- Social aspects -- Croatia
Substance abuse -- Social aspects -- Romania
Substance abuse -- Social aspects -- Slovakia
Drug abuse -- Former communist countries
Drug abuse -- Social aspects.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues
Drug abuse
Drug abuse -- Social aspects
Substance abuse -- Social aspects
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Former communist countries
Romania
Slovakia
Form Electronic book
Author Veselý, Arnost, editor
Dzúrová, Dagmar, editor
Csémy, Ladislav, reviewer
Sedláková, Darina, reviewer
Scheffler, Richard, author of introduction, etc
Potůček, Martin, author of introduction, etc
Šerých, Jan, cover designer, designer
ISBN 9788024623382
8024623382