A5040470226- Education, Psychology, and Social Research
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Family Support in Illness
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Eastern European Communism and Reforms
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- European history and politics
Charles University
2019-2024
University of West Bohemia
2009-2021
Gender Studies
2021
Karlovac University of Applied Sciences
2021
Volkswagen Group (United States)
2021
Palacký University Olomouc
2017
Alma Mater Europaea
2017
Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
2017
National Centre for Social research
2017
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology
2016
This article presents the design of a seven-country study focusing on childhood vaccines, Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe (VAX-TRUST), developed during COVID-19 pandemic. The consists (a) situation analysis vaccine hesitancy (examination individual, socio-demographic and macro-level factors media coverage vaccines vaccination (b) participant observation in-depth interviews healthcare professionals vaccine-hesitant parents. These analyses were used to interventions aimed at increasing...
Although Covid-19 was not the first pandemic, it unique in scale and intensity with which societies responded. Countries reacted differently to threat posed by new virus. The public health crisis affected European many ways. It also influenced way media portrayed vaccines discussed factors related vaccine hesitancy. Europeans differed their risk perceptions, attitudes towards uptake. In countries, Covid-19-related discourses were at centre of attention for months. This paper reports on a...
In the 1990s, World Health Organization adopted term ’’active ageing’’, which currently represents a key vision of old age in Western societies facing situation demographic ageing. The meaning idea active ageing is based on concept individuals actively and systematically influencing conditions their through selfresponsibility self-care. aim this article to map how constructed implications it presents with regard way seniors relate experience age. It concentrates specific segment...
Abstract The Czech Republic exemplifies a country with mandatory childhood vaccination system. A child who has not completed compulsory vaccinations cannot be admitted to preschool until age 5. This paper discusses this measure's impact on parental decision-making processes, interactions healthcare professionals and activities discourses employed by organisations that unite vaccine-hesitant parents. analysis draws data from 30 in-depth interviews parents (all of whom intentionally postponed...
While recruitment is an essential aspect of any research project, its challenges are rarely acknowledged. We intend to address this gap by discussing the participation vaccine-hesitant parents defined here as a hard-to-reach, hidden and vulnerable population drawing on extensive empirical qualitative evidence from seven European countries. The difficulties in reaching were very much related issues concerning trust, there appears be growing distrust experts, which extended work developed...
ABSTRACT Centres for seniors offering leisure-time activities currently represent significant actors that translate the idea of active ageing into a particular approach to seniors. Despite fact is now represented by state and providers social services as universally desirable way ageing, significantly smaller numbers male clients was identified marked feature such organisations. A three-year ethnographic study conducted at two centres in Czech Republic which offer seniors-only strongly...
Abstract Deep demographical shifts in western societies are significantly influencing the patterns of family life including various forms solidarity between generations. At same time, we facing significant changes social representation ageing, which also influence ways roles seniors society perceived and how meaning old age is constructed. The paper highlights significance these for possible (re)definition grandparenthood. It discusses changes, current heterogeneity life, changing...
Understanding the communication dynamics between vaccine-hesitant parents and healthcare professionals (HCPs) is vital for addressing parent concerns promoting informed decision-making. This paper focuses on strategies used by HCPs to communicate with parents. It draws empirical evidence generated as part of international project VAX-TRUST. More specifically, 60 hours observations were carried out in three different pediatric practices during vaccination-related visits, 19 physicians nurses...
This article focuses on two generations of women in the Czech Republic who are currently mothers or grandmothers young children. Based interviews that were carried out with 20 and children under age 10, analyses what kinds expectations attached to role grandmother how norm 'good' is constructed by different women. The author identifies three strong norms grandmothering: non-interference, constant availability, activity. narratives both reflected a 'gendered contact' between generations,...
Drawing on in-depth biographical interviews with 12 grandfathers of young grandchildren living in Czech Republic, this study explores how men perform and conceptualize their role grandfather relation to previous father own family history. The analysis shows grandparenthood as an ambivalent space for the reconstruction masculinity. One one hand, was depicted by participants important way transitioning one’s relationship care emotionality that enable them relate children outside traditional...
Time has become one of the most researched topics in field sociological, but especially psychological, research. While broad attention been paid to impact chronological age on planning and perception time, much less is known about these processes (advanced) old age. Drawing 30 in-depth qualitative interviews with people aged above 70 years (half which are conducted 80 years), this article explores type plans make older how they relate idea face-to-face shortening time perspective. This...
Current demographic trends are calling forth the need to redefine meaning of old age and its place in society. The concept active ageing can be seen as a reaction these efforts reconceptualise life age. This article first briefly describes context that gave rise term 'active ageing' how this is framed 'ageing well' national international documents discourse gerontology. Based on ethnographic studies two centres offering leisure activities for seniors (mainly using participant observation...
The analysis of various forms punishment has traditionally been a prominent subject sociological study. However, most research on the prison system and its impact individuals focused aspects inmates' lives. This article focuses other important subjects in system, ones whose perspective largely ignored - guards. first part this introduces as medium through which to analyse modern mechanisms power changing conceptualisation risks. second examines subjective views authors conducted 17 in-depth...
The article looks at the changes in Czech birthing system that have occurred as market conditions come to be introduced into health-care system.Drawing on results of an ethnographic study carried out two maternity hospitals, authors highlight relevance concepts: consumerism and commercialisation birth care.These complex processes a signifi cant impact character system, but they also contributed re-emergence social inequalities hospitals observed study.The fi ndings from confi rmed...
Grandparental care of grandchildren is a highly gendered institution, with women being more likely to participate in it than men. This article studies whether and why by grandmothers grandfathers influenced their family arrangement. Following previous research, the authors focus on mediating role involvement men caring for grandchildren. We use combination quantitative qualitative data about grandparents small (under ten years age). The analysis based SHARE identifies depends gender...
This text is based on an analysis of 20 biographical interviews with women who are both retired and have been widowed. The discusses women’s attitudes toward beginning new intimate relationships the kinds partnerships some them formed in old age. author role gender gendered behavior institution marriage as important factor influencing remarrying. experience being widowed transition that, besides trauma difficulties, also presents opportunity to escape from previous norms expectations....
ABSTRACT The article analyses the norms of grandmothering in relation to cultural representations active ageing. Based on interviews that were carried out with 20 mothers and grandmothers children under age ten, focuses way which current emphasis activity influences ideas about how roles grandparent should be performed women relate their own analysis shows being represented a significant framework mothers’ notions expectations associated care provided by grandmothers, grandmothers’ talk...
The increased mortality risk faced by people in older age groups due to COVID-19 became one of the key pieces information that frames our knowledge about virus. Chronological is a significant factor influences both experience and impact pandemic daily life. This articles discusses how chronological category 'older people' were addressed social health policies discourses surrounding outbreak COVID-19. It examines these processes can affect position society relationships between different...
The region of Central and Eastern Europe oppressive social conditions in former socialist society often became symbols the impossibility to articulate non-heterosexual identities under a totalitarian regime. This study analyzes data from 19 in-depth interviews with people older than 50 living Czech Republic who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. It focuses on ways which their forced silence inability speak about sexual desires resonated throughout biographical narratives....