Substances in the life of children 8–10 years old

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Miklankova Ludmila, Reich Petr, Klimesova Iva, Rechtik Zdeněk. Substances in the life of children 8–10 years old. Journal of Health Sciences. 2014;4(13):85-94. ISSN 1429-9623 / 2300-665X. http://www.journal.rsw.edu.pl/index.php/JHS/article/view/2014%3B4%2813%29%3A85-94 http://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/2014%3B4%2813%29%3A85-94 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/works/509709 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13246 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13246 The former journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland parametric evaluation. Part B item 1107. (17.12.2013). © The Author (s) 2014; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Radom University in Radom, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. Conflict of interest: None declared. Received: 10.09.2014. Revised 15.09.2014. Accepted: 04.11.2014. Substances in the life of children 8–10 years old Ludmila Miklankova, Petr Reich, Iva Klimesova, Zdeněk Rechtik Fakulta Tělesne Kultury, Univerzita Palackeho v Olomouci, Ceska republika Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic Keywords: lifestyl, children, alcohol, substances, smoking Summary The level and quality of human’s health during lifetime is affected by many factors, for example hygienic and eating habbits, value system, physical regime, education, living conditions and job demands. The growth in usage of addictive substances among adolscents raises requirement in studying this topic even in younger age. Pilot research covered 149 children from Czech Republic at the age of 9,62. Results was obtained by project International Visegrad Fund No. 11320057. The survey was aimed on usage of addictive substances and attitudes towards them. Based on the result, we states, that children from research group have experiences especially with drinking of alcohol (wine 72,48 %; plum brandy etc. 43,62 %). Alcohol is usually offered by parents or familly members (26,17 %). An experience with smoking have 33,56 % of probands and 8,5 % from them smokes repeatedly. Alarming is fact, that some probands (5 %) was offered even a drug (marihuanna). The necessary support of preventive programs focused on active spending of leisure time and active lifestyle is obviuos. The state should support the creation and realization of these programs.