Aim: Breastfeeding and consumption of breast milk positively affect the health of children and mothers. The goal of this research was an analysis of intention to breastfeed in pregnant women and the impact of selected factors on intention to breastfeed. Design: Crosssectional study. Methods: Research was conducted involving 176 women in the 5 th-9 th month of pregnancy. We analyzed their intention to breastfeed using the Infant Feeding Intentions Scale (IFI). Among the analyzed factors we included: socio-demographic variables, smoking during pregnancy, women's attitudes to breastfeeding, and the body image of pregnant women (the Body Image States Scale-BISS). Results: The intention to breastfeed in pregnant women was very high (M = 13.15; SD = 2.6). In the 1 st month after birth, 85.2% of women plan to breastfeed to the fullest extent, falling to 77.2% in the 3 rd month, and 62.5% in the 6 th month. Variables included in linear regression explain 30% of the variation in intention to breastfeed. By hierarchic linear regression, we identified the attitude of husband/partner towards breastfeeding (β = 1.236; p = 0.001), and impact of breastfeeding on women's health (β = 0,354; p = 0,035) and body image (β = 0,497; p = 0,000) as significant independent variables determining the intention to breastfeed. Women's satisfaction with their pregnant body explains 11% of the variation in all analyzed variables. Conclusion: Promoting the health of mothers and their children requires midwives and nurses to perform a range of activities that will engage the husbands/partners of the women, and which will also take account of the body perceptions of pregnant women.

Aim. The aim of the review is to analyze burnout in parents who provide care for children with various physical and psychosocial diseases and disabilities using available literature sources, and, subsequently, to assess the factors that increase the risk of burnout. Design: A literature review. Methods: Content analysis of research published in the years 1/2004-12/2018 in electronic databases (Pubmed, Scopus, Science Direct, and EBSCO) was applied. Following application of the selection criteria, 14 surveys were included in the final analysis. Results: The studies integrated into the review show considerable methodological variation (i.e., different types of tools used to assess burnout, different respondent selection) and differences in the presentation of results. The analysis of the results indicates that caring for sick children is a risk factor for parent burnout. Burnout intensity is probably influenced more by parents' subjective perception of childrenʼs diseases than the objective nature of the diseases (e.g., degree of disability, duration of disease, disease compensation). However, having a sick child is only one of many predictors of parent burnout. Some research suggests that social support, personality traits of parents, or how effectively family and partner relationships function can be more significant factors predisposing parents to burnout. Conclusion: Parental burnout is an area requiring attention from nurses in view of the potential negative impact on the health of both parents and children.

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Introduction: Fruit plays an important role in the prevention of various diseases. Eating fruit in Slovak children is not entirely adequate. Nutrition programs include the possibility of improving children's eating habits. Study design: Non-randomized controlled trial. Aim: To create a nutrition education program, implement it and analyze its effectiveness on children's eating habits. Methodology: The school nutrition program was focused on fruit and fruit intake for health. We assessed the knowledge level of fruit, fruit preference and fruit intake in an intervention and control group. Before the nutrition program children reported their home availability of fruit, and fruit model (parent/teacher/friend as a model of fruit intake). We used Chi-square test, t-test, and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Sample: The research enrolled 136 children aged 8-10 years (M = 8.67, SD = 0.55). The school nutrition program has been accomplished in 68 children (intervention group), the control group consisted of 68 children. Results: We found a higher level of knowledge (p = 0.000) and higher fruit preference (p = 0.001) in the intervention group. The fruit intake in the intervention and control group was similar (M = 7.51 vs. M = 6.74, p = 0.059). There is not a significant effect of the nutrition program on the frequency of eating fruits in children after controlling for the effect of covariate-"fruit availability" [F(1.133) = 3.254, p = 0.074], but the program has a significant effect on the frequency of fruit eating in children after controlling for the covariate-"parent as a fruit model" [F(1.133) = 5.033, p = 0.027] and "teacher as a fruit model" [F(1.133) = 4.071, p = 0.046]. Conclusion: Parents and teachers play an important role in supporting the effectiveness of a nutrition program and the modification of children eating habits. S Ú h R N Úvod: Ovocie zohráva dôležitú úlohu v prevencii rôznych ochorení. Konzumácia ovocia u slovenských detí nie je úplne adekvátna. Nutričné programy predstavujú možnosť podpory stravovacích návykov u detí.