Scientific Activity

The scientific activity of the Department of Public Health:

• focuses on the strategic scientific direction of Klaipėda University – Towards sustainable health and well-being;
• and focuses on the topics of the research program of the Faculty of Health Sciences: Interdisciplinary strategies for public health and social welfare and Innovations for a healthy society and quality of life.

Research direction - Towards sustainable health and well-being.

Subtopics of the research direction:

• Community health and safety promotion, disease prevention, health care needs,
• Child and young people health, healthy lifestyle, environmental health, factors determining the healthy and safe environment creation; Aging and health, factors of aging and determinants of successful aging,
• Health literacy, dissemination of scientific knowledge and innovative methods in society,
• Interdisciplinary research on the quality assessment of organizational models in primary health care,
• Research on the needs and health care in multimorbidity patients at the highest risk for health care costs,
• Scientific and practical assessment of educational needs and the development of innovative competence education methods focused on the service quality changes.

Main publications:

Monographs and Research studies:

• Strukčinskienė, Birutė. Vaikų ir paauglių eismo traumatizmo tendencijų analizė ir esimo saugos stiprinimo strategijos / Analysis of road traffic injury trends in children and teenagers, and strategies for road safety promotion. Monografija / Monograph 2022, 191 p. ISBN 9786094043284.
• Trakšelys, Kęstutis; Martišauskienė, Dalia. Švietimo sistemos kontekstai: švietimo prieinamumo teorinis ir praktinis požiūris / Contexts of the education system: A theoretical and practical approach on access to education (2010-2020 m.). Monografija / Monograph 2020, 215 p. ISBN 9789986315520.
• Martišauskienė, Dalia; Trakšelys, Kęstutis. Profesinio mokymo proceso kokybės valdymas/Quality management of the vocational training process. Mokslo studija / Research study Dalia Martišauskienė, Kęstutis Trakšelys 2019, 80 p. ISBN 9789986315230.
• Janušonis, Vinsas. Organizacinė elgsena ir kokybė sveikatos priežiūroje: integracinė sisteminė apžvalga / Organizational behavior and quality in health care: An integrative systematic review. Monografija / Monograph. Vinsas Janušonis; Klaipėdos universitetas 2017, 303 p. ISBN 9789986314950.
• Janušonis, Vinsas. Rizikos valdymas sveikatos priežiūros organizacijose: sisteminė teorinė-praktinė apžvalga / Risk management in health care organizations: a systematic theoretical-practical review. Monografija / Monograph. Vinsas Janušonis; Klaipėdos universitetas 2016, 287 p. ISBN 9789986314844.

Publications:

• Genowska, Agnieszka; Strukčinskienė, Birutė; Villerusa, Anita; Konstantynowicz, Jerzy. Converging or diverging trajectories of mortality under one year of age in the Baltic States: a comparison with the European Union // Archives of public health. London : BMC, 2021, vol. 79, art. no. 76., 2021, p. 1-10, ISSN 0778-7367, 2049-3258. doi:10.1186/s13690-021-00598-0. Prieiga per internetą: <10.1186/s13690-021-00598-0>. Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus; MEDLINE; DOAJ. [20.500.14172/1443] [2021] [S1] [WOS => title: Archives of Public Health, if: 2.736, aif: 4.689, aif_min: 4.343, aif_max: 5.036, cat: 2, av: 0.584, year: 2021, quartile: Q3] [SCOPUS => title: Archives of Public Health, citescore: 2.8, snip: 1.135, sjr: 0.679, year: 2021, quartile: Q2] [ai: 0.25, na: 4, nia :1, nip: 0, pai: 0.542]
• Agnieszka Genowska; Strukčinskienė, Birutė; Jacek Jamiołkowski; Abramowicz, Paweł; Jerzy Konstantynowicz. Emission of industrial air pollution and mortality due to respiratory diseases: a birth cohort study in Poland // International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023, t. vol. 20, nr. iss. 2, art. no. 1309, p. 1 - 13, ISSN 1660-4601. doi:10.3390/ijerph20021309. Prieiga per internetą: <10.3390/ijerph20021309> . Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; MEDLINE; DOAJ. [20.500.14172/24738] [2023] [S1] [WOS => title: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, if: 4.614, aif: 5.229, aif_min: 4.343, aif_max: 6.309, cat: 3, av: 0.879, year: 2021, quartile: Q1] [SCOPUS => title: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, citescore: 4.5, snip: 1.44, sjr: 0.814, year: 2021, quartile: Q1] [ai: 0.283, na: 5, nia :1, nip: 1, pai: 0.782].
• Steponkus, Darius; Strukčinskienė, Birutė. Šiuolaikinių vadybos principų taikymas sveikatos priežiūros valdyme // Iššūkiai vadybos moksle ir studijose : prof. habil.dr. Antano Seiliaus mokslinės konferencijos tezių ir straipsnių rinkinys, 2023, nr. Nr. 3, p. 25 - 28, ISBN 9786094811661. Prieiga per internetą: . [20.500.14172/25413] [2023] [T1e] [ai: 1, na: 2, nia :2, nip: 0, pai: 1].
• Kiviliūtė, Lina; Jurgaitis, Jonas. Organizacinės kultūros pokyčiai Covid-19 pandemijos metu, lemiantys sveikatos priežiūros darbuotojų įsitraukimą į darbą // Tarptautinė mokslinė konferencija „Visuomenės sveikatos ir gyvenimo architektonikos pokyčiai ir iššūkiai pandemijos metu“ : pranešimų tezės : 2022 m. kovo 24 d. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla, 2022. ISBN 9786094811425., 2022, p. 46, ISBN 9786094811425. Prieiga per internetą: . [20.500.14172/7204] [2022] [T1e] [ai: 1, na: 2, nia :2, nip: 0, pai: 1].
• Jurgaitis, Jonas; Jurgaitienė, Jurgita; Skarbalius, Egidijus. Šeimos gydytojų ir gydytojų specialistų tarpusavio komunikacija: barjerai ir įtaka pacientų saugai // XXI-oji nacionalinė mokslinė konferencija „Į sveiką gyvenseną ir skaidrią būtį Vydūno keliu“ : konferencijos pranešimų medžiaga. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla, 2021. ISBN 9786094811005., 2021, p. 71, ISBN 9786094811005. [20.500.14172/6926] [2021] [T1e] [ai: 1, na: 3, nia :3, nip: 0, pai: 1].
• Strazdienė, Neringa; Strukčinskienė, Birutė; Mickienė, Raimonda; Strukčinskaitė, Vaiva; Steponkus, Darius. Joint activities of parents and children in family aimed at promotion of children’s health // Medicina: Abstracts of the International Scientific Conference on Medicine : organized within the frame of the 80th International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia. Kaunas : Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas, 2022, vol. 58, suppl. 1., 2022, p. 60, ISSN 1648-9233. Prieiga per internetą: . [20.500.14172/7018] [2022] [T1e] [ai: 0.7, na: 5, nia :4, nip: 0, pai: 0.7]
• Sebastian Wołejszo; Agnieszka Genowska; Radosław Motkowski; Strukčinskienė, Birutė; Mark Klukowski; Jerzy Konstantynowicz. Insights into prevention of health complications in Small for Gestational Age (SGA) births in relation to maternal characteristics: a narrative review // Journal of clinical medicine, 2023, t. vol. 12, nr. iss. 2, art. no. 531, p. 1 - 14, ISSN 2077-0383. doi:10.3390/jcm12020531. Prieiga per internetą: <10.3390/jcm12020531>. Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; MEDLINE; DOAJ. [20.500.14172/24956] [2023] [S1] [WOS => title: Journal of Clinical Medicine, if: 4.964, aif: 8.301, aif_min: 8.301, aif_max: 8.301, cat: 1, av: 0.598, year: 2021, quartile: Q2] [SCOPUS => title: Journal of Clinical Medicine, citescore: 4.4, snip: 1.327, sjr: 1.04, year: 2021, quartile: Q1] [ai: 0.236, na: 6, nia :1, nip: 1, pai: 0.518].
• Dubey, Viney; Kievisiene, Justina; Rauckiene-Michaelsson, Alona; Norkiene, Sigute; Razbadauskas, Artūras; Agostinis Sobrinho, César. Bullying and health related quality of life among adolescents – a systematic review // Children. Basel : MDPI, 2022, vol. 9, iss. 6, art. no. 766., 2022, p. 1-10, ISSN 2227-9067. doi:10.3390/children9060766. Prieiga per internetą: <10.3390/children9060766>. Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; MEDLINE; DOAJ. [20.500.14172/686] [2022] [S1] [WOS => title: Children-Basel, if: 2.835, aif: 3.428, aif_min: 3.428, aif_max: 3.428, cat: 1, av: 0.827, year: 2021, quartile: Q2] [SCOPUS => title: Children, citescore: 2, snip: 1.159, sjr: 0.645, year: 2021, quartile: Q3] [ai: 1, na: 6, nia :6, nip: 0, pai: 2.654]
• Žandaras, Žymantas; Dobrovolskij, Valerij; Maceinaitė-Žandarė, Rūta; Strukčinskienė, Birutė; Arlauskas, Rokas; Stukas, Rimantas. Evaluation of public knowledge and beliefs of adverse health effects of unhealthy food and knowledge and beliefs based inequalities among various socio-demographic groups in Lithuania // Central European journal of public health. Prague : National Institute of Public Health, 2020, vol. 28, iss. 4., 2020, p. 267-273, ISSN 1210-7778, 1803-1048. doi:10.21101/cejph.a6180. Prieiga per internetą: <10.21101/cejph.a6180> . Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; MEDLINE. [20.500.14172/4870] [2020] [S1] [WOS => title: Central European Journal of Public Health, if: 1.163, aif: 3.431, aif_min: 3.23, aif_max: 3.631, cat: 2, av: 0.339, year: 2020, quartile: Q4] [SCOPUS => title: Central European Journal of Public Health, citescore: 1.4, snip: 0.502, sjr: 0.325, year: 2020, quartile: Q2] [ai: 0.167, na: 6, nia :1, nip: 0, pai: 0.28].
• Mameletzi, Dimitra; Anifanti, Maria; Baotić, Kristina; Bernetti, Andrea; Budinčević, Hrvoje; Črnac Žuna, Petra; Deligiannis, Asterios; Dennehy, Zekie; Ferrari, Andrea; Forgione, Dolores; Hrvoje, Jurlina; Ilardi, Maura; Kiss-Szemán, Borbála Sára; Koutlianos, Nikolaos; Kovářová, Iveta; Mangone, Massimiliano; Paoloni, Marco; Rapolienė, Lolita; Razbadauskas, Artūras; Skarbaliene, Aelita; Skarbalius, Egidijus; Kouidi, Evangelia. Identification of good practices in long-term exercise-based rehabilitation programs in stroke patients // BioMed research international. London : Hindawi Ltd., 2021, vol. 2021, art. no. 9202716., 2021, p. 1-12, ISSN 2314-6133, 2314-6141. doi:10.1155/2021/9202716. Prieiga per internetą: <10.1155/2021/9202716>. Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; Academic Search Complete; DOAJ. [20.500.14172/5605] [2021] [S1] [WOS => title: Biomed Research International, if: 3.246, aif: 5.656, aif_min: 5.629, aif_max: 5.683, cat: 2, av: 0.574, year: 2021, quartile: Q3] [SCOPUS => title: BioMed Research International, citescore: 5, snip: 1.119, sjr: 0.647, year: 2021, quartile: Q2] [ai: 0.182, na: 22, nia :4, nip: 0, pai: 0.391].
• Skarbaliene, Aelita; Jurgutis, Arnoldas; Strandberg, Eva Lena; Pawlikowska, Teresa. Patient involvement in assessing consultation quality: validation of patient enablement instrument (PEI) in Lithuanian general practice // BMC family practice. London : BioMed Central, 2019, vol. 20, art. no. 167., 2019, p. 1-6, ISSN 1471-2296. doi:10.1186/s12875-019-1061-1. Prieiga per internetą: <10.1186/s12875-019-1061-1>. Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; MEDLINE; Academic Search Ultimate. [20.500.14172/2356] [2019] [S1] [WOS => title: BMC Family Practice, if: 2.022, aif: 3.308, aif_min: 2.229, aif_max: 4.386, cat: 2, av: 0.507, year: 2019, quartile: Q2] [SCOPUS => title: BMC Family Practice, citescore: 3.5, snip: 1.255, sjr: 1.062, year: 2019, quartile: Q1] [ai: 0.5, na: 4, nia :2, nip: 0, pai: 1.111]
• Stašys, Rimantas; Virketis, G; Labanauskaitė, Daiva. The importance of the partnership between the public and private healthcare institutions to improve interhospital patient transfers // International journal of organizational analysis. Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2021, vol. 29, no. 6., 2021, p. 1506-1525, ISSN 1934-8835, 1758-8561. doi:10.1108/IJOA-07-2020-2357. Prieiga per internetą: <10.1108/IJOA-07-2020-2357> . Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus; EMERALD. [20.500.14172/4197] [2021] [S1] [SCOPUS => title: International Journal of Organizational Analysis, citescore: 3.2, snip: 0.933, sjr: 0.495, year: 2021, quartile: Q2] [ai: 1, na: 3, nia :3, nip: 0, pai: 2.866].
• Janušonis, Vinsas; Janušonytė-Mongirdienė, Henrieta. Sveikatos priežiūros kokybės ligoninėje pokyčiai valstybės lygio ekstremaliosios situacijos ir karantino dėl Covid-19 metu nepageidautinų įvykių aspektu: atvejo analizė // Sveikatos mokslai. Vilnius, 2021, t. 31, Nr. 2., 2021, p. 141-147, ISSN 1392-6373, 2335-867X. doi:10.35988/sm-hs.2021.054. Prieiga per internetą: <10.35988/sm-hs.2021.054> . Index Copernicus. [20.500.14172/2065] [2021] [S4] [ai: 0.25, na: 2, nia :1, nip: 0, pai: 0.25].
• Virketis, Gintautas; Kazlauskė, Gintarė. Medicinos darbuotojų priešinimosi e. sveikatos paslaugų diegimui ir plėtrai mažinimas // Sveikatos mokslai, 2022, t. t. 32, nr. Nr. 6, p. 25 - 30, ISSN 1392-6373, 2335-867X. doi:10.35988/sm-hs.2022.227. Prieiga per internetą: <10.35988/sm-hs.2022.227> . Index Copernicus. [20.500.14172/24154] [2022] [S4] [ai: 0.25, na: 2, nia :1, nip: 0, pai: 0.25].
• Griškonis, Sigitas; Šopagienė, Diana; Strukčinskienė, Birutė; Mišeikytė, Grėta; Selevičienė, Vaiva; Pačiauskaitė, Ineta; Griškonytė, Emilija; Jeriomenkaitė, Aistė; Aleksandrov, Dmitrij. Pacientų informuotumas apie širdies ir kraujagyslių ligų bei cukrinio diabeto prevencijos programą // Sveikatos mokslai, 2022, t. t. 32, nr. Nr. 6, p. 19 - 24, ISSN 1392-6373, 2335-867X. doi:10.35988/sm-hs.2022.226. Prieiga per internetą: <10.35988/sm-hs.2022.226> . Index Copernicus. [20.500.14172/24153] [2022] [S4] [ai: 0.444, na: 9, nia :6, nip: 0, pai: 0.444].
• Janušonis, Vinsas; Makarenko, Brigita; Janušonytė-Mongirdienė, Henrieta. Covid-19 vakcinacijos valdymo ypatumai Lietuvos ligoninėse: darbuotojų požiūris // Sveikatos mokslai. Vilnius, 2022, t. 32, Nr. 2., 2022, p. 203-214, ISSN 1392-6373, 2335-867X. doi:10.35988/sm-hs.2022.076. Prieiga per internetą: <10.35988/sm-hs.2022.076> . Index Copernicus. [20.500.14172/3467] [2022] [S4] [ai: 0.333, na: 3, nia :2, nip: 0, pai: 0.333].
• Vaitkutė, Mantė; Skarbalius, Egidijus. Odontologijos klinikų pacientų įgalinimo prielaidos // Regional formation and development studies : Journal of social sciences, 2022, nr. no. 3 (38), p. 96 - 110, ISSN 2029-9370, 2351-6542. doi:10.15181/rfds.v38i3.2448. Prieiga per internetą: <10.15181/rfds.v38i3.2448> . Business Source Ultimate. [20.500.14172/24150] [2022] [S4] [ai: 0.5, na: 2, nia :2, nip: 0, pai: 0.5].
• Virketis, G; Kazlauskė, Gintarė. Medicinos darbuotojų priešinimasis e. sveikatos paslaugų plėtrai // Sveikatos mokslai. Vilnius, 2021, t. 31, Nr. 6., 2021, p. 84-89, ISSN 1392-6373, 2335-867X. doi:10.35988/sm-hs.2021.208. Prieiga per internetą: <10.35988/sm-hs.2021.208> . Index Copernicus. [20.500.14172/1738] [2021] [S4] [ai: 0.25, na: 2, nia :1, nip: 0, pai: 0.25].
• Toleikienė, Rita; Šaparnienė, Diana; Sroka, Włodzimierz; Juknevičienė, Vita. The role of the leader in the integral system of ethics management in municipalities // Transylvanian review of administrative sciences, 2022, nr. no. 65 E, p. 129 - 148, ISSN 1842-2845, 2247-8310. doi:10.24193/tras.65E.7. Prieiga per internetą: <10.24193/tras.65E.7>. Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus; DOAJ; Academic Search Ultimate. [20.500.14172/19969] [2022] [S1] [WOS => title: Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, if: 0.892, aif: 3.424, aif_min: 3.424, aif_max: 3.424, cat: 1, av: 0.261, year: 2021, quartile: Q4] [SCOPUS => title: Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, citescore: 1.3, snip: 0.463, sjr: 0.224, year: 2021, quartile: Q3] [ai: 0.354, na: 4, nia :1, nip: 1, pai: 0.538].
• Joniškienė, Jurgita; Šaparnienė, Diana; Juknevičienė, Vita; Limba, Tadas; Reinholde, Iveta. Governance mechanisms and collaborative value creation in cross-sector partnerships: case of NGO and business // Entrepreneurship and sustainability issues, 2020, t. vol. 8, nr. no. 1, p. 1012 - 1028, ISSN 2345-0282. doi:10.9770/jesi.2020.8.1(68). Prieiga per internetą: <10.9770/jesi.2020.8.1(68)> . Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus; Lituanistika; DOAJ. [20.500.14172/24454] [2020] [S1] [ai: 0.283, na: 5, nia :1, nip: 1, pai: 0.283].
• Agostinis Sobrinho, César; García-Hermoso, Antonio; Ramírez-Vélez, Robinson; Moreira, Carla; Lopes, Luís; Oliveira-Santos, José; Póvoas, Susana; Mota, Jorge; Santos, Rute. Longitudinal association between ideal cardiovascular health status and muscular fitness in adolescents: the LabMed Physical Activity Study // Nutrition, metabolism and cardiovascular diseases. Oxford : Elsevier, 2018, vol. 28, iss. 9., 2018, p. 892-899, ISSN 0939-4753, 1590-3729. doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2018.05.012. Prieiga per internetą: <10.1016/j.numecd.2018.05.012> . ScienceDirect; MEDLINE; Scopus; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science). [20.500.14172/15489] [2018] [S1] [WOS => title: NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, if: 3.34, aif: 4.144, aif_min: 3.711, aif_max: 4.474, cat: 3, av: 0.798, year: 2018, quartile: Q2] [SCOPUS => title: Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, citescore: 6.1, snip: 1.218, sjr: 1.318, year: 2018, quartile: Q1] [ai: 0.056, na: 9, nia :1, nip: 0, pai: 0.157].