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Edit Paulik M.D. Ph.D. Associate professor, University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health Born: Szeged, Hungary 1962
Career:
2009- Associate professor, University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health 2003-2009 Assistant professor, University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health 1991-2003 Assistant lecturer, University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health 1986-1991 Resident, University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine
Education:
1986 Graduated MD., University of Szeged, Faculty of General Medicine 1991 Specialisation in Social Medicine 1996 Gradueted health care manager 2003 PhD: Examination of patients hospitalized with chronic heart failure – an evidence-based analysis according to clinical practice guidelines 2006 Specialisation in Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Experience and research:
1986-1989 Participation in the study „Lifestyle researches considering health state influencing factors among industrial apprentices and trade workers of Szeged revealing the risk factors of chronic non-communicable diseases” sponsored by Ministry of Health 1993-1995 Participation in the study „Satisfaction of patients with in-patient hospital care” sponsored by Ministry of Health 1994-1995 Institutional research entitled „Smoking or health” about university students’smoking habits and cessation attitudes 2000-2002 „Quality of life study specialized in health status of chronic patient population” sponsored by Ministry of Health 2004-2005 „Connection of quality of life and health care utilization among those living in small settlements of Csongrád county” sponsored by OKTK 2005- „Settlement-specific characteristics of quality of life and demands on health care” supported by National Institute of Primary Health Care 2006-2007 Participation in the study „Evidence generated about equity in access to health care and developing policy options for reducing inequities” sponsored by the Regional Office for Europe of the WHO. 2008- Participation in the 4-year study of the Department of „Increasing Capacity for Tobacco Research in Hungary” sponsored by the US National Institute of Health (Award No.: R01 TW007927-01) 2009- Participation in the study „Determinants of screening related knowledge and attitudes in Southern Great Plain of Hungary”sponsored by Ministry of Health
Languages:
Hungarian, English, Russian
Recent publications:
1. Paulik E., Bóka F., Kertész A., Balogh S., Nagymajtényi L.: Determinants of health-promoting lifestyle behaviour in the rural areas of Hungary. Health Promotion International 2010;25(3):277-288. 2. Paulik E., Császár J., Kozinszky Z., Nagymajtényi L.: Preconceptional and prenatal predictors of folic acid intake in Hungarian pregnant women. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2009;145:49-52. 3. Paulik E., Bóka F.: Psychosomatic and psychological predictors of self-rated health in Hungarian men of various ages and levels of fitness. Central European Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2008;14(4):369-377. 4. Kullmann L., Tróznai T., Paulik E., Vargáné Molnár M. Improving the study of quality of life among disabled persons. Gyógypedagógiai Szemle 2008;36(1):2-13. (only in Hungarian) 5. Paulik E., Nagy Á. The role of general practitioners in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Medicus Universalis 2008;41(1): 27-30. (only in Hungarian) 6. Paulik E., Belec B., Molnár R., Müller A., Belicza É., Kullmann L., Nagymajtényi L. Applicability of the brief version of the World Health Organization’s quality of life questionnaire in Hungary. Orvosi Hetilap 2007;148(4):155-160. (Hungarian, abstract in English) 7. Kómár M., Nagymajtényi L., Nyári T., Paulik E. The determinants of self-rated health among ethnic minorities in Hungary. Ethnicity and Health 2006;11(2):121-132. 8. Balogh S., Hajnal F., Belec B., Kómár M., Papp R., Nagymajtényi L., Paulik E. Factors associated with the consumption of fruits and vegetables in South-East Hungary. Acta Alimentaria 2005;34(2):145-152. 9. Paulik E., Belec B., Balogh S., Hajnal F., Nagymajtényi L. Epidemiological characteristics of obesity in the Southern Hungarian Plain. Népegészségügy 2004;83(1):12-17. (Hungarian, abstract in English) 10. Paulik E., Lukács A., Kómár M., Nagymajtényi L. Health status of the Roma population living in closed communities in county Csongrád. Egészségfejlesztés 2004;45(3):10-16. (only in Hungarian) 11. Paulik E., Molnár R., Müller A. Opinion of students studying in healthcare oriented higher education about health and disease. LAM 2003;13(3):246-249. (only in Hungarian) 12. Belec B., Paulik E., Balogh S., Hajnal F., Nagymajtényi L. Effect of education on health state in Csongrád county. Medicus Universalis 2004;37(1):11-16. (only in Hungarian) 13. Paulik E., Molnár R., Müller A.: Attitudes toward health promotion among healthcare oriented students. Egészségnevelés 2003;44(3):65-69. (only in Hungarian) 14. Paulik E., Müller A., Belicza É., Boda K., Nagymajtényi L. Use of echocardiography among patients with heart failure: practice variations in Hungarian hospitals. Int J Qual Health Care 2002;14(4):313-319. 15. Paulik E., Müller A., Belicza É. Application of non-invasive cardiological diagnostic tests among patients with chronic heart failure. Népegészségügy 2000;81(4):9-15. (Hungarian, abstract in English)