Przedstawiono sylwetkę rolników z woj. płockiego legitymujących się wykształceniem średnim lub wyższym opracowaną na podstawie ankiet przeprowadzanych z wymienionymi rolnikami. Z wyników badań oraz przeprowadzonej analizy wynika, że gospodarstwa prowadzone przez rolników z cenzusem mają większą powierzchnię i są lepiej wyposażone w środki produkcji niż ogół gospodarstw województwa płockiego. Gospodarstwa te są więc lepiej przygotowane do prowadzenia produkcji w trudnej sytuacji gospodarczej. Interesująco przedstawia się sytuacja demograficzna badanych gospodarstw. Najbardziej niepokojącymi zjawiskami są postępująca defeminizacja oraz fakt, że duża część zamieszkujących w nich osób zamierza migrować, głównie do miasta. Może to prowadzić do zakłóceń w funkcjonowaniu nie tylko poszczególnych gospodarstw, ale i całych wsi.
Background. The transformation period in Poland is associated with a set of factors seen as ‘socio-economic stress’, which unfavourably influenced cancer treatment and slowed down the progress of the Polish cancer care in the 90’s. These outcomes in many aspects of cancer care may be experienced till today. The results of the international EUROCARE and CONCORD studies based on European data prove evidence that there is a substantial potential for improvement of low 5-year survival rates in Poland. Since high survivals are related to notably efficient health care system, therefore, to improve organization and treatment methods seems to be one of the most important directions of change in the Polish health care system. Till today, cancer care in Poland is based on a network outlined by Professor Koszarowski in the middle of the last century, and is a solid foundation for the contemporary project of the Comprehensive Cancer Care Network (CCCN) proposed in the frame of CanCon Project. Objective. Analysis of the structure of health care system and the changes introduced within the network of oncology in Poland since the beginning of the post-commuinist socio-economic transformation in 1989. Materials and Methods. This study was conducted based on the CanCon methods aimed at reviewing specialist literature and collecting meaningful experiences of European countries in cancer care, including the main legal regulations. Results. The analysis provided evidence that the political situation and the economic crisis of the Transformation period disintegrated the cancer care and resulted in low 5-year survival rates. A step forward in increasing efficiency of the cancer treatment care was a proposal of the ’Quick Oncological Therapy’ together with one more attempt to organize a CCCN. With this paper the Authors contribute to the CanCon Project by exploration, analysis and discussion of the cancer network in Poland as an example of existing net-like structures in Europe as well as by preparation of guidelines for constructing a contemporary CCCN. Conclusions. (1) ‘Socio-economic’ stress adversely affected the efficiency of oncological treatment, both by reducing safety and slowing down the development of modern oncology. (2) Changing the current system into the contemporary form - CCCN could be an important step forward to optimise the oncological health care in Poland. (3) Introduction of the mandatory monitoring of organizational changes with the use of health standardized indicators could allow for the assessment of the effectiveness of implemented solutions and their impact on better prognosis for cancer patients. (4) Optimising the organization of the health care system is possible only by implementing necessary legislative corrections.
The species richness pattern exhibits a strong altitudinal dependence which may be altered under the influence of land use-related disturbances. The Beskid Niski Mountains are part of the northern Carpathian Mountains – an area that saw a large-scale relocation of certain ethnic groups after World War II. The subsequent rapid decline in the human population level was the main factor shaping the environment in this area, and contributed to a rapid increase in the forest area, also introducing changes in its functioning. The increase in the forest area was not evenly distributed, showing the largest values at higher locations. The present study is focused on changes in the species richness of the Carpathian fir forests along the altitudinal gradient, in relation to socio-economical transformations. The changes indicated an overall decrease in species richness, especially at higher locations. The main reason for these changes seemed to be forest management-related, causing an increase in the share of blackberry, fern and grass species, as well as the disappearance of species diagnostic of the ancient forests, which led to homogenization of vegetation. The increase in the mountain forest area has proven to be insufficient to secure the species richness of forests.