South Eastern European 
Journal of Public Health 
Special Volume No. 1, 2022 

THE POPULATION'S HEALTH: 
COULD  SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE 
DO BETTER?

 Jacobs Publishing House



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Executive Editor 

Prof. Dr. Genc Burazeri PhD 
Faculty of Medicine, St. Dibres, No. 371, Tirana, Albania, and
CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University,
6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands 
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Volume Editor 

Prof. Dr. Jadranka Bozikov
University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health 
Rockefeller St. 4, Zagreb, Croatia
ORCID: 0000-0002-1159-9675
Email: jadranka.bozikov@snz.hr
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Assistant Executive Editor 

Kreshnik Petrela BA 
Tirana, Albania 
Email: kreshnikp@gmail.com 

Technical Editor 

Meri Roshi BA 
Tirana, Albania 
Email: meriroshi90@gmail.com 

Publisher 

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Jacobs Publishing House
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D 32756 Detmold, Germany 
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SEEJPH 
South Eastern European 
Journal of Public Health 

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Special Volume 1, 2022 
Publisher: Jacobs/Germany 

ISSN 2197-5248 



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ISSN2197-5248 DOI: 10.11576/seejph-5110. Bibliographic information 
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Editorials The population's health: Could South Eastern Europe do better? 
Jadranka Božikov 

Original Research 

Health of the Slovenian population: 
Where do we stand? 

Lijana Zaletel-Kragelj, Kaja 
Batista, Marusa Bertoncelj, Aljaz 
Brlek, Tanja Carli, Manja Grasek, 
Martina Horvat, Ines Kebler, Ana 
Mavric, Matija Mozetic, Denis 
Opresnik, Mirjam Rozic, Anja 
Strmsek, Nastja Sivec, Vesna 
Smarcan, Blaz Vurzer, Kristina 
Zadravec, Rok Zaletel, Andreja 
Kukec, Ivan Erzen  

Learning needs assessment 
among professional workers in 
community mental health 
centres in Slovenia: Study 
protocol 

Anja Kragelj, Majda Pahor, Lijana 
Zaletel-Kragelj, Irena Makivic  

Reproductive health of medical 
students: exploring knowledge, 
experiences, and behaviors 

Petar Djuric, Aleksandar 
Stevanovic, Nina Rajovic, Jovana 
Todorovic, Ulrich Laaser  

Overview of the main 
incremental health care reforms 
introduced between 2014 and 
2020 in Romania 

Silvia Gabriela Scintee, Cristian 
Vladescu  

Burnout and optimism among 
health workers during the period 
of COVID-19 

Paraskevi Theofilou, Charalampos 
Platis, Konstantina Madia, Ioannis 
Kotsiopoulos  

Review Articles 

Climate change and its 
extensions in infectious diseases: 
South-Eastern Europe under 
focus 

Zeynep Cigdem Kayacan, Ozer 
Akgul  

Pay-for-performance and tools 
for quality assurance in health 
care 

Doncho Donev 

Position Papers 

Circular health: a needed 
approach to promote health and 
prevent pandemics and other 
health hazards 

Flavio Lirussi, Erio Ziglio 

The Effectiveness of the Health 
Economy: A case study of the 
Federal Republic of Germany 

Klaus-Dirk Henke 

Table of contents


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	Executive Editor
	Volume Editor
	Prof. Dr. Kasia Czabanowska
	Assistant Executive Editor
	Technical Editor
	Meri Roshi BA
	Tirana, Albania Email: meriroshi90@gmail.com
	Publisher

	Editorials