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INTRODUCTION: Human papillomavirus (HPV) represents a huge health issue, not only with us, but worldwide as well, considering that HPV is the trigger of the cervical cancer and one of the most common infections transmitted through sexual contact. This implies that students of vocational studies poses an adequate knowledge about the risk factors, prevention and diagnosis of this severe illness. AIM: The aim of this research is to look into the differences of the knowledge and attitudes of the students about HPV as the cause of the cervical cancer, and to apply HPV vaccines in pre-testing and post-testing. METHODS: The research includes 104 students (53 in pre-testing and 51 in post-testing), aged from 19 to 35; 93% female students and 6.5% male students of the College of Applied Health Sciences in Ćuprija. RESULTS: The students demonstrated the best knowledge during the post-testing about the registered HPV vaccines, 83.9% of students in comparison to 5.7% during the pre-testing (p

Introduction: The air pollution is always a popular topic, especially in the cities in which numerous sources of pollution can be found in small places: energy sources, the traffic and industry, so the primary pollutants can be found in the air: sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, particles of the soot, as well as specific pollutants depending on the industry processes happening in the given area. The contents of pollutants in the atmosphere vary depending on the season, thus the concentrations of soot and sulfur dioxide are increased during the winter. The aim of this paper: The aim of this paper is to analyze the concentration of pollutants present in the air as a risk factor for human health. Method: In Kragujevac Public Health Institute the concentrations of primary and likewise of specific pollutants are being measured throughout the year. In the city centre (Stafeta monument) the following parameters were followed: SO2, NO2, ground-level ozone, benzene, soot, the total sedimentary matter, heavy metals in the sedimentary matter (Cd, Pb, Ni, Zn). Results: During the 2017 the measured values of SO2 were

Introduction. Opiates and opoids create physical and psychological addiction. Official statistics on the number of opiate addicts in Serbia doesn't exist. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that in 2014 some 29 million people in the world are dependent on some sort of drug. Method. This paper belongs to a group of review papers. Based on the key words (buprenorphine, substitution therapy, psychoactive substances), as well as various databases, isolated references were analyzed, systematized and presented in this paper. Discusion. Substitution therapy is most often used therapy method. Substitution therapy is a form of therapy in which an antagonist, a new substance with properties and actions of similar substances, is used. Agonists are used to provide a more controlled form of addiction. The most commonly used antagonist is methadone whose use in Europe reaches 90% of total opioid substitution, although it has been lately replaced by buprenorphine, a partial agonist-antagonist and is most commonly used in France. Researches show that buprenorphine causes less physical dependence than methadone and other substitutes. It also appears that there is less potential for drug abuse when buprenorphine is used instead of methadone. Conclusion. Many aspects of the effects of buprenorphine have not been fully tested. Social reintegration is an important aspect of social rehabilitation of opioid addicts, and it is therefore extremely important to recognize psychological and social factors that can act as protective factors, but also as risk factors. As the impact of buprenorphine on the outcomes of social rehabilitation has not been studied so far, it is necessary to design new studies that would go in this direction.

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