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Introduction. At the time of the global economies’ recovery from the effects of fourth major recession after the Second World War, there was a major in­crease in the unemployment rate that created a sig­nificant existential and public health challenge Aim. The aim of this study was to provide a system­atic review of available research on effects of unem­ployment on access to health care, and consequen­tially on health of the population. Methods. A systematic search of relevant, peer-re­viewed electronic databases was conducted to iden­tify systematic reviews, review articles, original re­search papers and reports for the period of past ten years. Results. 10.234 results were initially identified, five of which were included in this review. Conclusion. Significant number of studies confirms that the unemployed individuals, due to sometimes limited access to health care, have impaired health in comparison to the employed population, both in physical and mental health. Global economic change will have a stronger impact on the health of the pop­ulation in poor countries, therefore a fair and compre­hensive system of health care for the unemployed is of paramount importance for the purpose of preserv­ing the health of the population.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the attitudes of nursing students towards nursing, and differences in attitudes between students engaged in full-time and part-time nursing study. Design: A three-year longitudinal study was conducted. Methods: The study included full-time and part-time students in their first and final (third) year of nursing study. The students voluntarily completed the Nursing Image Questionnaire (NIQ7) and a questionnaire that included demographic information. Results: The results showed a statistically significant difference between full-time and part-time students in attitudes towards nursing roles and responsibilities, professionalism, and nursing stereotypes in society. An analysis of variance showed that fulltime and part-time students did not differ in mean results from the NIQ7 in their first year of study, after which results increased in value for both group of students, increasing somewhat faster for full-time students, with their final results after the third year of study being higher than those of part-time students. Conclusion: Attitudes towards nursing changed in both groups of students (full-time and part-time) during their study programs, but with some differences between the groups.

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