The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between unemployment benefits and durations of unemployment with respect to different approaches in social policy. The hypothesis of the research is that unemployment benefits negatively affect the duration of unemployment. An analysis of the relationship concerning unemployment benefits and duration of unemployment within the European Union Member States (EU-28) between 2006–2018 using panel data regression approach was conducted. The sample was split into sub-samples in order to get more homogeneous groups of EU-28 countries. Estimation results suggest that the more generous a social policy, the more prevalent the negative relationship between unemployment duration and unemployment benefits. Our results also revealed that the better the economic situation, the less pressure is put on unemployment benefits and on the duration of unemployment.

Purpose -This study aims to identify the awareness of Slovenian consumers and their attitudes towards labels, as well as the reasons why consumers do not buy labeled food.Ograničenja -Glavno ograničenje istraživanja jest u tome što je usmjereno na digitalno pismene potrošače.

In order to raise citizens’ awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to develop an effective communication campaign on the SDGs, it is crucial to know citizens’ values, their awareness and knowledge of the SDGs, as well as how they receive information on sustainability. As no previous study has addressed this issue, this study aimed to fill a research gap and find out how demographic variables, personal values, awareness of sustainability challenges, information, and advertising influence citizens’ support for the SDGs. An online survey was conducted with representative Slovenian citizens (N = 502). The results showed that Slovenian citizens know little about sustainability issues and the SDGs. The greater the personal values, awareness of sustainability issues, higher education, efficient information, and trust in advertising, the greater the public support for the SDGs. To gain citizen support for the SDGs, it is important to plan a systematic communication campaign and government-led communication about the SDGs in the media. This includes information on sustainability issues, presentation of the environmental friendliness of a product/service, potential positive actions, and potential negative consequences.

Fitoterapija, to je znanstveno utemeljena uporaba rastlin in iz njih pridobljenih pripravkov za zdravljenje številnih bolezni v sodobni družbi, pridobiva na veljavi kot komplementaren pristop h konvencionalni medicini. Zelo raznolik status fitoterapije v svetu, v EU in tudi v Sloveniji, kjer je fitoterapevtska dejavnost sicer normativno opredeljena z Zakonom o zdravilstvu, pušča vtis, da je to področje na splošno neurejeno. Primerjalna analiza uveljavljenosti fitoterapije doma in po svetu, potrebe in uporaba te metode zdravljenja, pa tudi regulativna orodja, zakonodajni okvir in različne možnosti izobraževanja so potrdila potrebo po sistematičnem pristopu k formalni ureditvi te dejavnosti, še posebej pa potrebo po zagotovitvi ustreznega znanja in krepitvi kompetenc strokovnjakov, ki se ukvarjajo s fitoterapijo. Formalno izobraževanje in definiranje kompetenc je nujno potrebno, da bi lahko fitoterapijo in druge komplementarne metode zdravljenja vključili v konvencionalni model zdravstvenega varstva. V prispevku je na osnovi pregleda literature prikazana  vloga fitoterapije v sodobni družbi s poudarkom na pregledu programov za izobraževanje fitoterapevtov, ki omogočajo njihovo delovanje na področju komplementarne medicine in uradnega zdravilstva.

BACKGROUND: An integrated clinical pathway (ICP) is a key method for structuring or planning processes of care, enabling the modernization of health-care delivery and coordination of multiple roles, forming a complete, patient-centered multidisciplinary health-care team and establishing the sequence of activities, promoting individual and team communication, collaboration, networking, and transparency, and reducing the cost of care. AIM: As there is a research gap in the area of communication among members of a multidisciplinary team for the treatment of patients through an ICP, the aim of this study was to determine the impact of communication of a member of a multidisciplinary team on the active participation of an individual in this multidisciplinary team. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of three ICPs, forchronic kidney disease, stroke, and total hip arthroplasty was conducted in a typical Slovenian general hospital. RESULTS: The results show that in the analyzed hospital, two of the three clinical pathways are not yet fully integrated. CONCLUSION: There is a weak influence of staff communication within a multidisciplinary team on an individual’s participation in this multidisciplinary team, indicating the need for various activities to actually implement clinical pathway “integration,” and promote better communication within teams to strengthen participation in multidisciplinary patient care pathways.