Summary Public health management EVALUATION OF THE ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH EDUCATION OF PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY DISEASES Dalė Smaidžiūnienė Scientific advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liudmila Bagdonienė. Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Kaunas University of Medicine.-Kaunas, 2005.- 63p. The aim of the study was to evaluate the organization of the health education of patients with pulmonary diseases. The objectives of the study were the following: 1) to determine the attitude of patients with pulmonary diseases towards the organization of health education; 2) to evaluate the attitude of physicians and nurses towards the improvement of health education of patients with pulmonary diseases; and 3) to compare the patients’ and health specialists’ attitudes towards health education of patients with pulmonary diseases. Key words: pulmonary diseases, health education organization. The methods of the study. The object of the study was the organization of health education of patients with pulmonary diseases. The methods used in this study were the analysis of scientific literature and legal documents, questionnaire-based inquiry of patients and healthcare personnel, and quantitative analysis of statistical data. Questionnaire-based inquiry was performed during 2005 in the Department of Pulmonology-Allergology in the Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine (HKUM). Of 110 questionnaires distributed among patients, 104 were returned with full answers to all questions... [to full text]