Abstract
Introduction: Inadequate physical activity, eating disorders, irrational factors of the educational environment
and a poor motivation for a healthy lifestyle are often observed among youngsters and act as their health risk factors. At
the present stage, they hamper ensuring optimal living conditions and achieving better health of schoolchildren and require
a new approach to solving the tasks. The objective of the study was to assess provision of sanitary and epidemiologic
wellbeing at schools and health of schoolchildren to substantiate priorities for management decision making. Materials
and methods: The study was conducted in two comprehensive schools of the city of Penza and involved 2,672 children
and 720 parents. We used sanitary, hygienic, physiological, sociological, and statistical methods of research. Results: The
level of sanitary and epidemiologic wellbeing in the experimental school with an up-to-date model of hygienic education
and development of a healthy lifestyle integrated in the educational process where students have the opportunity to
receive health-improving and rehabilitation medical care, was significantly higher than in the control one. Introduction
of the new model of upbringing and functioning of the department for disease prevention and rehabilitation contributed
to an increase in students’ motivation for a healthy lifestyle and skill consolidation in the behavior of youngsters as
confirmed by a larger proportion of such students in the experimental school compared with the control one (75–89%
against 50–74%, respectively; p < 0.001). Conclusion: Implementation of management decisions including the upgrade of
the system of hygiene education, creation of a healthy lifestyle of students, and organization of the department for disease
prevention and rehabilitation on the basis of the educational establishment had a positive effect on students’ health.
Publisher
Federal Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology
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