Assesment of the level of sanitary and hygienic well-being in the 9th grade

Abstract

Unfavorable trends persist in the health of the younger generation, which requires the close attention of the whole society. Specialists in the field of preventive medicine, pediatricians actively not only study the basic patterns and regional features of the formation of the health of the younger generation, but also develop comprehensive disease prevention programs, measures to protect the health of children and adolescents. Regular study and evaluation of the physical development of children and adolescents is a necessary link in the health monitoring system of the younger generation. Indicators of physical development of the child population are informative and accessible for measurement, evaluation and interpretation of the criterion of health; allow timely formation of risk groups for differentiated preventive and therapeutic measures in children’s groups. Teenagers belong to the group in which most often there is a violation of sanitary and hygienic well–being, due to the influence of external factors, academic load, and poor adaptation in the team. Therefore, grade 9 students were selected for the study, whose average age was 15.6 ± 0.2 years. During the study, a complete analysis of the physical development of adolescents was carried out, using individual and generalizing assessment methods. During the study, violations of physical development were revealed in 16.6 % of students, 83.4 % had no deviations. With a comprehensive assessment of sanitary and hygienic well–being in the team, this indicator turned out to be quite high, which indicates the correct preventive measures in a general education institution and a favorable psychological situation in the classroom. And this is the key to good physical development, the absence of somatic pathology and good academic performance.