Hygienic assessment of measures aimed at risks reduction and health preservation for children in secondary schools

The results of the survey of 1064 pupils of 5-11 grades, 720 parents of schoolchildren of grades 1-4 and health assessment of 2512 children and adolescents, obtained during a comparative study on the basis of two general educational organizations with an equal level of sanitary and epidemiological well-being, but differing in the nature preventive measures and medical support, showed that targeted improvement of preventive measures and medical support, improving school meals, increasing physical activity, The identification of the proportion of children who are focused on health-saving behavior has a positive effect on the development of schoolchildren’s health. Improvement of medical support through the opening of a school-based prevention and rehabilitation unit has made it possible to significantly reduce the morbidity of students, primarily respiratory diseases, which are the main reason for missing classes. Among those who improved their health in school, the percentage of those who recovered is highest among children with respiratory diseases (77.5%) ...