On the problem of preserving the health of teachers

Relevance. Currently, the requirements for the level of professional training of teachers are increasing, as well as for the ability to withstand the intellectual and psychological stresses of the modern education system, which undoubtedly affects the health of teachers in general. The problem of maintaining health is caused not only by the objective features of work, but also by the attitude to one's health, a low level of knowledge of risk factors and methods of preventing occupational diseases. This circumstance determined the relevance of the study. The purpose of the paper was to study the value attitude of teachers of educational organizations to their health. Research methodology. The attitude of380 teachers of the Krasnodar Territory to their health, to physical activity and the implementation of healthy lifestyle recommendations was studied using an anonymous questionnaire. The idea of teachers about the level of their health status was studied with an analysis of the frequency of visits to doctors and the severity of pain symptoms of vital organs and systems according to a four-point system, the number of physical exercises, the ability to run 4 km at a moderate pace without feeling tired or short of breath, the level of functional state of the cardiorespiratory and musculoskeletal systems of the body, competence about the condition energy metabolism characterized by awareness of blood pressure indicators, the level of carbohydrates and total cholesterol in capillary blood, the ratio of body weight to its length, and psycho-diagnosis of stress according to the method of M. V. Zung. The results of the study. It was revealed that 31.2% of physical education teachers experience pain syndromes in the spinal column, upper and lower extremities, which is considered as a risk factor for the development of degenerative and destructive processes in them. It was found that 65.3% of subject teachers feel pain in the heart, headaches, mild fainting, dizziness and shortness of breath during physical exertion, which indicates a low level of functional state of the cardiorespiratory system and, possibly, the presence of pathological changes in the heart and blood vessels requiring medical attention. The study of BMI in the examined patients showed the presence of overweight and obesity of 1-2 degrees, which indicates a violation of carbohydrate and fat metabolism in their body as the main endogenous risk factors for heart and vascular diseases.