Lifestyle and health of scientific library staff: problems and solutions

The purpose of this work was a comprehensive assessment of the health status and lifestyle of employees of the scientific library of Ugra State University, as well as the development of recommendations aimed at correcting lifestyle and preventing occupational diseases. 75% of the university's scientific library staff took part in the study. During the study, an assessment was made of the anthropometric status, functional state of the cardiorespiratory system and lifestyle of the subjects. The state of physical health of the university's scientific library staff corresponded to the main population trends: excess body weight, high visceral fat content, negative deviations in the state of the cardiovascular system, insufficient external respiratory function. At the same time, the subjects were distinguished by high valeological literacy: when studying the lifestyle profile of librarians, high responsibility for health, satisfactory knowledge of the basic principles of rational nutrition, high motivation for internal growth and high scores on the “interpersonal relationships” scale were noted.The most negative indicators of self-assessment of lifestyle are physical activity and stress management. Based on the results of the study, health-saving measures were proposed to reduce professional stress and improve the health of university library employees.