Young people adherence to preventive requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic

Objective: to assess the level of hygienic education of young people in Moscow in a pandemic and to determine the main directions for the development of sanitary skills among young people. Material and methods. A hygienic experiment and a survey of students in Google format were carried out. Field studies were carried out in the metro on the Sokolnicheskaya line in the period 05.10.2020-24.11.2020 by observing young people in the conditions of the mask regime and timing of wearing masks by students in the classroom at the medical university and at the clinical base. The survey involved 425 people from medical universities and technical universities. Among them, 231 people completed the full course of vaccination and 84 people recovered from COVID-19. Results. Strengthening the mask regime in the metro in October-November 2020 promoted the compliance of young people with preventive requirements. Significantly more students (69-85%) wear masks during classes at clinical sites than at a medical university (23-31 %). Medical students are more informed about hygiene requirements than technical students; approximately 50% of vaccinated students are not afraid of contracting a new coronavirus infection; 62% of students who have had the disease are confident that their immunity will prevent them from getting the disease again. Conclusion. Educational work among students, combined with compliance with the norms of legislative acts of sanitary and epidemiological supervision, contributes to the formation of sanitary skills among young people.