Health schools - effective form of group preventive counseling

This article examines the health schools of the city of Vladivostok, an assessment of their activities for the period from 2018 to 2020 is carried out. Health schools, as an effective form of group preventive counseling, help to raise awareness of patients about the existing risk factors and clinical manifestations of diseases, about possible complications and ways to prevent them, about the specifics of therapy and lifestyle in the disease, which significantly increases the patient's commitment to treatment and compliance with the doctor's recommendations. Health schools for patients in need of counseling, prevention and treatment of many pathological conditions are regularly held in Vladivostok medical institutions.