METHOD
Hygiene training of schoolchildren and students using the "habit trackers – checklists" technology
1 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
2 Astrakhan State Medical University, Astrakhan, Russia
3 Regional Center for Public Health and Medical Prevention, Astrakhan, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Ruslan D. Devrishov
Bakinskaya, 121, Astrakhan, 414000, Russia; ur.xednay@bdyromem
Author contribution: the authors have made equal contributions to preparation of a publication.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (protocol № 203 of 20 December 2020, protocol № 209 of 28 June 2021) and the Ethics Committee of the Astrakhan State Medical University (protocol № 9 of 19 June 2017). The informed consent was obtained for each study participant. The study was consistent with the principles of biomedical ethics and did not endanger the subjects.
Healthy lifestyle formation is one of the tasks of the hygiene education of children, adolescents and young adults. That is why it is necessary for educational institutions to implement the technologies focused on health preservation in students. The study was aimed to develop and test the technology for hygiene training of students. In 2017–2019 we tested the “Habit Trackers – Checklists” technology in dynamics within the framework of the hygiene training of schoolchildren in the Moscow and Astrakhan regions, and in 2021–2023 the technology was tested for college and university students. A total of 502 schoolchildren, 234 college students, and 429 university students were enrolled. In educational institutions, where the hygiene training program was implemented, the number of schoolchildren with the diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue decreased by 1.4 times, and the number of students with eye diseases decreased by 2.6 times compared to other educational institutions of the Astrakhan region. Later, when the technology was tested for college and university students, the number of students having medium and high levels of physical activity increased from 46.0% (before the hygiene training) to 72.0% (after the hygiene training). The findings allow us to recommend replicating the proposed hygiene training program in educational institutions.
Keywords: students, healthy lifestyle, schoolchildren, hygiene education, checklists