ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Issues of professional hygienic training of child supervisors and educators

Myznikova IA1,2, Mekhantyev II3,4, Stepkin YuI1,2, Nenakhov IG1,2
About authors

1 Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Voronezh Region, Voronezh, Russia

2 Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University, Voronezh, Russia

3 Voronezh Oblast Directorate of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, Voronezh, Russia

4 Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Irina A. Myznikova
Kosmonavtov, 21, Voronezh, 394038, Russia; ur.xednay@eneri.avomikay

About paper

Author contribution: Myznikova IA — determination of the level of sanitary literacy of the employees working at facilities exposed to epidemiological hazards, literature review, collection and analysis of literary sources, article authoring and editing; Mehantiev II, Stepkin YuI — organization of primary data collection, article editing; Nenakhov IG — article editing. All authors confirm conformity of their parts to the international ICMJE criteria (all authors have made a significant contribution to the development of study's concept, its conduct, and article authoring; all authors have read and approved the final version thereof before publication).

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University (protocol No. 1 dated February 29, 2024). The respondents were informed about the purpose of the study (the informed consent paper prepared and distributed).

Received: 2024-07-09 Accepted: 2024-07-31 Published online: 2024-09-25
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Professional hygienic training and certification of specialists employed in the fields associated with epidemiological hazards are of great practical importance. The level of sanitary literacy of those exposed to epidemiologically significant factors determines the sanitary and epidemiological conditions in the respective facilities. This study aimed to gauge the said level among those employed in the field of children's education and upbringing. By design, the study was applied, single-center, cross-sectional, and selective. The object of the study was the staff of a facility with inherent epidemiological risks (child educators and supervisors), and the subject of the study was their level of sanitary literacy. The work lasted for 6 calendar months, until the sample reached the required size needed to reliably calculate the level of sanitary literacy of the staff expressed as means based on the test results. The methods of medical statistics were used for the analysis of the study's results. We discovered that the level of sanitary literacy of persons whose professional activities are related to the upbringing and education of children is low (the average amount of correct answers to the test questions was 65%), and identified attributes influencing the educational process: mode of attendance, gender, age, frequency of training, job title groups.

Keywords: hygiene of children and adolescents, hygienic education, hygienic upbringing, professional hygiene training, level of sanitary literacy

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