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Development of a program for shaping healthy lifestyle and health improvement in student youth
1 Yaroslavl State Medical University, Yaroslavl, Russia
2 Yaroslavl Demidov PG State University, Yaroslavl, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Olga S. Aminova
Revolyutsionnaya, 5, Yaroslavl, 150000, Russia; ur.ay@avonima.s.o
Funding: the study was supported by grant of the Yaroslavl Region No. 4-np/2023.
Acknowledgement: the authors would like to thank the Wellness Center of the Yaroslavl Central City Hospital for research and technical cooperation.
Author contribution: Aminova OS ― data analysis, developing the program, manuscript writing; Tyatenkova NN ― manuscript editing.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Demidov Yaroslavl State University (protocol No. 4 dated 15 December 2015).
In the light of the issue, specifically health preservation in students, the development and introduction of the program for shaping healthy lifestyle and health improvement in student youth seems relevant, which constitutes the objective of the paper. Considering the data of the analytical literature review and the results of our study involving assessment of behavioral health risk factors in young adults, the program focused on shaping healthy lifestyle and health improvement in individuals engaged in educational process was developed and introduced at the Yaroslavl State Medical University. The program brings together five workstreams: optimization of training conditions and regime, assessment of lifestyle and the related risk factors, health culture development, sport and wellness activities, health services management. The program developed includes medical and hygienic, educational, sport and wellness health preservation technologies.
Keywords: health, students, healthy lifestyle, wellness program, health-saving education