CONCEPTION AND REAL ATTITUDE TO SCHOOLCHILDREN’S HEALTH IN MOSCOW: RESULTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY

Abstract

Sociological study included 651 schoolchildren. Factors conductive to worsening of their health state were analyzed. Schoolchildren’s knowledge on risk factors and ways of safeguarding of their health was frequently abstract and not correlated with their behavior. Lifestyle of adolescents had some violations of normal behavior according to the age (in aspects of nutrition, physical activity, night sleep, etc.). These abnormalities were revealed in older schoolchildren more frequently than in middle-age schoolchildren. Besides, by the time adolescents leave school 25%, 30% and 7% of pupils have an experience of smoking, use of alcohol and drugs correspondingly. Adolescents are characterized with psycho-emotional discomfort, anger, aggression negatively influencing their way of communication in society.Key words: schoolchildren, awareness, behavior, motivation, self-estimation of health, deviant behavior, psychological discomfort.(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2010;9(6):19-25)