[The health education of students during COVID-19 pandemic]

Probl Sotsialnoi Gig Zdravookhranenniiai Istor Med. 2021 May;29(3):404-409. doi: 10.32687/0869-866X-2021-29-3-404-409.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The article considers issues of health education in educational institutions during COVID-19 pandemic. The importance of educating health-preserving attitude and sanitary hygienic culture in students is emphasized. In the context of pandemic, the priority task is to develop in students epidemiological culture as a background of healthy behavior. The special educational programs are to be developed to support sanitary-hygienic security in in educational standards. The article determines that the need to discuss issues epidemiologically safe learning environment is due to the fact that currently a large number of students experience unstable and uncomfortable conditions that impede implementation of educational requirements. Hence, development of reluctance to visit school. Among reasons are the conditions of quarantine and self-isolation affecting their perception of society either scaring and forcing self-isolation or inducing considerations about keeping hygiene rules in conditions of pandemic crisis. The students are not aware enough or don't want to seek important sanitary hygienic basics of health promotion to establish personal parameters of anti-infection and anti-virus safety and to improve sanitary and hygienic culture. The article makes an important conclusion that the solution of the problems of implementing sanitary measures in conditions of epidemiological crisis is in planning and carrying out activities developing health promotion culture, familiarizing with epidemiological security standards, creating conditions to achieve sanitary security, to understand issues of personal epidemiological security both during and outside educational process, especially in public areas.

Keywords: coronavirus infection; epidemic; epidemiological crisis; health education; hygienic standard; social responsibility; student.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Health Education
  • Humans
  • Pandemics* / prevention & control
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Students