Role of Healthy Environment in Preserving and Strengthening Students’ Well-Being in Institutions of Secondary and Additional Education

Abstract

—The contemporary priority in the field of education is to preserve the health of children and young people. Specialists of The Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing of Kurgan region annually monitor the health of children. The most common diseases are scoliosis, visual acuity decrement, and postural disorders. Moreover, the number of children with these disorders increases during the educational period. The authors suggest the creation of a healthy environment and use of health-saving technologies in the educational process is to be one of the conditions for solving this problem. The results of the study of the healthy environment in educational institutions of different types showed that the most effective healthy environment is represented in the sports schools. Children's well-being is more dependent on psychological comfort in their families. The attitude to health as a value depends on the personal example of teachers. But, unfortunately, teachers do not always have a high level of culture of a healthy lifestyle, especially teachers of institutions of additional and secondary education. According to the results, there is a need for systematic, responsible work of all participants of the educational process in order to achieve a sustainable positive result in the formation of the value-based attitude of schoolchildren to their health care.