E-SCHOOL OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. ITS PREREQUISITES AND RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTATION AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL

Abstract

The problem of preserving the reproductive health of the population remains relevant from year to year, and with it the search for new opportunities to provide the population with effective preventive care. We took into account the existing need to improve the reproductive health system for girls and adolescents, analyzed data on the needs and capabilities of participants in sex education for children and adolescents, and developed an electronic “School of Reproductive Health.” This article is devoted to the features of the school structure, its technical and information content. To ensure the effective operation of the school, the main groups of participants in the process of sex education have been identified and the tasks for each of them have been carefully described. An analysis of the results of using the school was carried out using a sociological survey of 115 parents of children and adolescents who attended the electronic school for reproductive health. Based on the results of the survey, it was determined that the structure of the school turned out to be absolutely user-friendly, and the recommendations received at the school were useful for the vast majority of respondents. More than 95% of users noted that the e-school increases or rather increases the level of their knowledge in matters of maintaining reproductive health and conducting sex education. As a result, according to the surveyed users, the electronic school of reproductive health can completely (51.3%) or partially (36.5%) replace the need to visit a pediatrician or obstetrician-gynecologist for preventive purposes to explain issues of reproductive health and sex education. The average score of readiness to recommend visiting the described information resource is 9.5 out of 10 points. As a result, the implemented project of the electronic “School of Reproductive Health” made it possible to increase the accessibility and effectiveness of the preventive work of the system for protecting the reproductive health of children and adolescents at the regional level.