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Health Problems of Civilization Physical activity: diseases and issues recognized by the WHO
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1/2016
vol. 10
 
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Original paper

Subjective health profiles among the Ukrainian school youth from medical school

Anatolii Tsos
1
,
Oleksandr V. Oliynyk
2
,
Adam Szepeluk
2

  1. Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University, Lutsk, Ukraine
  2. Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska, Poland
Health Problems of Civilization 2016; 10(1): 32–38
Online publish date: 2016/04/07
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Background. Understanding various dimensions of health is a key factor to properly identify health risks. The purpose of the research is to acquire knowledge concerning positive health and survival skills by the Ukrainian students of Medical Vocational School in Lutsk.

Material and methods. The study group comprised 467 female students aged 15-25 years old who were the attendants of Postsecondary Vocational School in Lutsk on: Pharmacy, Medicine, Obstetrics, Nursing and Laboratory Diagnostics specialties. A subjective questionnaire was used, which focused on: somatic, mental and social health profiles together with survival skills.

Results. The results indicated the intensification of individual profiles, with the highest value of social health. Somatic health identified HR as its highest index, for mental health it was tolerance and for social health- respecting basic values. When it comes to the survival skill health profile

tolerating body imbalance obtained the highest index.

Conclusions. Most of the specialties showed a domination of different health profiles, which allowed to demonstrate forms of self-reported health models from the specialties of Nursing and Medicine.
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subjective health profiles, Ukrainian students, medical majors


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