Open AccessSocio-psychological aspects of medical students’ attitude toward health
Author(s) -
N. V. Gapanovich-Kaidalov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2020-17-3-15
Subject(s) - psychology , health promotion , psychological health , promotion (chess) , rank (graph theory) , health education , medical education , population , applied psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , nursing , public health , environmental health , mathematics , combinatorics , politics , political science , law
Objective: to identify the socio-psychological features of medical students’ attitude toward health. Material and methods. The methods of theoretical analysis of philosophical, psychological and pedagogical literature on the research problem; methods of questioning, observation; statistical analysis of empirical data ( j * - Fisher's criterion, Spearman's rank correlation method) were used. Results. The performed study has made it possible to determine the theoretical bases for the formation of modern notions about health and a healthy lifestyle in medical students. The analysis of the socio-psychological aspects of junior medical students` attitude toward health has showed that mainly stereotyped notions such as («sport is health») and inadequate understanding of the relation of a health status and commitment to a healthy lifestyle are typical for the study participants. Conclusion. In order to ensure high quality of professional medical education, it is necessary to form notions about health and a healthy lifestyle based on the concept of positive health in medical students. Health providers should understand a special importance of healthy lifestyle promotion among population, which will be ineffective if future doctors themselves will not pay enough attention to their health.