Health behavior of Computer Sciences Faculty students

Abstract

The central problem for almost all countries in the world is preservation and strengthening of health. Nowadays, the health of the nation is considered as an indicator of the country’s civilization, which reflects the socio-economic situation in the society. A healthy lifestyle is a self-created system that will protect a person from risks in the process of active life and especially during education. The strategic goal for modern education is the formation of professionally competent and competitive specialist, whose personal qualities are determined not only by a person’s professional characteristics, but also by own lifestyle. Studentship is an independent social group that has always been the object of special attention. Due to the uniqueness of modern student life, especially students of the Computer Science Faculty, it is important to multifacetedly research and discover the relationship to own health. The study was performed at the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv. It was attended by 16 students aged 18-20, the second course (students of the Computer Science Faculty). All students were classified in the main medical group. To collect empirical data, we chose the questionnaire "Attitude to health", authored by R.A. Berezovs’ka. The questionnaire contains 10 questions (9 closed and 1 open). In the research, respondents were asked only closed questions. Each question corresponds to a set of statements-answers with which the respondent can agree, disagree or partially agree. Each statement was rated according to the degree of agreement on the scale. Taking into account the conclusions, it should be noted that in the education process, students should be taught to use a comprehensive motivations diagnosis and the healthy lifestyle basics, which will have a positive effect on all spheres of everyday life.