The attitude and awareness of students of medical university concerning issues of reproductive health and pregravid training from positions of "4P Medicine"

Abstract

The young generation aged 16-24 years is the main demographic national reserve for coming decades. Hence, the purpose of the study is to investigate attitude of modern youth exemplified by students of medical university to establishing family, marriage and birth of children, and also their awareness about issues of reproductive health and training of couple to birth of healthy progeny considering modern approaches of personalized "4P Medicine". The survey of medical students was carried out on the basis of sampling of 193 students in November 2019 to February 2020. The survey data was processed using software SPSS 21. The indices of descriptive and analytical statistics were calculated to analyze study results. The low awareness of medical students on issues of pregravid training and modern approaches of personalized «4P Medicine» was established. Despite the fact that significant number of students understand importance of improving their awareness of reproductive health and pregravid training from positions of "4P Medicine", about quarter of all respondents never pondered about these issues. The majority of respondents lead healthy life-style and understand its importance for their health, including reproductive health. The students have positive attitudes to establishment of family and birth of children. It is necessary to improve awareness of medical students of reproductive health, pregravid training and main principles of personalized "4P Medicine".