Awareness-raising Work Research Articles

Purpose. The article is devoted to the analysis of the role of health-saving technologies for maintaining the mental health of student youth. Particular attention is paid to the fact that in the era of digitalization, there appear new factors that affect the mental health of the student, leading to the development of mental disorders and the emergence of various types

Purpose. The article is devoted to the analysis of the role of health-saving technologies for maintaining the mental health of student youth. Particular attention is paid to the fact that in the era of digitalization, there appear new factors that affect the mental health of the student, leading to the development of mental disorders and the emergence of various types of addictions. The purpose of the article is to provide a scientific substantiation of the system of health-saving measures in the educational process of higher educational institutions as a way to maintain students’ mental health. Method and methodology. The basis of the research is formed by theoretical methods of analysis, generalization, and the comparative method. Results. The novelty of the study lies in the identification of a number of unfavorable factors affecting the mental health of student youth (spending excessive time in social networks, disorders in sleep, work, and rest regimens, the formation of various addictions and phobias). Health-saving technologies that can be applied in the educational process in order to maintain mental health of students are presented. The scope of the results. The results of the study can be applied in the process of educational and awareness-raising work with students of higher educational institutions in order to promote the maintenance of students’ mental health in a digital society.

Patriotic education and the system of large-scale holidays

The article shows that the origins of patriotism go back to ancient times, becoming especially evident during the emergence of statehood. Initially, each nation put its own specific content into this concept, which largely depended on the conditions of socio-political development. The term “patriotism” carries a certain semantic load, most often defined in general terms as love for the Motherland, Fatherland, and people. The author examines the opportunities for developing and maintaining a sense of patriotism that are associated with holding large-scale holidays. The materials can be useful in the training of specialists in all majors and can be used at the university as part of awareness-raising work.

The problem of iodine deficiency in the environment and prevention of iodine deficiency diseases in the Orel region

Iodine deficiency diseases continue to be a problem in various regions of the world, especially in areas with low iodine content in soils and waters. Among other regions of Russia, the Orel region belongs to territories with a low iodine content in the environment. The aim of the work was to analyze the state of the problem of iodine deficiency in the environment and the prevention of iodine deficiency diseases in the Orel region based on scientific literature data. To achieve this goal, scientific publications, accounting and reporting statistics related to the problem of iodine deficiency were studied. The analysis showed a low iodine content in water, soil and food products produced in the territory of the Oryol region. An assessment of citizens’ preferences for certain foods revealed the priority of bakery and dairy products. Measures are being taken in the region to enrich these food products with iodine, but low awareness of the population reduces the effectiveness of preventive measures. As priority areas for the prevention of iodine deficiency conditions in the Orel region, it is necessary to continue work on the inclusion of food additives and products enriched with this trace element in the diet of residents of the region. At the same time, it will be important to intensify awareness-raising work with the population.

L’expérience spirituelle des seniors pendant la pandémie du COVID-19 : Revue intégrative et analyse thématique de données qualitatives

This article studies the ways the coronavirus pandemic impacts on the spirituality of seniors in Quebec. The methodological approach follows two stages: 1- a theoretical and systematized search in databases (integrative review); 2- a field approach, combining a meeting of senior experts, followed by a questionnaire. The results highlighted the recurrence of a feeling of loneliness and confrontation with the unknown, which resulted in a disoriented state of being that challenges the existential meaning. The elders responded to the unknown caused by the pandemic, by regaining control of their disoriented state through awareness-raising work, which led them to discern the importance of reworking in their lives the existential and spiritual level. As a result, a deployment of spiritualities occurs and institutional religion is replaced by intentional spiritualities.

ИЗУЧЕНИЕ ОСОБЕННОСТЕЙ ОСВЕДОМЛЕННОСТИ МОЛОДЕЖИ МАГАДАНСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ О ВИЧ-ИНФЕКЦИИ И ВИРУСНЫХ ГЕПАТИТАХ ДЛЯ ПЛАНИРОВАНИЯ ЭФФЕКТИВНОГО МЕДИКО-САНИТАРНОГО ПРОСВЕЩЕНИЯ

Preservation of younger generation health is an up-to date issue and a matter of primary importance since it determines the future of the country, preservation of the nation's gene pool as well as scientific and economic potential of the society.In order to evaluate the levels of awareness regarding HIV-infection and viral hepatitis among Magadan oblast youth an anonymous survey was performed by the means of Internet telecommunication system for planning awareness-raising work. The survey involved 417 youth respondents whose average age was 19.54 years.Overall levels of awareness among youth was relatively satisfactory however there were false claims and myths regarding routes of transmission as well as certain stigmatizing behavior towards people living with these infections. The results of the study can be used for planing educational work regarding youth health preservation and prevention of HIV infection and viral hepatitis spread.

Evaluation of the physicochemical and bacteriological quality of drilling water in the Commune of the 7th District in N’Djamena city

This study was carried out in the commune of the 7th District of the city of N’Djamena on the physicochemical and bacteriological quality of water from manual drilling. In total, ten boreholes were taken in ten districts of the said District. On each sample of drilling water taken, seven physicochemical parameters were analyzed, namely temperature, pH, conductivity, turbidity, Nitrates, Ammonium and Iron and four bacteriological parameters in occurrence, E. Coli, fecal coliforms, fecal enterococci and total aerobic mesophilic flora. It appears from these analyzes that on the physicochemical level, very high values were recorded for turbidity (9.33±0.15 NTU, 25.2±0.1 NTU and 34.63±0.49 NTU), on iron (1.16±0.005 and 5.41±0.25 mg/L) and on ammonium ions (0.6±0.15 mg/L and 0.7±0.057 mg/L). On the other hand, on a bacteriological level, most of the water was contaminated with E. Coli, fecal coliforms and total aerobic mesophilic flora. In view of these results, the consumption of this drilling water without prior treatment would expose the population of the 7th District of the commune of Ndjamena to contamination of bacteriological origin. To do this, awareness-raising work among the owners of these boreholes is necessary to warn them of the health risk they run because these borehole waters do not comply with the directives of the texts in force.

The food culture of Russian students and its impact on health

Although studies on public health and lifestyle diseases have a long history, they are characterized by the selective nature of the consideration of the issue. Over the past decades, student youth has repeatedly been the focus of such studies. Student lifestyle is often accompanied by a violation of the regime of work and rest, quality sleep, as well as cooking and eating. Often, students' meals include unbalanced, high-calorie foods. In this regard, the importance of forming a need for a healthy lifestyle, an attentive attitude to health, and skills aimed at maintaining and preserving it among Russian students is apparent. This goal can be achieved through active outreach and awareness-raising work and the introduction of educational programs and youth projects focused on protection and promotion of Russian students’ health.

Barriers of COVID-19 vaccination in Ukraine during the war: the simulation study using ARIMA model

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a challenge to public health systems worldwide. As of June 2022, more than 545 million cases have been registered worldwide, more than 6.34 million of which have died. The gratuitous and bloody war launched by Russia in Ukraine has affected the public health system, including disruptions to COVID-19 vaccination plans. The use of simulation models to estimate the necessary coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in Ukraine will make it possible to rapidly change the policy to combat the pandemic in the wartime. This study aims to develop a COVID-19 vaccination model in Ukraine and to study the impact of war on this process. The study is multidisciplinary and includes a sociological study of the attitude of the population of Ukraine toward COVID-19 vaccination before the escalation of the war, the modeling of the vaccine campaign, forecasting the required number of doses administered after the start of the war, epidemiological analysis of the simulation results. This research targeted the COVID-19 epidemic process during the war. The research subjects are the methods and models of epidemic process simulation based on statistical machine learning. Sociological analysis methods were applied to achieve this goal, and an ARIMA model was developed to assess COVID-19 vaccination coverage As a result of the study, the population of Ukraine was clustered in attitude to COVID-19 vaccination. As a result of a sociological study of 437 donors and 797 medical workers, four classes were distinguished: supporters, loyalists, conformists, and skeptics. An ARIMA model was built to simulate the daily coverage of COVID-19 vaccinations. A retrospective forecast verified the model's accuracy for the period 01/25/22 - 02/23/22 in Ukraine. The forecast accuracy for 30 days was 98.79%. The model was applied to estimate the required vaccination coverage in Ukraine for the period 02/24/22 – 03/25/22. Conclusions. A multidisciplinary study made it possible to assess the adherence of the population of Ukraine to COVID-19 vaccination and develop an ARIMA model to assess the necessary COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Ukraine. The model developed is highly accurate and can be used by public health agencies to adjust vaccine policies in wartime. Given the barriers to vaccination acceptance, despite the hostilities, it is necessary to continue to perform awareness-raising work in the media, covering not only the events of the war but also setting the population on the need to receive the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for previously unvaccinated people, and a booster dose for those who have previously received two doses of the vaccine, involving opinion leaders in such works.

Features of awareness-raising work at the higher educational institution at the present stage of geopolitical development

In the conditions of the special operation, sanctions oppression, and information war, which has been waged against Russia by Western countries constantly since 1945, but with particular intensity since 2014 and especially in the current situation, the goals of awareness-raising work at the higher educational institution are being utterly concretized. This is not only the development of sought-after cross-professional competencies like innovation, creativity, communication, and solidarity, but also, and perhaps, most importantly, the formation of a holistic worldview of young people, i.e. a worldview based on the values of patriotism, morality, legal awareness, healthy lifestyle, family values, and on reliable knowledge of the processes that occur in society, their causes and understanding. This situation required a rethinking of many components of the very process of awareness-raising in universities and higher educational institutions of the country and the management of this process. On the recommendation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, lectures, aimed at clarifying the realities in a changing world and the threats in the field of information security, were held in all higher educational institutions of the country in March-April 2022.

Current Stereotypes Associated with Nursing and Nursing Professionals: An Integrative Review.

Nursing and nursing professionals are associated with social stereotypes, which may hinder the profession’s development and future prospects as a scientific discipline. The aim of this study was to identify and describe the stereotypes associated with the nursing profession—students and professionals. Therefore, we carried out an integrative review. The search was conducted using PubMed, WOS, and CINAHL databases, and its search strategy was based on a combination of standardised keywords and natural vocabulary, with a temporal limit between 2016 and 2021. The data extraction and analysis was based on the conceptual framework developed by Whittemore and Knafl. Twenty-seven studies were included in the review, and their results were classified and coded. Two categories emerged, namely, stereotypes relating to the professionals’ gender and stereotypes relating to the profession itself. We concluded that the nursing profession is viewed as female with low skills, social status, salary, academic level and entry requirements, and with little autonomy. Male nurses’ professional competencies and masculinity are questioned, while the work carried out by female nurses is viewed as unprofessional. To reduce these stereotypes and bias we must present the nursing profession as a scientific discipline, developed by both men and women. Specific channels for this awareness-raising work include interventions from universities and the media, and participation in health policies.

The specificity and complexity of the implementation of the awareness-raising process in modern conditions

The article shows that awareness-raising work is currently developing in complicated conditions associated with a number of factors and conditions, including crisis phenomena in the economy and the labor market, as well as restrictions caused by the pandemic. In this difficult situation, socialization processes that are essential for young people take place. The author presents the characteristics of upbringing as a specific process, paying attention to the fact that such factors as biological heredity, social environment, culture, individual and group experience have a special influence on personality development. Heredity determines the person’s temperament and his/her physiological characteristics; however, personal characteristics of an individual, his/her culture, experience, and value system are not associated with inherited traits, but acquired in the process of socialization. Here the leading factors are the following: the influence of the external environment, which has an active, but not purposeful impact on a person, and education as a purposeful and conscious effect on a person, aimed at forming a number of qualities and characteristics that meet the needs of a particular society at a certain stage of its development. The material of the article may be of interest to employees involved in the organization of the awareness-raising process at the higher educational institution during extracurricular time, as well as for all teachers for whom the awareness-raising component is part of pedagogical activity and is inseparable from the process of transferring knowledge.

Awareness-raising work at the higher educational institution as a system: functions, structure, content

According to Federal Law No. 304-FZ of July 31, 2020 “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” on the Awareness-Raising Work with Students”, awareness-raising work at the higher educational institution is defined as a mandatory component of the educational process. Paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Law defines awareness-raising as an activity aimed at developing the personality, creating conditions for self-determination and socialization of students on the basis of sociocultural, spiritual and moral values and the rules and norms of behavior adopted in Russian society in the interests of the individual, family, society and the state, the formation of a sense of patriotism, citizenship, respect for the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and the deeds of valor of the Heroes of the Fatherland, as well as for law and order, the worker and the older generation, mutual respect, respect for the cultural heritage and traditions of the multinational people of the Russian Federation, nature and the environment. In the article, the author comprehends this Law and the features of its implementation in educational institutions of higher education. The author highlights the tasks of awareness-raising work, considers consistency as a mandatory attribute of the awareness-raising work management structure, and comprehends awareness-raising activities within the framework of the educational process and outside it.

The Role of Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Formation of a Healthy Lifestyle as a Value Orientation.

This article focuses on the role pharmaceutical scientists play in achieving social well-being, in particular in the formation of a healthy lifestyle as a value orientation among students and the public in historical retrospect. The following set of research methods was used: a general scientific method, and a historical (chronological, logico-historical, retrospective), personalized, empirical method (including the questioning of pharmaceutical interns and the analytical processing of questionnaires). The territorial boundaries of the study cover Slobozhanshchyna, a historical and geographical region centered in Kharkiv. The educational activities of Slobozhanshchyna’s pharmaceutical scientists during the 19th and early-20th centuries, as well as in the modern period, are presented. Attention is drawn to the fact that the role of pharmaceutical scientists in forming the environment for the development of a harmonious, spiritually and physically developed personality in historical retrospect is important. It is noted that the founders of pharmaceutical education in Ukraine initiated educational activity as a means for promoting the formation of a healthy lifestyle in the educational space and outside of the Imperial Kharkov University. The changes in the public and educational activities recommended for forming a healthy lifestyle among Slobozhanshchyna’s medical scientists and naturalists during the Imperial era have been generalized. The analysis of the research sources and questionnaires of pharmaceutical interns allowed us to assert that, in modern times, Slobozhanshchyna’s pharmaceutical scientists are trying to organize socially useful activities, taking into account the best achievements of the founders of pharmaceutical education in Ukraine. The “orientation to a healthy lifestyle of representatives of the institution of higher pharmaceutical education” has been proposed. This includes the adoption of a set of material, social, and spiritual benefits and ideals considered to be objects of purpose in the pursuit of a healthy lifestyle by employees and students (i.e., part of the implementation of the mission of the University), and using these as tools to meet the needs of both university representatives and ordinary citizens. This article contains a number of factors that mediated the formation of a healthy lifestyle as a value orientation of an individual, including: (a) the circumstances of the individual’s life (the conditions of education of the individual); (b) the individual’s consciousness reflecting the general and specific conditions of their personality formation; (c) the motivation of the real behavior mediated by the subject’s activities. The presence of these factors was identified as typical for the health-saving educational environment. This article provides recommendations regarding the following measures for the organization and effective promotion of a healthy lifestyle by modern pharmaceutical scientists: provide an opportunity to study the peculiarities of the organization of educational activities by scientists of the past to students and specialists in the pharmaceutical field; open museum expositions devoted to the problem of healthcare; conduct master class lectures and educational events devoted to the problem of forming a comprehensively developed personality; involve students in joint research on the problem of active longevity; provide informational support to educators and the public through scientific and popular science publications; conduct awareness-raising work with the population in order to create a health-saving environment.

The expression of "United Front" in "Salvation Daily" under the textual analysis method

With the rapid development of the Internet and new media, online public opinion shows the direction of diversified demands. Domestically, it has become more difficult for the official media to lead public opinion, and internationally, the work in the field of ideology is still complicated. The "unification" of public ideology is crucial in solving various social problems, such as the Taiwan issue, and in strengthening and improving the methods and approaches of social management. The Salvation Daily was a newspaper that came into being during the period of total resistance in the last century, and it was also a newspaper for the united front in the cultural sector. During its brief period of operation, the Daily Salvation Daily reached a daily circulation of 8,000 copies in its heyday, and its influence spread to Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan, and even Hong Kong and Nanyang. The Salvation Daily became one of the most influential progressive newspapers in the entire southwest region and played a significant role in promoting the "United Front" of the whole nation. This paper uses textual analysis to analyze the news texts and newspaper characteristics of the Salvation Daily during the war period, to explore the success of its "united front" propaganda and "national unity" consciousness, as well as its contribution to today's "united front" ideological work. The paper also discusses the success of its "United Front" propaganda and "national unity" awareness-raising work, as well as the inspiration it brings to the present-day "United Front" ideological work.

Film Pedagogy to Encourage Reflection of Juvenile Offenders Serving their Sentence in Juvenile Correctional Facilities

Introduction. The article is aimed at characterizing reflection as a mechanism for social rehabilitation of juvenile offenders serving their sentence in correctional institutions; justifying the possibility of boosting this process by educational means; proving the expediency of using film pedagogy as a tool for the formation of self-reflection in juvenile convicts in correctional facilities. The purpose of this study is to identify the dynamics in the development of reflection of juvenile convicts under the influence of film pedagogy. Methods: theoretical analysis of the research problem, theoretical analysis of statistical data and normative documents, survey, experiment, methods of mathematical statistics, and an interpretative method. Results: after analyzing the statistical data reflecting trends in the penal enforcement policy in relation to juvenile convicts, the author forecasted the effectiveness of awareness-raising work stimulating the development of reflexivity in adolescents by means of film pedagogy. During theoretical description of a special film program, key ideas, pedagogical conditions and methodological solutions for its implementation were outlined; in further experimental study during the real pedagogical process, they were confirmed. The critical indicator of the proposed film program effectiveness was the level of reflexivity in juvenile convicts; positive dynamics in its development was determined with the help of the reflexivity diagnostic method developed by A.V. Karpov. The information obtained in the course of this study can serve as a basis for using the means of film pedagogy in solving a wide range of educational work with convicts in places of deprivation of liberty

Priority directions for non-specific prevention of tick-borne infections

Objective. An important role in the prevention of diseases, the causative agents of which are transmitted by ixodic ticks (tick-borne encephalitis, ixodic tick-borne borreliosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, human monocytic erlichiosis) is assigned to non-specific measures. To prevent infection by all pathogens of these infections at the same time, nonspecific preventive measures are of paramount importance. They include the extermination of hungry ticks on the vegetation of relatively small areas of natural biotopes, forest parks, health institutions, recreational areas, summer cottages or gardens; individual protection of the population from ticks and awareness-raising work.
 Materials and methods. The data of official statistics and materials of long-term observation of epidemic process were analyzed.
 Results. Despite the fact that since 2016 according to official data, there is observed a phase of decreased activity of the epidemic process of tick-borne infections, statistical analysis shows that in the forthcoming years an activation of epidemic situation is expected.
 Conclusions. In order to prevent tick attacks, specialists of medical organizations, departments of Rospotrebnadzor of the Russian Federation should intensify sanitary and educational work on non-specific protection of the population. In addition to standard activities, it is important to organize schools, courses for the public, schoolchildren, tourists and other population groups for the prevention of tick-borne infections, including the development of skills for correct tick removal using the Tick Removal Trainer and an algorithm for emergency measures in specific situation.

The Financial Commitment of Repository Countries: A Key Element of Reparation

The Financial Commitment of Repository Countries: A Key Element of Reparation

Health literacy in the urban health infrastructure: who maintains healthcare and how

Today we may witness a dire need to research how the urban environment influences urban health, well-being, and sustainability of local communities. The issue of urban health is closely connected with disease prevention projects and the integration of new preventive medical approaches with educational technologies. Due to a large number of responsible parties for the development of health literacy under the authority of different establishments, there is a problem to coordinate aligned activities. Thus the research of the healthcare institutions actions in health literacy development is extremely relevant. The objective of this research is to carry out an integral assessment of the degree to which the functions of preventing non-communicable diseases and developing health literacy are fulfilled by the sectors responsible for urban healthcare. The methods used in this research include a two-phase expert survey: the first group of experts (n: 24) selected the key aspects of healthcare activities, and the second group of experts (n: 35) assessed the quality of implementation of tasks by institutions in charge of disease prevention. The major problem is the lack of effective communication mechanisms in the sphere of intersectoral cooperation, informing the key disease prevention bodies of distributed responsibility, as well as state and social control of execution of laws and regulations. According to the obtained results, the state healthcare system is an important component of the health infrastructure. The functions connected with meeting the vital needs of the city population received medium-high ratings. However, the implementation of disease prevention functions by the healthcare system in Moscow was rated by experts at a low level. Besides, the experts consistently assigned an extremely low rating to the development of health literacy as one of the areas of activity covered by all sectors. To reinforce their outreach and awareness-raising work in the sphere of healthcare, executors of federal projects have to incorporate educational activities into their daily work.

Adaptation of Cities to Climate Change (Best Practices Review)

The authors of the article are raising current issues related to climate change and global warming. Not all the countries are responding to these processes the same way and undertake joint complex efforts to mitigate climate change impacts. The authors have analyzed the existing legislations and actions for adaptation to climate change in the EU and separate European countries. “Covenant of Mayors”, ADAPT program, Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe are considered in detail. Informational and awareness-raising work of state and educational entities is one of the main necessary actions to mitigate climate change negative impacts. The article presents the results of the opinion poll made by the European Social Survey, “Russian Public Opinion Research Center” (JSC “VCIOM”) and the investigations of German State Development Bank KfW on how citizens perceive climate change processes, their sense of personal responsibility and personal reaction. Also a brief review of educational programs of builders, urban developers and architects in European and Russian universities is added to the article. The conclusion of the authors is as such: it is necessary to intensify legislative measures for adaptation of cities to climate change, the stronger control of the amount of carbon dioxide emissions and coordinated actions in one region are needed. It is necessary to pay careful attention to climatic education of the students – future builders and urban developers.

HISTORICAL MEMORY OF THE YOUTH ABOUT THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1941–1945: ON THE EXAMPLE OF STUDENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN CHUVASHIA

The article considers some elements that reflect the state of historical memory about the Great Patriotic war of 1941–1945 among the students of Chuvashia. To identify them, the authors used the materials of an empirical research conducted among students of higher educational institutions of the Chuvash Republic in March 2020 by the Chuvash State Institute of Humanities with the participation of individual authors of the article. In the course of this study, a total of 324 students from five Cheboksary higher educational institutions were interviewed. The data obtained have not yet been used in scientific publications. From this point of view, they represent an original source of information for analyzing the problems of preserving the historical memory about the Great Patriotic War among out-of-school youth and students. The paper consistently examines the level of students’ interest in the military events of 1941–1945, in the sources of information about the main facts and heroes and identifies opinions about the significance of a set of factors that played a significant role in achieving the victory over fascism. As a result of summarizing the data obtained in the course of an empirical research, different opinions of respondents about the significance of the USSR victory in the Great Patriotic war are presented. The obtained materials show that the majority of students show a considerable interest in the events and facts of the war, correctly characterize the sources, results and historical consequences of the victory over the Hitlerite Germany. The results of the study provide an opportunity for lecturers of higher educational institutions to take into account the data obtained in the process of organizing the effective use of various sources on the history of the war, to apply the materials obtained not only in educational work but in awareness-raising work as well.