Healthy Lifestyle Skills Research Articles

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE SKILLS IN STUDENTS COMPOSITION OF INDIVIDUAL STYLE ON THE BASIS

This article is devoted to the study of the problems of building anindividual style based on healthy lifestyle skills aimed at the student in the processof biological and physical education.

Group Lifestyle Balance Adapted for Individuals With Impaired Mobility: Outcomes for 6-Month RCT and Combined Groups at 12 Months

This study examines the feasibility and effectiveness of an intensive lifestyle intervention adapted for people with impaired mobility. This was a randomized, wait-list controlled trial. The experimental group immediately received the 12-month weight loss program; the wait-list control group received it after a 6-month delay. Between-group comparisons were conducted for the 6-month RCT study design. Repeated measures were conducted for both groups combined after receiving the 12-month intervention. Data were collected August 2015-February 2017 and analyzed in 2017. A community-based sample received 23, group-based sessions via a mix of telephone and in-person sessions in a hospital-based setting. Participants with impaired mobility (n=66) were middle-aged (49.80 [SD=11.37] years), mostly White (66.7%), female (66.7%), and most commonly had spinal cord injury (47.0%). The 12-month intervention delivered 23 group-based sessions that promoted weight loss through reducing caloric intake and increasing physical activity. Primary outcomes were effectiveness measured as change in weight and time spent in moderate physical activity. Feasibility was assessed in 12-month combined group analyses, measured as retention, attendance, and dietary self-monitoring. The 6-month RCT results showed that the immediate and delayed groups differed significantly (p<0.05) in weight (-1.66 [SD=4.42] kg loss vs 0.05 [SD=4.15] kg gain) and moderate physical activity (52.93 [SD=90.74] minutes/week increase vs -14.22 [SD=96.02] minutes/week decrease), accounting for baseline weight, time with disability, and age of onset. The 12-month results with groups combined demonstrated 74.2% retention and 77.7% core session attendance. Self-monitoring was higher in the delayed group (77.3%), who used a smartphone app, than the immediate group (47.3%), who mostly used paper trackers. Participants achieved significant 12-month weight loss of 3.31 (SD=10.13) kg (d=0.33) in mixed modeling analyses with groups combined yet did not significantly increase moderate physical activity. Group Lifestyle Balance Adapted for Individuals with Impaired Mobility is a feasible, effective approach to teach healthy lifestyle skills to individuals with mobility impairment, yielding modest weight loss and enhanced self-efficacy. This study is registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov NCT03307187.

The use of electronic devices in transport by medical students: Risks assessment

Objective to study the way medical students are using electronic devices in subway cars, to check their self-assessment of the concomitant risks, and to evaluate the level of artificial lighting in the subway cars.&#x0D; Material and methods.The study involved the sociological, instrumental, and statistical methods. 123 students of the "Medical College No. 2", 272 students of Pirogov Medical University, 176 teachers of the university and the college were interviewed. The traceable measurement of the level of artificial illumination in the subway cars was done using the combined instrument "TKA-PKM (43)". Statistical processing was performed using the software package Statistica 10.0.&#x0D; Results.79.7% of college students, 93.4% of university students and 30.9% of teachers use electronic devices on public transport daily. The risk of using electronic devices in transport is subjectively underestimated by 21.9% of college students, 49.2% of university students and 16.4% of teachers. The study revealed that in the wi-fi zone of Moscow Metro passenger trains in cars of 81-714 and 81-714.5m types, the artificial illumination was not providing optimal conditions for visual performance. In the hygienic education of medical students, the university and college teachers should play a leading role, as they have professional knowledge on healthy lifestyle issues and are able to use this knowledge in their professional activities.&#x0D; Conclusion.We identified the risk factor that contributes to development of vision disorders in the medical students. This factor is controllable and can be neutralised by the formation of healthy lifestyle skills among medical students.&#x0D; Keywords:electronic devices, artificial lighting, organ of sight, hygienic education.&#x0D; Conflict of interest:nothing to disclose.

ТЕОРЕТИКО-МЕТОДИЧНІ АСПЕКТИ ПРЕВЕНТИВНОГО ВИХОВАННЯ СТУДЕНТСЬКОЇ МОЛОДІ

The article presented the theoretical aspects of preventive education, considered the essence and structure of preventive pedagogy and developed a method of conducting a practical lesson on the example of the discipline "Preventive pedagogy". Analyzed general principles of the preventive pedagogics as a new model of education, which takes into account all stages and components of personal socialization, considers the individual as the subject of educational process, provides his physical, mental, spiritual, social development, forming of responsible behavior, immunity to the negative phenomena of an environment, preventive maintenance and correction of destructive displays in behavior, social-legal protection. The article consists of the following parts: problem statement, analysis of recent research and publications, selection of previously unsolved parts of the general problem, purpose of the article, tasks to the article, presentation of the main material and substantiation of research results, conclusions and proposals, list of sources and literature. As stated in the Concept of preventive education of children and youth, preventive education should be a purposeful system of economic, legal, psychological, pedagogical, socio-medical, informational, educational and organizational measures aimed at forming positive social attitudes, preventing negative habits, suicide prevention and formation of healthy lifestyle skills. The system of preventive education is based on the theoretical and methodological principles of personality-oriented humanistic approach to the individual in accordance with the Law on Education, the content of education, based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international acts and recommendations on the situation of children and youth, national programs to combat drug abuse, prevention of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, crime prevention. Preventive pedagogy occupies an important place in the system of educational work of the modern school. It includes preparatory and preventive actions of the teaching staff, aimed at preventing the formation of negative habits in young people, character traits, manifestations of antisocial behavior and the organization of proper care.

Behavioral health risks for students during distance education

Introduction. The modern development of information and communication technologiesand the current epidemiological situation have led to the widespread use of distance educational technologies. The article presents the results of a statistical analysis of the data obtained during the hygienic assessment of the characteristics of the lifestyle and activity of students in the period of active introduction of forms and methods of distance education.Material and methods. An online survey of 498 students in 2019 during the period of traditional education and 1587 students in April 2020 during the implementation of the educational process in the distance format was conducted. The coordinator of the work was the Department of Hygiene of the Pediatric Faculty of the N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow.Results. The obtained data allows talking about the negative impact of electronic devices on the lifestyle of students. A significant increase in the time of the use of gadgets (almost twice) and their number (2-4) when transferring the educational process to a remote format is proved. In general, the use of stationary and mobile electronic devices in more than 50% of respondents amounted to five hours or more. A decrease in the quality characteristics of the lifestyle of students in higher education during the transition to distant education has been established, while more than a third of them do not realize this. As risk factors, a decrease in motor activity, visual impairment, neuropsychic stress, poor nutrition, etc. In the absence of direct contact with university teachers, the opportunities for creating healthy lifestyle skills within the university are reduced and the importance of teachers as an authoritarian influence and a personal example for students is reduced.Conclusion. Informatization and the introduction of distance learning technologies in the higher education system require comprehensive studies of the advantages and disadvantages of such a learning format. The forced mass introduction of distance learning technologies in the educational process has exposed many problems that have not yet been given sufficient attention and, in the future, they can become the basis for promising research in the field of educational hygiene. The results obtained suggest that modern students do not pay enough attention to their lifestyle in the period of the distant education.

Lifestyle and Environmental Factors Affecting Bone Mass in Japanese Female Adolescents

PurposeA higher peak bone mass (PBM) in adolescence lowers the risk of osteoporosis later in life. This study examined the factors affecting bone mass in female adolescents in relation to lifestyle and environmental factors to promote bone mass development before reaching PBM. Design and methodsThe subjects were female students aged 15–16 years and their mothers at a public high school in Osaka, Japan. Bone mass was measured using quantitative ultrasound parameters. The body composition was measured using a multi-frequency segmental body composition analyzer. Nutrient intake, exercise habits, and maternal factors as environmental factors were examined using a questionnaire. ResultsLogistic regression analyses revealed that the adolescents' lean mass was significantly related to the BUA (p < .05). The adjusted odds ratio was 1.29 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.07–1.54). In contrast, the adolescents' exercise habit was significantly related to the SOS (p < .05). The SOS was significantly higher in the adolescents who exercised >4 times a week than in those who exercised <2–3 times a week. The adjusted odds ratio was 2.83 (95% CI: 1.06–7.56). The adolescents' nutrient intake and maternal factors were not significant factors affecting the adolescents' bone mass. ConclusionsThe present study suggests that increasing lean mass and exercising more than four times a week were important for increasing bone mass in female adolescents. Practice implicationsNurses should intervene to help female adolescents acquire healthy lifestyle skills and maintain proper body composition and exercise habits to promote bone mass development before reaching PBM.

Relationship between Primary School Children’s Physical Fitness, Physical Activity and their Parents’ Physical Activity

Background. Healthy lifestyle skills instilled in childhood remain into adulthood. Parental physical activity skills are directly related to their children’s physical activity which strengthens their children’s physical fitness. The aim of the study was to determine and evaluate the relationship between parents’ and children’s physical activity and to evaluate the links between children’s physical activity and physical fitness.Methods. The study involved 486 primary school children aged 7 to 10 years (240 boys and 241 girls) and their parents from Kaunas district. The study was conducted in 2018 in Kaunas district schools. Parental physical activity was assessed using Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire-GLTEQ (Godin &amp; Shephard, 1985). Physical activity of primary school children was assessed by submitting a questionnaire to parents developed by researchers Bacardi-Gascón, Reveles-Roy, Woodward-Lopez, Crawford, and Jiménez-Cruz (2012). Schoolchildren’s physical fitness was assessed by 9 physical fitness tests (Fjørtoft, Pedersen, Sigmundsson, &amp; Vereijken, 2011).Results. Having assessed the physical activity of children according to WHO (2010) recommendations, we found that the vast majority of the surveyed children (93.6% of boys and 86.3 of girls) were physically active, i.e. they engaged in physical activity for more than 1 hour during the day. Comparing the schoolchildren’s physical fitness by gender we found that boys were more physically fit than girls when performing long jumps, two-legged jumps, throwing a tennis ball, and running for six minutes (p &lt; .05). Comparing the results of schoolchildren’s physical fitness by grades (Table 3), we observed that the older children were, the more physically fit they were. Correlation analysis of the research results showed a statistically significant direct relationship between father’s and mother’s physical activity (r = .487, p = .0001). A significant relationship was found between the results of children’s physical activity and tennis ball throwing (r = .170, p = .018) and the results of 10 * 5m running tests (r = –.150, p = .019). Higher physical activity was directly associated with better scores on these tests.Conclusion. Schoolchildren’s and their parents’ physical activity has no relation with schoolchildren’s physical fitness.Keywords: healthy, lifestyle, physical activity, physical fitness.

Some aspects of the population's lifestyle in the far Eastern Federal district

Competent perception by the population of the components of a healthy lifestyle and strict observance of its basic tenets leads to better health and increased life. However, the isolation and remoteness of some subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District affects the way of life of people. In this regard, there is a need to study the lifestyle of the population in the region. The article presents the results studies of lifestyle in the Far Eastern Federal District, obtained through a survey of the population of various age groups using a questionnaire specially developed by the authors. The development of the questionnaire was aimed at including in it the main components of a healthy lifestyle: rational nutrition; full sleep, including sleep hygiene; compliance with the regime of work and rest; compliance with hygiene standards and rules; rejection of bad habits; dosed physical activity; psychological comfort. After analyzing the results of the survey, it was found that than half of the respondents (53.4 %) did not consider it important to adhere to the principles of a healthy lifestyle, and those respondents who, according to the questionnaire, lead a healthy lifestyle, did not indicate all of its components. Based on the results of the study, the authors formulated conclusions about the possible reasons for non-compliance by the population with the principles of commitment to a healthy lifestyle. It is necessary to continuously conduct educational work with the population on issues of strengthening the principles and the formation of healthy lifestyle skills. The materials will be useful to municipal authorities involved in the preservation of public health, as well as to all those interested in the problems of sociology of health preservation of public health, as well as to all those interested in the problems of sociology of health.

Improving health engagement and lifestyle management for breast cancer survivors with diabetes

Breast cancer survivors with type 2 diabetes are at high risk for cancer recurrence, serious health complications, more severe symptoms, psychological distress, and premature death relative to breast cancer survivors without diabetes. Maintaining glycemic control is critical for decreasing symptoms and preventing serious health problems. Many breast cancer survivors with type 2 diabetes have difficulty maintaining diabetes self-management behaviors and achieving glycemic control. Both cancer and diabetes-related symptoms (e.g., physical symptoms and psychological distress) are often barriers to engaging in diabetes self-management strategies. This study evaluates a novel diabetes coping skills training (DCST) intervention for improving breast cancer survivors' abilities to manage symptoms and adhere to recommended diabetes self-management behaviors. The telephone-based DCST protocol integrates three key theory-based strategies: coping skills training for managing symptoms, adherence skills training, and healthy lifestyle skills training. A randomized clinical trial will test the DCST intervention plus diabetes education by comparing it to diabetes education alone. Symptoms, distress, diabetes self-management behaviors, and self-efficacy will be assessed at baseline and 3, 6, and 12 months. Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) will be assessed at baseline, 6, and 12 months. This study addresses a critical gap in the care of breast cancer survivors by evaluating a novel behavioral intervention to improve the management of symptoms, adherence, and glycemic control in breast cancer survivors with type 2 diabetes. Special considerations for this medically underserved population are also provided. The findings of this study could lead to significant improvements in clinical care and beneficial outcomes for breast cancer survivors.Trials registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02970344, registered 11/22/2016.

Health-Forming Lifestyle Aspects in Students of Various Higher Education Programs

The present research featured the lifestyle of students of various educational programs at Kemerovo State University. The students were asked to give a subjective assessment of their life style. Lifestyle was understood as a set of implemented health-forming activities, e.g. time-table, diet, physical activity, habits, etc. The integrated assessment of the survey results showed that 48,5 % of the respondents led a healthy lifestyle, 9,2 % led an unhealthy lifestyle, and the remaining 42,3 % claimed to stick to a satisfactory lifestyle. The comparative analysis of all the factors revealed that the majority of students with a healthy lifestyle studied at the institutes of social psychology and philology. The authors believe that it is important to introduce students to the motives and skills of healthy lifestyle integrated at various levels of the lifestyle structure.

The study of the subjective prerequisites for a healthy lifestyle in students of educational institutions

The article substantiates the urgency of the problem of forming healthy lifestyle skills in students of general educational organizations. The authors proceed from the recognition of the leading role of a healthy lifestyle in the system of factors affecting human health, as well as from the requirements of the Federal state educational standards for personal educational results in the field of preservation and promotion of health. This study is devoted to an integrated assessment of the subjective prerequisites for a healthy lifestyle in students of general educational organizations. The article presents the results of a survey of students regarding their relationship to a healthy lifestyle in dynamics over a three-year period. The statistical data on the subjective prerequisites of a healthy lifestyle — ideas, motivation, behavior, which together determine the attitude to a healthy lifestyle as an integral phenomenon, is analyzed. The authors emphasize the interconnection and mutual influence of the subjective prerequisites of healthy lifestyle on the formation of sustainable habits of health-preserving behavior. The method of comparative analysis revealed the contradictions between knowledge and motivation, knowledge and behavior, motivation and behavior. The subjective psychological prerequisites for a healthy lifestyle are not consistent and contradict each other, which negatively affects the formation of healthy lifestyle habits. The ideas about the requirements of a healthy lifestyle are largely socially desirable and reflect the cognitive patterns of a healthy lifestyle transmitted in the sociocultural environment of children. The value of one’s own health is not realized and is not lived, and, as a result, understanding the importance of health and a healthy lifestyle does not contribute to the consolidation of conscious, focused and sustainable health-preserving behavior.

State Regulation in the System of Managing Food Security of Children

The article reveals the role of state regulation in the system of managing food security of children, as one of the priority directions for the implementation of state policy in the field of food security. It is noted that the role of the state in the process of managing child nutrition is to ensure preservation and improvement of children’s health, implementation of measures aimed at preventing diseases that may be caused by malnutrition, creating conditions for improving the demographic situation in Ukraine. A person, his life and health, honor and dignity, integrity and security in Ukraine are recognized as the highest social value. The paper provides expert conclusions on the possibilities of increasing the level of food security of the population in Ukraine through the implementation of a number of measures aimed at stabilizing the economic situation by strengthening state policy in this field. Managing child nutrition goes beyond the problem of hunger and has a direct impact on the life quality of the population. The need for state regulation is exacerbated by a worsening tendency for deterioration of children's health in Ukraine, which reinforces the need for government programs to promote good nutrition through creation of a favorable environment in the food market for school-age children. It is stated that the current legislation of Ukraine establishes a system of measures for protection of childhood, including state guarantees for creation of safe life conditions and healthy development of the child, rational nutrition, the formation of healthy lifestyle skills. The author emphasizes the need for further research in the field of managing the safety of school children’s nutrition. The fact that the category "baby food" refers to children under 3 years of age contradicts the current legislation that states that the status of "a child" implies a person before reaching the age of 18 years old. The necessity to form a system of child nutrition management on the basis of the public-private partnership’s development in this field and to create a marketing mechanism as an effective means of overcoming public administration’s defects through its orientation to market principles for the implementation of state programs has been outlined in the article. Key words: food security, state regulation, marketing, marketing mechanism, children's nutrition, management system.

THE IMPACT OF AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ON DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLE SKILLS FOR PREVENTION OF OBESITY IN ADOLESCENTS

The aim: To determine that nature of perception of an educational institution has on degree of risk as to development of bad habits in eating and daily routine. Materials and methods: We have conducted surveys among 1015 students of educational institutions, residing in a large industrial center through special questionnaire was developed by SI «ICAHC NAMS». According to answer to the question about their attitude towards school, schoolchildren have been divided into 6 groups. Results: Studying the health-shaping behavior of children has shown the greatest regularity of engagement in sports activities among students of the 1st group. Schoolchildren of the 4th group were characterized by the risk of development of obesity, due to the highest (among the other groups) level of consumption of chips, crackers, street food, sparkling water, against insufficient acquirement of key sources of protein and vitamins. The same groups also differed in self-esteem of their own health and perception of school environment. Conclusions: The most safe group as to development of obesity and other diseases has been the 1st group, students of which attended an educational institution with pleasure and had a high level of physical activity and had certain eating habits. Children of the 4th group with indifferent attitude towards any occupation should be included into the risk group. Outstanding remains the issue in-depth study of prevalence of healthy lifestyle skills and bad habits among various gender groups of adolescents.

РОЗВИТОК КУЛЬТУРИ ЗДОРОВ’Я МАЙБУТНІХ ВЧИТЕЛІВ ФІЗИЧНОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ ЯК БАЗОВА УМОВА ФОРМУВАННЯ ЗДОРОВ’ЯЗБЕРЕЖУВАЛЬНОЇ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСІ ШКОЛЯРІВ

The article looks at the issue of health education for future physical education teachers, it also substantiates the need to insure they undergo professional development in the area of health promotion for students of elementary and secondary schools. The essence and sings of health culture of the future teachers of physical education. The data presented in this article is based on a research in the field of health education for students who are studying to become physical education teachers, which was conducted by the author. This data points to a rather low level of student health education and of their health culture level, which in return will have a negative impact on the quality of their professional activity when it comes to cultivating resiliency in elementary and secondary school students. This can be done with the destructive or indifferent attitude of future teachers to their health and affects the quality of their health function. The function of creating health is seen as a unity of components: - inclusion in the content of education of some issues related to the formation of student’s healthy lifestyle skills focused on the value of health and motivation to creative behavior. - self-development of students in the field of health saving knowledge (professional and personal). In general, the article heretically substantiates the problems of trading future teachers of physical education. the article considers the preservation of health through pedagogical means as giving a humanistic attitude to the educational environment and learning process, denial of violent training methods relying on the internal positive motivation towards training activities, development of personal and physical capacities of students elementary and secondary schools, outlines the current state of professional training of student in higher education. The article explores conceptual ideas, approaches, methods and paths for promoting health education among future teachers and development of their culture of health.

Kindergarten teachers’ health literacy: understanding, significance and improvement aspects

One can claim that one of the main ambitions of every society is to assure children’s healthy life start and their further development creating a favourable environment for this. Preschool education institution is a favourable context to take care of children’s health, shape healthy lifestyle skills, develop various health care activities taking into account the child’s development peculiarities. However, more and more research show that children’s health has a tendency to become worse, regardless of various carried out health care programmes and/or projects. In this respect, kindergarten teachers’ health literacy becomes a cornerstone. However, very little is known about kindergarten teachers’ health literacy and this undoubtedly makes a research problem. A qualitative research was carried out in the months March to May 2019, participating 105 kindergarten teachers. Applying a research instrument of 5 open ended questions, the gathered verbal data array was analysed using a quantitative content analysis. The findings show that kindergarten teachers’ health literacy understanding is more focused on the knowledge about health than on practical health education aspects, e.g., health promotion, disease prevention and prophylaxis. Health literacy promotion is basically identified with various educational events. The support of preschool education institutions themselves in this field is not considered important. Health promotion, knowledge conveyance, practical behaviour are poorly expressed in health literacy understanding. It is obvious that this can influence children’s health competence education. Therefore, it is very important that kindergarten teachers’ health literacy does not become an obstacle for children’s health education implementation. Further research is urgent and necessary, seeking to ascertain how kindergarten teachers’ health literacy understanding influences their practical activity educating children’s health competence, forming children’s healthy lifestyle demand.

Reproductive health of adolescents: problems and solutions

Development and preservation of reproductive potential is the actual practical direction of national health care. There are presented results of the medical examination of the child population of St. Petersburg, there are noted gender-age features of somatic, urological and gynecological pathology in adolescents. The effectiveness of medical and social system of the care of adolescent reproductive health was established to manifest by the increased their interest and demand for special consultative structures, the decrease in the number of abortions and sexually transmitted infections. Primary health care activities of youth consultation specialists in conjunction with the teaching teams on moral and sexual education and shaping of healthy lifestyle provide the reduction in the level of risk sexual behavior of adolescents and the improvement of their medical activity. There was shown the necessity of the further improvement of the system of medical and social care for adolescents for the prevention of unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, bad habits and shaping of healthy lifestyle skills.

HYGIENIC ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS COMPETENCE FOR THE HEALTH PROMOTION AND HEALTHY LIFE STYLE DEVELOPMENT

We conducted a study among 7–11th grades students of secondary schools in Ekaterinburg by questionnaire method. The purpose was to study the lifestyle, hygienic literacy level and students competence in their own lifestyle assessment. The study group consisted of 5 984 students aged 12–18 years (2 704 boys, 3 280 girls). A high prevalence of behavioral risk factors among schoolchildren has been established: lack of sleep, low physical activity, high duration of self-preparation, reduced outdoor exposure, consumption of psychoactive substances and psychological discomfort. Schoolchildren are characterized by a low level of medical activity and hygienic literacy, lack of skills for self-assessment of lifestyle, and also low awareness of consumption consequences of alcohol, tobacco and narcotic active substances; conjugation between the specified problems and lifestyle of pupils is established. The prevalence of studied risk factors among girls is higher than among boys, the level of hygienic literacy and medical activity is also higher, but the awareness of the consequences of psychoactive substances consumption is lower. With age, the prevalence of most of the studied behavioral risk factors increases, the level of medical activity of school children decreases, but their ability to correctly interpret their lifestyle increases. It is necessary to improve school education programs aimed at preserving and promoting the students health, prevention of risky behaviors and the formation of healthy and safe lifestyle skills, increasing their effectiveness on the basis of a psychosocial approach that combines awareness-raising, the formation of values and skills.

MODERN TENDENCIES OF ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

Educational reforms in Ukraine provide possibility for in-depth analysis and reorganization of education from the point of view of its ecologization and approaching world standards. The basis for creating a new educational space is its preschool link as an important stage in the formation of the individual ecological culture. This motivates tostudy the foreign experience in the environmental education of preschool children in order to adapt the constructive approaches to the national education system. The article attempts to characterize the priority tendencies of preschool children's ecological education in foreign practice, as well as to determine the possibilities of using progressive ideas of this experience in institutions of preschool education in Ukraine. To the modern directions of ecological education of preschool children abroad there were reffered: growing up of love for nature through direct communication with it; forming of healthy lifestyle skills as a component of ecological culture; upbringing of a thrifty attitude toward nature through the formation of saving natural resources skills; unity of the family and the preschool education institution in the ecological upbringing of preschool children. The key tendencies of modern foreign ecological pedagogy were established; strengthening of the emotional-sensory component, growing of the spiritual, aesthetic value of nature; preserving and strengthening the child health in the harmony of relations with the environment; formation of an ecologically individual conscious through the formation of a culture of natural resources consumption; increasing the role of the family as a partner, an ally with the right to initiative, act and control. The article establishes the unity of ecological education principles in foreign and domestic practice: ecocentrism, natural correspondence, humanity, integrity, continuity and culture compliance with environmental education. The revealed tendencies of foreign ecological education are key in the domestic educational space, but require more active testing and wider implementation. The subject of further study will be the question of approbation of new, effective forms and methods of foreign ecological education in domestic institutions of pre-school education.

The ways of formation health saving educational environment for schoolchildren in Ukraine

Aim: to reveal areas of problems of health saving educational environment in the national school system. Materials: it was analyzed 38 literature resources on the item of the article. Results. The main concept of the article is to single out and analyze the ways of formation and development the health saving educational environment in modern school educational system of Ukraine. The first way is national programs, where the author illuminates the main documents concerning school education and reveals the key areas of the formation of healthy environment. The second way is international programs in which Ukraine take part. Such participation aimed at improving the health of schoolchildren, equip them with the skills of healthy lifestyle, use of folk traditions, integration of healthy lifestyles in the educational process etc. The third way is school subjects with the elements of formation health saving skill and knowledge among schoolchildren and teachers at genera.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS IN YOUNG ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN SHELTERED HOUSING ACCOMMODATION

National Programme for Social Integration of People with Disabilities for 2013 - 2019 has set a strategic objective to create a positive environment and conditions for a dignified and fully fledged life of people with disabilities in Lithuania, to guarantee equal opportunities and the quality of life of people with disabilities. The article analyses the experiences of the social workers, who work in sheltered housing accommodation with young adults with intellectual disability, when developing independent living skills in young adults with intellectual disability. Sheltered housing accommodation is social services institutions providing social care, in which persons live in home environment and conditions are created for them to manage their own personal life on their own with the support of the social workers. A qualitative-empirical study has been conducted by using the method of a semi-structured interview. The study data were processed by using the method of content analysis. The results of the empirical study are based on the experience of 11 social workers, who have been working in sheltered housing accommodation with young adults with intellectual disability for at least 3 years. The study has revealed that the following independent living skills are considered to be the most easy to be developed: cooking, simple housework, hygiene skills. The young adults also easily develop public transport use skills. The young adults most often acquire work skills by tidying their home environment. The most difficult, according to the social workers, to develop are economic skills: to manage their budget, to allocate finances, to pay for services, and to do the shopping. The young adults with intellectual disability find it difficult to develop their parenting skills. Communication skills are developed while learning etiquette and complying with it in a large range of environments, by encouraging to communicate courteously with other persons, showing personal example, taking a good example from others, taking part in different events, festivals and communal activity. The development of independent living skills occurs by engaging young adults in a practical activity. Particular attention is given to the development of healthy lifestyle skills. The young adults are encouraged to make decisions by guiding them in the right direction, while respecting their interests; the responsibility for the decisions made by them and the consequences of those decisions is also developed. Activity planning, organising and personal skills are developed.