THE LEVEL OF SANITARY AND HYGIENIC KNOWLEDGE AND SELF-ASSESSMENT OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

Abstract

The results of a self-assessment survey of the health status of 2280 adolescents of different nationalities aged 15-17 in two major cities of the Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek and Osh). Students of the KRSU Secondary School made up a control group of 232 teenagers of the same age. The assessment of the level of sanitary and hygienic situation in the family and hygiene skills of adolescents is given. According to the survey data from the analysis: Both adolescents and parents have an almost similar level of assessment of the sanitary condition of housing and living conditions. 41,7% of adolescents reported frequent colds (runny nose, acute bronchitis, pneumonia) and associated them with the sanitary and hygienic condition of their homes, 9,1% of adolescents noted the presence of chronic cardiovascular diseases, 4,8% of frequent headaches and hypertension, 37,2% of chronic bronchitis, 1,2% of skin diseases, anxiety depression 2,8 %, osteoarthritis 0,5%, bronchial and allergic asthma 2,7%. In 69,3%, the rate of single-parent families ranges from 38 to 50 cases per 100 persons.