Comparison of data on self-assessment of the level of health of students in the educational programs "Medicine", "Physical culture and sports" and "Choreography"

Abstract

In order to find out the difference in self-assessment of the level of health between students of the West Kazakhstan Medical University named after M. Ospanov under the educational program "Medicine" and Aktobe Regional University named after K. Zhubanov under the educational programs "Physical culture and sports" and "Choreography", the authors conducted a survey of first-year students. Significant differences were revealed not only in the direct self-assessment of the level of health, but also in the attitude to one's own health, the state of psychological mood, as well as the opinions of students about the reasons affecting the state of health. According to the results of the survey, it turned out that medical students are more critical in their assessments than students of pedagogical directions. Physical education students and choreographers are expected to get sick less, but they have a higher percentage of negative moral and psychological climate in the study group. The authors came to the conclusion that in both universities, during the entire period of study, special measures are needed aimed at actively instilling in young people habits to lead a healthy lifestyle.