Improving the Health of Children in Summer Health-Improving Institutions of the Astrakhan Region

Abstract

One of the urgent problems of medicine and education is the issue of recreation and health improvement of the children’s population, including in the summer, vacation time. The summer period is one of the important stages of recreation and recreation for children and adolescents, when it is possible to cover the largest number of students with a system of recreational activities. To assess the effectiveness of health improvement, the following indicators were studied in dynamics: height, body weight, arm muscle strength and lung vital capacity. According to the results of the study conducted at the beginning and at the end of the shift, the total effectiveness of recovery is: pronounced health effect – 210 (90.1%), weak health effect – 23 (9.9%), no health effect – 0%. Thus, the study of the improvement and strengthening of children’s health in connection with environmental factors makes it possible to increase the effectiveness of measures aimed at improving the quality of the environment and the health of the younger generation.