Gender features of awareness and attitudes of adolescents to a healthy lifestyle

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Introduction. For the formation of the health of children and adolescents, it is essential to study their awareness of the risk factors for health disorders and the formation of stereotypes of a healthy lifestyle.

Materials and methods. According to the questionnaire developed by us, “Awareness of adolescents about a healthy lifestyle”, a survey included 245 15–17 year adolescents (133 girls, 112 boys) attending secondary schools in Ivanovo.

Results. In self-assessment of awareness, regardless of gender, adolescents highly value their knowledge of a healthy lifestyle. Adolescents often want to learn more about proper nutrition, health risk factors, reproductive health issues. Boys more often than girls consider it unnecessary to adhere to the rules of personal safety, safe reproductive behaviour, full compliance with medical recommendations, admit the possibility of self-medication, go to doctors only in case of illness, violate the principles of a healthy diet and daily routine. It is more difficult for boys than girls to maintain good personal hygiene. Of the negative school factors, girls more often than boys note high pedagogical loads difficulties in relationships with classmates and teachers. They often believe that they need to spend less time at the computer, observe the daily routine, spend enough time to sleep and rest in the fresh air, eat right. That is, they are more responsible and self-critical. Girls more often emphasize their independence in matters of a healthy lifestyle. They believe that for this, they need their conviction and time.

Limitations. The study has age (15–17 year teenagers), regional (Ivanovo) and educational (students of secondary educational institutions) restrictions.

Conclusion. The revealed gender characteristics of awareness and attitude of adolescents to healthy lifestyle make it necessary to take them into account when drawing up programs to improve adolescents’ knowledge. More attention should be paid to safety issues for boys, and for girls, psychological issues should be included.

Contribution:

Filkina O.M. — concept and design of the study, text editing;

Vorobieva E.A., Dolotova N.V. — collection of material and data processing;

Kocherova O.Yu. — statistical processing, text writing;

Malyshkina A.I. — editing.

All authors are responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript and approval of the manuscript final version.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement. The study had no sponsorship.

Received: June 16, 2021 / Accepted: November 25, 2021 / Published: March 10, 2022

About the authors

Olga M. Filkina

Ivanovo Research Institute of Motherhood and Childhood named after V.N. Gorodkov, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Author for correspondence.
Email: omfilkina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2228-748X

MD, PhD, DSci, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, Head of the
Department of Child Health Protection of the Ivanovo Research Institute of Motherhood and Childhood named after V.N. Gorodkov, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Ivanovo, 153045, Russian Federation.

e-mail: omfilkina@mail.ru

Russian Federation

Olga Yu. Kocherova

Ivanovo Research Institute of Motherhood and Childhood named after V.N. Gorodkov, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2473-8339
Russian Federation

Anna I. Malyshkina

Ivanovo Research Institute of Motherhood and Childhood named after V.N. Gorodkov, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1145-0563
Russian Federation

Elena A. Vorobyeva

Ivanovo Research Institute of Motherhood and Childhood named after V.N. Gorodkov, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2820-9714
Russian Federation

Natalya V. Dolotova

Ivanovo Research Institute of Motherhood and Childhood named after V.N. Gorodkov, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2449-0580
Russian Federation

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