HEALTH AND POSSIBILITIES OF PREVENTATIVE CARE ABOUT STUDENTS OF THE 1ST-GRADE OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, CHARLES-UNIVERSITY, PRAGUE

The study issues from the analysis of health in a group of students (Ist grade of the Faculty of Medicine, Charles University) that was found at the entry preventative examinations; it deals with the possibilities of preventative care about students of medicine at the beginning of their studies. The university student's health was studied, and that both subjectively felt, and objectively given; further on, health risks caused by genetic load, as well as university students' life style on the Secondary School and the beginning of their university studies. On the basis of the data that were found, students were given information about potential risk factors affecting their life. The results show that health of the studied group of students is unsatisfactory. A high percentage of allergic diseases, infectious diseases, diseases of movement apparatus was found; in girls, high percentage of menstrual cycle disorders. When estimating the family load, certain relations among the diseases found in grandparents, parents, and wrong life habitudes can be seen. When studying the life habitudes, the shift of wrong habitudes from the Secondary School to the University was found; due to changes of conditions of life, we found their worsening, and, consequently, even worsening of unsatisfaction. In order to define certain groups of students, factors from the above mentioned spheres were accumulated. These groups included both groups of students in whom good health was found, as well as optimun life habitudes; and groups of students with certain health risks resulting from health, family load, or their life style. When accumulating individual negative factors, groups were formed of about 10 students; when accumulating grave, negative factors, groups of about 3-4 students were formed. These risk groups of students will be studied in the future, they will be given intervention help within the framework of students' consulting centre. Thus, students will have the possibility of viewing their health and, consequently, the possibility of its affecting sooner than any health problem arises or might arise.