Abstract
In order to scientifically prove and the evaluation of the effectiveness of system of preservation of students’ health, at the 1st stage there was executed the examination of 1797 students from high schools in Novokuznetsk. Changes in psychophysiological indices of students’ health during their training in high school (from 1st to 4th years) formed the basis for the development of the system. The structure included measures of the preventive, technological and organizational-administrative clusters. The evaluation of the effectiveness of a system ofmeasures (Stage 2), including the correction of body weight, the prevention of depression and inactivity, improving of the cognitive function and the level of stress resistance, was implemented 9 months after their introduction on the basis of the diagnosis of health indices in 230 1st year students. In the main group there was noted the health improvement (64.3%), advancement in academic performance increased from 3.5 ± 0.39 to 3.98 ± 0.53; optimization of the level of situational (28.2%) and personal anxiety (12.5 %); the decline in the frequency of errors (43.3%), the increase both in stress resistance levels (46.7%) and adaptation (29.6%), functional reserves of the respiratory (11.1 - 26.,9%), cardiovascular (43.3%) and nervous (36%) systems; urine excretion indices of iodine are normalized (12.2%) and selenium (11.5%); immunoglobulin A (46%) of cortisol in saliva (18%). Effectiveness of measures of preventive, technological and organizational-administrative clusters included into the system of preservation of health, 1 year after the introduction (Stage 3), allowed to improve the students ’motivation to maintain health and a healthy lifestyle (40.8%), improve diet ration ( 60.1%), increase motor activity (38.9%), rationalize the curriculum. The implementation of the system in the educational process of the university allowed to evaluate and prove the effectiveness of its measures, which provides the possibility of its use in the country’s educational institutions.