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Medical Students Perception Regarding Health And Social Needs Of Elementary, High School And Student Population

MEDICAL STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS REGARDING HEALTH AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL AND STUDENT POPULATION Adriana Juriša, V. Jureša Andrija Štampar School of Public Health Medical School University of Zagreb, Croatia OBJECTIVES: Sixth-year medical students were asked to state the leading health and social problems of elementary, high school and student population in order to see their sensitivity for those problems. METHODS: Medical students in their final year are taking lectures on school medicine. During a class they are asked to wright down five leading health and social problems of elementary, high school and student population and possibile solutions. We collected their results for period from year 2000. to year 2007. RESULTS: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: The most common health problems were accidents, acute respiratory infections, infectious diseases, addictions and bulling. The most common social problems were addictions, learning problems, child abuse, family and school violence. HIGH SCHOOL: The most common health problems were sexually transmitted diseases, addictions, accidents, nutritional disorders. The most common social problems were sexually transmitted diseases, addictions, violence, nutritional disorders, conflict with parents. STUDENTS: The most common health problems were sexually transmitted diseases, addictions, anemia, psychosomat disorders, car accidents, poor diet. The most common social problems were finances, poor diet, housing, addictions, mental health SOLUTIONS: Education is the most common solution to all the problems, traffic safety education for accidents, hygene education for infectious diseases. Regarding STD students consider education, obligatory physical examinations and screening would solve the problem. School has a big role in solving problems such as bulling, learning problems, violence in school and families and poor diet together with parents. Medical students consider that educating children, parents and teachers, nacional prevention programs, bigger state taxes and restrictions regarding selling alchocol and cigarets to children are all crucial to help prevent addictions. CONCLUSION: Final year medical students are aware of health and social problems of elementary and high school population and student population. The problems are similar throughout last seven years. Some problems are stated in every generation such as STD and addictions for high school, housing and poor diet for students. Conflict with parents is freqent in 2000. and 2001. and violence among women is stated only in 2007. In official health reports these problems are not recognised except acute respiratory infections and accidents which indicates involvment of medical students organizations in health care organization.

medical students; health and social needs

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