Republican round table on the topic "Topical issues of health promotion among young people"

On February 22, 2023, on the basis of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, together with the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Khoja Ahmed Yasawi and the South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, a round table on the topic "Topical issues of health promotion among young people" for students of the specialties "public health" and "general medicine" was held at the republican level. The round table was held by the Acting Associate Professor of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Evidence-based Medicine Abdrakhmanova Z.B.. The round table from the South Kazakhstan Medical Academy was attended by the head of the Department of "Social Health Insurance and public Health" Sarsenbayeva G. Zh., the teaching staff and students.

The following issues were discussed during the round table:

- current problems and formation of a healthy lifestyle among young people
- lifestyle and healthy behavior – basic concepts and problems;
- positive and negative aspects of socio-economic factors of public health.
Students presented their presentation and video works on the topic of the round table in Kazakh, Russian and English, shared their knowledge and opinions, answered questions from listeners and other participants of the event. The participants of the round table also shared ways to prevent diseases that have become the scourge of modernity.
The objectives of this event were: formation of students' desire for a healthy lifestyle, skills of independent analysis and evaluation of the information offered; updating and development of students' knowledge about health and a healthy lifestyle; education of an active lifestyle, responsible attitude to their health.
This educational event is designed to form a healthy lifestyle, highly functional behavioral strategies and personal resources that prevent self-destructive behavior in students and is aimed at developing sustainable motivation to comply with the rules of personal and public hygiene and sanitation, rational organization of the daily routine, nutrition, physical education, sports.

A healthy lifestyle is not only a special diet or sports, but a whole range of measures aimed at improving health and preventing pathological processes in the body. Compliance with the rules of healthy lifestyle can significantly increase life expectancy and improve its quality. Health is the first and most important need of a person, determining his ability to work and ensuring the harmonious development of personality. It is the most important prerequisite for the knowledge of the surrounding world, for self-affirmation and human happiness.