Aim of the study to evaluate adolescent health and factors influencing it in boarding schools of Vilnius city. Objectives to evaluate adolescent health; to estimate the prevalence of behavior and psychosocial environmental factors influencing health; to identify and evaluate the peculiarities of health services provided to adolescents. Methods. An anonymous survey of 191 pupils aged 11-18 and interview method of health care specialists in two boarding schools were applied in the study. State of pupils’ health was analysing medical records. Results were compared between two boarding schools. SPSS statistics software was used for date analyze. Values were considered significant, when p<0.05. Results. Most of disorders reported were attributed to respiratory diseases. Almost half of adolescents from both institutions reported facing health problems. 36.1 % of adolescents were reported not being involved in extra curricular physical activities, 42.9 % indicated being smoking, 27.7 % frequent alcohol abuse. 42.8 % of adolescents reported that their interaction with teachers was not satisfactory. 59.7 % of adolescents experienced bullying; one in every two pupils felt not being safe. The analysis of inter-institutional comparison points to the significant differences in smoking, alcohol abuse and bullying prevalence. Adolescents lack knowledge regarding stress coping and readiness to live on their own. Data gathered from adolescents demonstrated general satisfaction with... [to full text]

Aim of the study: to survey pupils’ opinion regarding healthcare service organizing in boarding schools of Vilnius city. Objectives: to evaluate healthcare service organizing, to evaluate factors haveing influence in the relations between doctors and children; to compare health care service organizing between boarding schools of Vilnius city. Methods: a sample anonymous survey of 193 pupils aged between 10 and 18 was conducted. Results were compared between two surveyed boarding schools. SPSS statistics software (SPSS 10.0) was used to measure the statistical significance of the results. Results: School nurses play an important role in health care organizing within schools. Almost a half of pupils reported to have been registered with a doctor by school nurses. 84 % of younger pupils stated that nurses accompany them to the health centers. More than a half of pupils surveyed (53.9 %) indicated that average waiting time in health centre, prior to being admitted to the consulting-room, was between 10 to 20 minutes. The majority of pupils asserted that doctors have not provided them with accurate information regarding their health status; only 51 % of them believe that doctors would keep information about their health status in secret. Only 1 of ten children remarked, that doctor wasn’t attentive to him. Conclusions: Sufficient attention has been paid to the healthcare organization in Vilnius boarding schools, healthcare services have been provided in time, unfortunately... [to full text]