Volunteer project «Children of Minsk» in the context of medical and educational project «Together to the healthy nation» of Belarusian state pedagogical university named after Maxim Tank and RSPC «Cardiology».

Employers of RSPC «Cardiology» took part in the volunteer project «Children of Minsk» in the context of joint medical and educational project «Together to the healthy nation» and conducted the quest «In the footsteps of stolen health…» during summer holidays in six Minsk schools. More than 120 pupils took part in the event.

 

Primary target of these events is prevention of cardiac diseases in children, motivation of formation of healthy lifestyle and responsibility for own health and health of the close ones.

Event program decided few tasks:

At first to tell children and teenagers initial information about healthy lifestyle, value of physical activity in human lives, useful and harmful products, vitamins and vitamin concentration in products.

 

Secondly to show and tell children which factors affect the development of cardiac diseases, what is necessary for it prevention and how to motivate people to keep healthy lifestyle and when to contact a doctor.

  

In third place familiarize children with the circulation system, cardiac diseases, it symptoms and risk of development, to teach children how to measure a pulse and blood pressure.

Interactive format of cardiac diseases prevention event is a very successful format of work with children and teenagers because vital information is presented in unusual form. Such format is really capable of creating an interest for this serious topic. Besides materials were developed by physicians on the basis of official information and recommendations of the World Health Organization, European Society of Cardiology and other international and domestic organizations which further increases value of this event.