Influence of preventive measures in a children’s polyclinic on the health status of preschool children

Abstract

Prevention aims to create optimal conditions for the formation of children’s health, ensuring the protection of the child’s body from diseases. The goal is to identify priority problems in preventive work with preschool children in outpatient and polyclinic conditions. Materials and methods. Authors studied information from medical documents of 3-6 year children from the children’s polyclinics in Moscow, questionnaires of parents of children observed during 2017-2020. Preventive examinations cover 97.0% of children; a third of children have a chronic pathology. 68.1% of children passed dispensary examinations. 82.1% of children got vaccinated by age. The «Mother’s School» improves the medical literacy of parents. Conclusions. It is necessary to select a specific time for specialists during preventive examinations to intensify healthy lifestyle promotion among parents.