Health Education in Russia

Health education is a burning question in Russia nowadays. The draft law about health lessons in school is now under review in our Parliament. Health education is vital for the wellbeing of students. Knowing the importance of proper health enables students to be healthy and avoid lots of risks.

There are lots of factors of health education and let’s consider some of   them. 
First of all, I'd like to mention that health education does not only concentrate on being healthy. It also focuses on emotional, mental and social health too. Educating students on the importance of health builds their motivation. 
As a result, they do their best to maintain good health, prevent diseases and avoid risky behavior. It will help students to make healthy life choices when they grow older and continue doing so throughout their lives. What is more, it will help to prevent various injuries, diseases, such as, obesity and diabetes.

Stress management is another factor of health education. Students these days are highly stressed. Stressed to look good, to belong to the right groups, to get good grade on phonetic exam. All in all their academic life is extremely stressful. Once they complete their education, work stress can compound the problem. Health education helps students to overcome stress so that they don’t get heart attacks or strokes. 

Time management is another aspect of health education which many students need help with. It is fair to mention that they do not know how to manage their time. For example, school exercises also require strict time management, and students who are unable to manage time fall behind. Consequently, health education is a necessary part of the education process as it enables students to manage their time effectively in order to be more productive.

By the way of conclusion I'd like to stress that it is very easy to underestimate the importance of health education. But actually it is essential to pay a great attention to this subject.