| Abstract [eng] |
Background. Preschool education is considered to be one of the most important priorities of modern education policy, the basis of lifelong learning (Lamanauskas, Malinauskienė, Augienė, 2021). The World Health Organisation's „Health for All in the 21st Century“ program show that children need to be educated to strengthen their health by attracting not only parents to settle in, but also educators in educational institutions. Health literacy is becoming increasingly important for the social, economic and health development and improvement of society. The mistakes made in health education are monitored at the ground and the level of health literacy is insufficient (Trezona, Rowlands, Nutbeam, 2018). The aim of the work: to determine the health literacy of preschool educators and parents through the approach to health competence development. The subject of the work: interrelationships between health literacy and health education. Tasks of the work: 1) to reveal the theoretical aspects of health literacy and health competence development in preschool age; 2) to substantiate the methodology of research on health literacy and attitudes towards health competence in preschool age; 3) to analyze the health education programs of pre-school educational institutions; 4) to assess the health literacy and assessments of pre-school education teachers and parents in the development of health competence. Methods of work: a review of the scientific literature, document analysis, and a written survey. Results: after the analysis of pre-school health education programs, it became clear that the quality directions of pre-school education teacher are related to the active participation of parents in the process of health education, the need for close dialogue between parents and teachers. Less formality in pre-school health education programs is needed to ensure the quality of the content and process of pre-school health education, effective cooperation with parents, the institutional community and social partners, and active expression of personal potential. The results of the quantitative survey revealed the dominant levels of general health writing among teachers and parents: problematic (31.1% of parents and 33.5% of teachers) and sufficient (39.8% of parents and 43.3% of teachers). Assessing parents' attitudes towards the development of children's health competence in preschool, it was found that parents and educators understand that their role is one of the most important in strengthening children's health competence, but the majority of respondents spend only 2 hours a week on children have difficulty acquiring healthy habits. A moderate correlation was found between health literacy and the time spent developing children's health competence per week (r = 0.526). It was found that those educators and parents who always or very often go to the development of children's health competence seek to plan daily activities in a way that is health-promoting (r = .463). |
