Topical issues concerning hygiene of girls and adolescent girls (literature review)
DOI: 10.32364/2618-8430-2023-6-2-119-125
O.Yu. Milushkina1, E.V. Sibirskaya1-3, P.F. Kurbanova1
1Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
2Russian Children's Clinical Hospital, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
3A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russian Federation
Hygiene of children and adolescents is an area of preventive medicine, the tasks of which are to maintain and strengthen health, support the optimal level of functions and favorable body development. Teaching proper hygiene skills should begin from childhood, in which the involvement and awareness of parents plays an important role. With the formation of a woman's reproductive function, the hormonal background and the vaginal microbiom are actively changing. Non-compliance with the rules of personal hygiene is a predisposing factor in the development of inflammatory diseases, including vulvovaginitis. In order to prevent the occurrence of these diseases, reproductive education is of key importance not only for young people, but also for all segments of the population. Targeted formation of a conscious attitude to one's health, understanding and ability to use personal hygiene products remains an important aspect in the development of the female body. Hygienic education as a way of informing children, adolescents and their parents is one of the elements in state policy regarding the health maintenance of the younger generation. It is ensured by the implementation of educational programs at the level of secondary general education, secondary and higher professional education, including through the development of competencies in professional standards of medical profile.
Keywords: personal hygiene, girls, inflammatory diseases, vulvovaginitis, hygienic education.
For citation: Milushkina O.Yu., Sibirskaya E.V., Kurbanova P.F. Topical issues concerning hygiene of girls and adolescent girls (literature review). Russian Journal of Woman and Child Health. 2023;6(2):119–125 (in Russ.). DOI: 10.32364/2618-8430-2023-6-2-119-125.
About the authors:
Olga Yu. Milushkina — corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Science, Dr. Sc. (Med.), Head of the Department of Hygiene of the Faculty of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; 1, Ostrovityanov str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation; ORCID iD 0000-0001-6534-7951.
Elena V. Sibirskaya — Dr. Sc. (Med.), Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the G.M. Savelyeva Faculty of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; 1, Ostrovityanov str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation; Head of the Department of Gynecology, Russian Children's Clinical Hospital of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; 117, Leninsky Ave , Moscow, 119571, Russian Federation; Professor of the Department of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry; 20/1, Delegatskaya str., Moscow, 127473, Russian Federation; ORCID iD 0000-0002-4540-6341.
Parvin F. Kurbanova — resident of the 2nd year of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Medical Faculty, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; 1, Ostrovityanov str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation; ORCID iD 0000-0002-2225-8067.
Contact information: Parvin F. Kurbanova, e-mail: par0502@yandex.ru.
Financial Disclosure: no authors have a financial or property interest in any material or method mentioned.
There is no conflict of interests.
Received 27.02.2023.
Revised 21.03.2023.
Accepted 11.04.2023.
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