ORGANIZING LEISURE TIME IN A FAMILY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE CONTEXT OF HEALTH EDUCATION

Neringa Strazdienė, Birutė Strukčinskienė, Alona Rauckienė-Michaelsson, Sigitas Griškonis Abstract Children leisure time is usually decided by their immediate environment, i.e. their family. Therefore, leisure activities which are designed in a family and which enable children to discover pleasant experiences and motivate them to care of their own health are of extreme importance. The aim of…

Family Impact On Adolescents Sexual Health

Žydra Kuprėnaitė, Jolita Lubienė, Ramunė Ubeikienė Abstract The family losing the priority of personality formation process and increasing responsibility within the educational institutions, it is important to look back to the family as the basic and most children‘s educational environment. This article aims to reveal the family impact on adolescents’ sexual health. The survey of…

Social Factors Impact on Adolescents Social Health

Žydra Kuprėnaitė, Jolita Lubienė, Ramunė Ubeikienė Abstract In today’s society, where more and more often dominate strange relationships, based on economic calculation, it is especially relevant to analyze the social factors to the emerging personality and its social health. We can distinguish, as particularly important, the following factors: family, friends and school. Each social interaction…

Parents` Attitude Towards Nourishment of Pre-School Children

Inga Montvilienė, Tatjana Žuravliova, Sigutė Norkienė, Artūras Mažrimas Abstract Health largely depends on lifestyle and nutrition. A child growingup in a family takes over the family lifestyle, attitudes andtraditions. However, it is not always related to a healthy lifestyleand healthy nourishment. Also, not in every family a child has achance to receive enough knowledge about…

Preconditions and Possibilities for Integration of Cam and Traditional Medicine: Situation of Families of Children with Disabilities

Rita Vaičekauskaitė, Brigita Kreivinienė, Jonas Tilvikas Abstract An issue of integration between complementary and alternative(CAM) and traditional medicine is a talking-point in nowadays heathcare system. The anthropological, sociological, epistemological,medical literature analysis reveals fundamental preconditions forintegration of CAM and traditional medicine. However, in healthcare system we have dominant or selective integration betweenCAM and traditional medicine. In…