Creation of a Healthcare Environment at a Higher Educational Institution.

Background. The article reveals the essence of the notion of «healthcare environment of a higher education establishment» as an environment of an individual, in which interconnected healthcare factors and conditions contributing to the social, spiritual, physical and mental development of the personality of the future teacher operate, the components of health as a prerequisite for the creation of a health-preserving environment, should ensure not only the preservation and strengthening of health, but also the formation of the health culture of the future specialist. The objective of this research: to uncover the process of creating a healthcare environment in the institution of higher education and its impact on the healthcare activities of future teachers. Methods. During the implementation of this research the complex of general scientific methods has been used: an observation as a systematic purposeful study of the object; a poll as the most common method of obtaining information; a comparative analysis as a comparison of features inherent in two or more objects; a pedagogical experiment, which was used to create a healthcare environment in the institution of higher education and check its impact on the dynamics of the level of a healthcare activity by the future teachers. Results. After the conducted study, the following data were obtained: 10,2% of students in the control group and 20.9% of students in the experimental group have a high level of healthcare activity, 29,3% and 53,8% of students possess a sufficient level respectively, 33,8% of students in the control group and 19,1% of students in the experimental group showed an average level, 26,7% of students in the control group and 6,2% of students in the experimental group have a low level of a healthcare activity. Conclusions. Thus, the creation of healthcare environment in an institution of higher education is a process that requires a clear awareness by all subjects of the educational process about the importance of a responsible attitude towards their own health. Prospects for further researches lie in further study the theory and practice of future teacher's personality upbringing in the healthcare environment in the institution of higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]