Health ministry of republic of moldova the university of medicine and pharmacy nicolae testemiţanu

Structure: 
1. The health culture. 
2. Main concepts of psychohygiene. 
3. Main concepts of psychoprophylaxis. 
Key terms:
the health culture; burnout syndrome; psycho-hygiene; 
psychic health protection; megalopolis syndrome; mental disorder 
prevention.
 
 
1. The health culture 
The theme of the cultural behaviour and the good manners of the 
individual is an old and eternal one. In the course of time approval has 
been granted to different cultural rules, norms and requirements for 
behaviour, activity and lifestyle. From among these regulated rules there 
are some mandatory, eternal and undeviating, subject just of life and 
health of the human beings, united in the concept health culture.
The health culture
is defined as a combination of knowledge, 
adjustments, relationships, persuasions and behaviours in regard to 
restoration, protection, becoming a stronger individual and social health. 
The health culture has not just medical, but also social, psychological, 
pedagogic, juridical, legal, economical etc. elements. The well being 
both of the single person and of the entire society depends on the way 
they are constructed and combined.
As every other culture, the culture of health shows the existence of 
knowledge and behaviour for health protection and is shown in the 
observance of rules of hygienic and labour norms, rest, feeding, 
sleeping, engaging in sports, entertainment etc., formed as an individual 
position and an internal conviction of the individual. In the same time it 
is a normative system presenting mandatory requirements to all 

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members of the society and it could be expressed as a morality, ethics or 
a popular opinion and behaviour. Existence of the high culture of health 
and education turns the individual into more useful for the society and 
for itself, helps it to develop itself and to become perfect in harmony 
with the environment and with the requirements of its own nature.
The physical development
includes the processes of growth, 
development and maturing and is determined by the condition of the 
structure, morphologic and functional characterizations of the organism, 
which are in the basis of the development of the age of the individual. 
There are two groups used as indicators to measure and evaluate it:
1) 
anthropometric 
- on their part are divided into somatoscopic, 
somatic and physiometric and
2) 
biological age
indicators including: dental and bone age 
indicators and virility indicators.
The physical growth is determined by the influence of internal factors 
inheritable, innate, hormonal, metabolic, and by extraneous factors of 
feeding, engaging in sports, etc.
An important regulator and stimulator of the physical 
development is the 
systematic motive activity and engaging in sports of 
the growing up.
The motive activity is a physiological need of the 
organism as well as the air, nutrition and water. The positive effects for 
the organism in result of the systematic motive activity and engaging in 
sports are outlined in three directions: 
generally developing effects, 
recovering strengthening and educational
.
 
For example, the energetic 
motive action leads to considerable changes of the support-motive 
system the bone growth rate and the constructing of bone 
microstructure, there are higher height indicators, bodily mass, mass of 
the skeleton muscularity etc. Concerning the heart system the positive 
effects consists of improvement of the heart blood irrigation at the 
expense of the capillary network, increased heart mass, the percussive 
capacity, the values of the pulse frequency and of the maximum arterial 
blood pressure are lowered which leads to more effective and frugal 
heart activity.
The above mentioned norms for twenty-four-hour motive activity 
ensure to the growing up organism above all strong and harmonious 
body development, emotional equability, high efficiency and good 
health. If the implementation of the norms is under 50 % then the 
condition of motive deficit occurs. When the latter becomes chronic and 

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is accumulated in the organism, a hypodynamya condition occurs, 
considered a pre-morbid one and a significant risk factor for many 
diseases. It consists in low steadiness and resistance of the organism, 
getting fat, degraded functional possibilities of the organs and of the 
systems of the organism, low resistance, adaptive and protective 
abilities, anxiety and depression, decreased activity, general condition 
and mood of the individual, etc.
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