Health formation improvement by physical education in children from Khanty families

The relevance of the study is defined by significance of the search for effective means and methods of healthy lifestyle formation in the younger generation of indigenous peoples in Yugra. The solution to this issue is of great importance in the conditions of secondary general education schools with boarding residence of children during the school year. The objective of this research is to evaluate indicators of physical development, functional status, and psychoemotional state among adolescent children of Khanty descent who attend a secondary school’s boarding program throughout the school year. The study aims as well to determine factors negatively affecting student health and to establish the organizational and pedagogical prerequisites for a cohesive, health-focused boarding school environment. During the study, we identified somatometric and physiometric indicators of adolescents aged between 13 and 16 years, tested their psychoemotional state (using “Neurosoft”: Spiro-Spectrum, NS-psychotest expert). The analysis of the results led to the conclusion that it is necessary to develop programs aimed at creating a unified health-forming space of the boarding school, ensuring the preservation of a high level of physical and mental health in children, the formation of their value attitude to a healthy lifestyle.