STUDENTS  ABOUT A  HEALTHY   LIFESTYLE,RISK AND HEALTH - PROMOTING  FACTORS

A healthy lifestyle excludes behavioral risk factors in a person's daily life. Awareness of risk and health-promoting factors is an important prerequisite for maintaining optimal health. Purpose: To study the opinions and attitudes of students towards some risk and health-promoting factors to motivate them towards a healthy lifestyle. Methods: survey method, statistical and graphical methods. An anonymous group survey was conducted during the winter semester of the academic year 2024-25 among students from the professional field "Health Care" - in three specialties: "Midwife", "Physician Assistant" and "Nurse", studying at two Universities in the country - Trakia University and Burgas State University "Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov". Results: For more comprehensive and systematized processing of the results, the answers to the various questions were grouped into four modules - social aspects of health; mental health; physical health; risk (behavioral) health factors. The results of all modules show good awareness of students regarding factors influencing health, as well as a desire for healthier behavior.Conclusion. Health awareness and competence of medical students on issues related to health protection and promotion are important conditions for their future professional activity as ambassadors of health for people.