Research of the somatic health of student youth using information and communication technologies

The article is devoted to the issues of using information-communication technologies for
monitoring the physical health of students, which will enable them to be more successful, adaptable to the
environment and current social changes in the future. The study included determining the level of somatic
health by the method of G. L. Apanasenko. The rapid assessment had a fairly wide range of individual
indicators of overall health, as well as cardiovascular and respiratory system functionality. The analysis of
the conducted studies clearly indicates the need for constant monitoring of the indicators of physical
development and somatic health of students throughout the study period. In order to objectively evaluate
somatic health and to track it in dynamics, the students proposed the information and communication
technology “Health Portfolio” developed by the authors. The implementation of such monitoring model and
information program provides an automated assessment of the functionality of the human body and is
accurate, informative and physiologically sound. Due to the increase in the amount of all kinds of
information, as a pledge of future professional success of modern students, there is a problem of motivation
of healthy lifestyle and involvement of students in independent motor activity.