Hygienic aspects of influence of environmental factors on formation of schoolchildren’s health

In the article materials showing the growing influence of both school and extra-school factors on health of children and adolescents are presented. Special attention is given to the main classes of school-related diseases. Aim. To justify reasonability of studying this problem in Astrakhan within the frames of complex approach to application of health-saving technologies. Conclusion . Problems described in the article are characteristic of practically any region of Russia, in this connection a significant number of studies are carried out in Astrakhan region devoted to issues of protection of children’s health and to investigation of exposure of children to environmental factors. With this, absence of works on evaluation of complex use of health-saving technologies in terms of their influence on health of schoolchildren, permits to consider such hygienic studies actual.