ABSTRACT
The health status of adolescent schoolchildren and vocational college (VC) students aged 15-18 years was monitored for 3 years. It was found that morbidity rates increased from the 9th to 11th forms in the schoolchildren and from the 1st to 3rd courses in the VC students, pathology and functional disorders most intensively developed in VC girls. On completion of school education, there was an increase in the prevalence of mainly functional disorders among the girls and in that of chronic diseases among young men. The course of nervous and mental disorders was found to become worse in most VC students. The specific features of the formation and development of pathological processes were identified in relation to the profile of VC and the influence of professional and occupational factors. The results of the study provide a means of developing differential health-promotion measures for pupils and students with consideration of gender, age, the type of an educational establishment, and the profile of a vocational college.
