SYSTEM OF REHABILITATION AND RECREATION OF CHILDREN IN LVIV REGION: MODERN STATUS, SPATIAL FEATURES AND PROBLEMS
Journal Title: Вісник Львівського університету. Серія географічна - Year 2015, Vol 49, Issue
Abstract
The state of child population health of Ukraine is deteriorating in the last years. This situation requires careful attitude to the health of children, perfecting health systems, in particular, enhance the functioning of health resorts and spas in the regions of Ukraine in order to ensure the health and recreation of children. Scientific researches the current state of health child population, preconditions and factors of its formation, the spatial features we must also intensify. The relevance of research of the modern system of rehabilitation and recreation the children of Lviv region was show in the article. Regulatory-legal acts associated with this issue at the national and regional levels was analysed. Established dynamics of the number of children’s health and recreation facilities in Ukraine. It was established dynamics of the number of children’s rehabilitation and the recreation facilities in Ukraine. The mоst important children’s rehabilitation facilities that operated in 2013 in Lviv region was characterized. The spatial characteristics and problems of rehabilitation and rest of the child population in region were analyzed. Found, that the situation with the rehabilitation of children in the region over the past decade generally worsened, despite the presence of some positive developments. Recreational potential of the region was characterized and elucidated the impact of natural resources on the placement of establishments of children’s rehabilitation and recreation in the region. Most improving institutions (non-urban and sanatorium) are concentrated in areas with the best natural resources, medicinal mineral waters, climate, forest and water resources. Establishments recreation with the day care focused primarily in areas of high level of urbanization. Based on statistical information, traced the increased number of children’s institutions of rehabilitation and recreation in Lviv region. But, found that the growth achieved mainly by the rapid increase in the number of daycare camps created on the basis of educational institutions. Thus, the number of children’s institutions of rehabilitation (non-urban and sanatorium) annually decreases. In 2013 on the territory of Lviv region functioned 18 children’s institutions of rehabilitation that on seven institutions (18 %) less than in 2005. The measures for the conservation and improvement of existing children's Institutions the health and recreation, and also rebuilding and providing financing the Programme for the development of Ukrainian children's health resort “Skhidnytsia” were offered, that will allow in the future to solve the problem of rest and improvement of children.
Authors and Affiliations
Halyna Vuzhyns’ka
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