Department of Children and Youth Hygiene

The main tasks of the department are promotion and protection of health of children and youth in the sphere of public healthcare, development and improvement of health of young generation through care of healthy living and work conditions and by the promotion of correct way of life in children and youth.

In scope of its tasks the department secures mainly these activities:

  • coordinates the solving of principled direction of state health policy in the field of promotion and protection of health of children and youth in the Slovak Republic,
  • processes conceptions and perspectives of development of department of promotion and protection of health of children on a national level,
  • carries out conceptual and coordination activity in the sphere of proposals preparation of hygienic norms for living and working conditions of children and youth (regulations, guidelines, decisions) and based on these expertly guides promotion and protection of health of young generation in the Slovak Republic,
  • coordinates performance of state health supervision and food supervision and performance of measures against formation and spreading of communicable diseases and other health impairments which are carried out by regional public health authorities and measures related to life and working conditions and way of life of children and youth,
  • cooperates with state administration bodies and its execution bodies connected with care of children and youth as well as with other bodies in the sphere of public health, with general practitioner physicians for children and youth and with physicians for youth in monitoring of health status of children and youth (group characteristics) and in realization of programs of protection and promotion of health,
  • methodically and expertly guides and coordinates activities of subordinated workplaces in the Slovak Republic in fulfilment of national tasks in the sphere of promotion and protection of health of children and youth, including preparation of new methods and working procedures,
  • organization and performance of studies of relation of living conditions and health of children and youth, evaluation of gained results and extent of risk of health damage and subsequent measures proposing for promotion and protection of health of children and youth,
  • preparation of expert source materials for health risk evaluation concerning important health aspects of living and working conditions of children and youth,
  • conceptual and coordination activity in the sphere of information and integration of education activities of children and youth in promotion and protection of health and in the field of making and processing of programs in health informatics and in prevention of mass diseases and health damage of children and youth,
  • cooperates with foreign workplaces of similar nature, international organizations and institutions in realization of international programs focused on prevention of risks of health damage of children and youth.