Physical activity of prisoners as part of the health ecology

Aim of the study. To evaluate a physical activity as ability to develop for healthy lifestyle and social skills in prisons of Lithuania among the prisoners man. Methods. The research there are topical – instantaneous was done at 2009 in the first and second prisons of Pravieniskes. In the research were used two methods: the questionnaire and interview. Both at one and other of research participated only prisoners (men). The questionnaires consisted of three blocks of questions/propositions: I - demographics questions (age, education, duration of imprisonment, amount of previous convictions); II – questions about physical activity of prisoners. III – evaluation of social skills of prisoners according E.Gambrill (1995). For questioning of prisoners were chose structure interview according beforehand available a questions and predictable a questions succession. At questionnaire poll participated 320 prisoners. In interview were survey 17 already has mention occupant of prisons. Results. An enough physically active prisoners consist 57.8% of all in research to had participated respondents. As shown study, physical active among prisoners are statistics significant relate to more young age. To asked: ,,Do you participate in competition of sport”? to establish fact physically active prisoners participate in such competition. But statistics significant of them is not so much like physically active one. Overall in competition don’t participating third physically active and two third of inactive one. Dominant education among physically active prisoners there are secondary, among inactive one – primary – prime education. A high or further education have less than 6.0% of all prisoners. Age of the physically active prisoners average for statistics significant there are less than inactive one, respectively 26 and 31.1 years (p=0.01). Health of physical of prisoners for statistics significant had increase more than mental one. Respectively 86.7% and 66.7% of prisoners p<0.001. Investigating prisoners satisfaction for them psychological state, care of medicine, quality of nutrition and condition of sport, we found, that physically active prisoners there are more fastidious for this one than physically inactive prisoners. Just for one’s state of psichological a physically active prisoners there are for statistics significant more satisfied than physically inactive. Two of eleven had been analysing a socialial skills (does esay to start conversation with unknown people and responsible sense skill) was statistics significant (p