Why do we need libraries? After all, now you can find everything on the Internet, copy to your phone and read. It turns out that libraries are in full swing. The function of this institution has not changed, only the form has changed a little. Here they continue to share knowledge, but in a new format.
Library work to promote a healthy lifestyle
The library hosts interesting events. The book fund is able to provide answers to almost all questions. And if a modern problem arises, librarians invite specialists to cover the issue and recommendations for its competent solution. Everywhere in their annual program, the Healthy Lifestyle plan has recently been included. The event in the library does not take place according to the established template, the employees themselves develop the procedure for its holding. There is already rich experience in recent years, the successes of colleagues from neighboring areas are known. But I want to do something special. To be remembered by visitors, to bring maximum benefit. After all, everyone needs health.
Scenarios for a healthy lifestyle in the library can consist of several items and be conducted throughout the year. The first day of winter is World AIDS Day. You can devote special attention to it. Otherwise, it is good to adhere to the established special days for 2018:
- February 4 - World Cancer Day. A doctor’s lecture on the need for preventive measures: annual examinations, proper nutrition, reasonable physical exertion, giving up bad habits.
- March 1 - World Immunity Day. A book table on the topic and showing video materials on the formation of immunity and the importance of immunization.
- March 22 - World Water Day. Talk about the benefits of water. Webinar.
- April 7 is World Health Day. Holiday "Health Day".
- May 31 is World No Tobacco Day. Presentation of the “Throw a Cigarette” oral magazine. Some pages: “Smoking girl”, “Where I want - there I smoke”, “Smoking is a sign of adulthood?”
- June 26 is World Drug Day. Conversation "No to drugs." A local police officer and a drug police officer with a dog will talk about the dangers of drugs and criminal liability for their trafficking. The dog will demonstrate a search for items.
- August 11th is a day of a sportsman. Book table "Charging", stand "Mode of the day", the performance of young athletes.
- September 26 is World Contraception Day. Female class Health School. Webinar.
- October 1 - International Day of Older Persons. Senior Grade School of Health.
- October 10 is World Mental Health Day. Book exhibition "Depression battle."
- November 15 is World Smoking Cessation Day. Youth class Health School.
Events can be reported in the local newspaper, on cable television, to subscribers by e-mail. In addition, it’s good to post a poster or ad for library visitors in advance.
Health day
Health Day will help organize the promotion of a healthy lifestyle in the library if you stick to your own program. An approximate scenario may consist of the following items:
1. Opening of the holiday. Musical greeting.
2. All for charging. Invited trainer shows exercises.
3. Eat breakfast yourself. Interview with a nutritionist "Proper nutrition for a healthy lifestyle."
4. Sleep is a cheap medicine. Video review on the topic of healthy sleep.
5. All diseases from nerves. Showing videos on maintaining emotional health.
6. The final concert "In a healthy body, healthy mind" with the participation of local creative teams.
For the duration of the “Healthy Lifestyle Day” event, you can bring scales and a height meter into the hall, and put a small table with an electronic tonometer. All this is in the Health Centers, first-aid posts. They will not refuse help. Librarian assistants will be able to process data on a computer using an electronic calculator and print individual recommendations for body mass index.
Here you can also put up a stand with information for visitors about the working hours of the Health Center, medical rooms for pre-hospital admissions, and local sections of physical education.
Scenario event "School of Health"
A multi-day lecture program, following the example of a large circle of organizers of such events, may be called the School of Health. The invited specialists will be engaged in an unusual thing for them: not to treat diseases, but to talk about their prevention. So far, everyone is trying to maintain health on their own, but with the advent of doctors to meet people, it will become more effective.
In order not to mix topics, it is better to break them into several lectures: one per day. Experts from medical centers, employees of medical schools and hospitals will be engaged in conducting them. If the city has a Health Center, it is best to invite its employees. On average, this event includes several lectures for the elderly, women and adolescents. Teenage health problems are often associated with the use of narcotic and other harmful substances. Eating junk food, smoking, early abortion - all this undermines the health of the nation. It is advisable to invite law enforcement officers and a doctor to a meeting with the guys. There are several areas of the event:
1. Classes of the senior group.
- Lecture "How to maintain health in adulthood." Elderly visitors are informed about age-related risks, receive help in the prevention of type 2 diabetes, learn to control the state of the cardiovascular system and avoid nervous overload;
- Lecture "Movement is life." An employee of the methodical room of physiotherapy exercises shows exercises for the elderly.
- Exhibition of nutrition books for retired people.
- Tea drinking with healthy products. Nutritionist talk and tasting.
2. Women's classes. Women's health will help maintain the lectures of the gynecologist, mammologist, venereologist.
- Save my life. Book table on contraception and the dangers of abortion.
- I work as a mom. Gynecologist talk about proper preparation for pregnancy.
- Beauty is a terrible force. Video about the dangers of tattoos, piercings, off-season clothing for women's health. Speech by the doctor.
3. Youth class.
- Fast food is poison. Talk to a nutritionist.
- Is beer a fashion or addiction? Doctor's talk.
- Sport is beautiful. Speech by a local trainer.
- Drawing on the theme "Healthy Lifestyle", competition.
4. The series "Conversations about health."
- About the benefits of water.
- Eat to live.
- About long-livers.
Some lectures can be combined. School does not have to be held once a year. In some cities, it is held regularly at the local library.
Talk about the benefits of water
At the School of Health, a visiting doctor will talk about the benefits of drinking enough fluid. In the process, you will be asked to drink clean water, which is well placed on the tables and take care of the glasses. This healthy lifestyle event in the library can be divided into sections:
- the role of water in metabolism;
- kidneys work on water;
- the liver helps in cleansing of toxins;
- the synthesis of enzymes is with the participation of water;
- decreased appetite and weight for drinkers;
- disease prevention through drinking regimen.
Listeners can be invited to familiarize themselves with the works of the world famous physician Batmanhelidge, whose goal is to promote a healthy lifestyle. In particular, his brochures “Your body asks for water”, as well as “You are not sick, you have thirst”.
Library for children
In order to raise a healthy generation, efforts should now be made to inform children and adolescents about proper nutrition, the importance of the daily regimen and good sleep. Physical education and hardening are topics that are best raised at an early age. A plan to work on public education necessarily includes working with children.
Not all towns have a specialized children's library. In this case, activities to form a healthy lifestyle can be held in the reading room. Children are fidgets, so classes should not exceed forty minutes. Submission of information in a playful way, quizzes, contests with awarding books on the topic - all this will resonate in young hearts.
Parent involvement can help. Costumed family performance is a good way to engage in maintaining health. For the contest "Mom, Dad and I are a healthy family", everyone is recorded, the requirements for the contestants are determined and time is given for preparation. After which, family groups make a presentation in costumes. The competition is judged by a jury.
Event Scenario for Kids
Holding a children's holiday includes several stages:
- Drawing on the topic of a healthy lifestyle - giving up bad habits. The design of the premises is carried out in advance by the works of children. The jury evaluates the relevance of the content of the drawing to the theme of the event. Awarded first, second and third places with the issuance of certificates.
- "Healthy and unhealthy food." Quiz for children in the form of questions. Conducts Dunno. The most active, most knowledgeable child is awarded. He receives a Znayka diploma.
- "Mom, Dad and I are a healthy family." Costume contest. In the form of a pop performance, the family substantiates its principles of health (they do exercises, temper, go hiking, eat right, go to bed on time, know how to laugh and relax). The jury awards the family, the most revealing topic of a healthy lifestyle.
- "We protect health." Gala Concert. Parents, children's groups, amateur authors speak to visitors.
Scenario “We are against drugs”
Children of different ages can participate in this library on a healthy lifestyle , parents are invited to attend. Presenter - Superhero. He defeated the common cold, laziness, gluttony. But he did not cope with drugs. And now they want to take over the world. About his exploits say the posters that the children painted in advance. They decorated the room.
1. First, he welcomes visitors and asks them to help deal with evil. The superhero says that drugs are very dangerous.
2. Display video on the topic. What are the dangers.
3. Those present paint the effects of drug use (death, illness, family breakdown, tears). Express their position: "We are against drugs."
4. The drawings are put in a box and the Superhero takes away all the bad. When he returns, he assures those present that the trouble has receded. But you have to be on your guard.
5. Speech by the youth group on the topic.
Family activities
Proper nutrition is the key to health. A book exhibition on this topic will help in creating the right atmosphere. Everyone who cooks can be invited to this event. Most housewives still adhere to old family recipes, despite the fact that the products have changed. How to prevent mistakes in cooking? Healthy lifestyle activities in the library can teach you to eat right.
Tea Party Scenario:
- The invited specialist will tell you in detail about the preservation of vitamins in foods, help you choose healthy and nutritious ingredients for lunch, and talk about the compatibility and incompatibility of products. The librarian will help in choosing books on the topic.
- The invited pastry chef will show you several ways to cook healthy food using well-known products.
- Tasting.
Fullness is the scourge of our century. A book exhibition on the proper weight loss and retention of the result will help to fight this problem. A nutritionist will help in choosing the basic principles of nutrition for overweight people. The cook will prepare several low-calorie dishes. The librarian will help in choosing cookbooks, books on dietetics, transferring individual files to readers' mails.
Scenario “Losing Weight Deliciously”:
- A nutritionist will talk about the importance of eating time, observing the water regime, and the inadmissibility of overeating. Answers questions of visitors.
- The cook will show several recipes for salads, cereals, soups. Teaches you how to bake bread with bran, tells the secrets of spices.
- Tasting salads.
Book table
It is advisable to lay out especially valuable or rare publications separately. Then you don’t have to look for them, arrange issuance and spend time on it. In the reading room mode, anyone can get acquainted with them.
The theme for the calculation may correspond to the next day of the main program. If meetings with nutritionists are held that day, books and brochures on good nutrition for a healthy lifestyle will be on the table. On the day dedicated to the fight against narcotic drugs, materials from the AIDS Fund will appear on it. And during a lecture on the benefits of water, he will be occupied by plastic bottles of mineral still water and clean glasses.
Do not underestimate the benefits of the bookstore event. It is in itself a showcase of the library. If there is no large table, you can move a few small ones and cover them with a beautiful tablecloth, put a table lamp. In teaching children to read books, the psychological aspect is important. The calm and pleasant atmosphere, the books revealed on interesting pages themselves invite you to get acquainted with them, no one forces anyone. In addition, people tend to read books on recommendation, rather than looking for something on their own. Those who come to the meeting with the lecturer due to the book table will receive a maximum of information. Which publications are the most interesting?
Book indispensable for an event
There are many books on the subject of health. But there is one very successful textbook for children of American schools, translated into Russian. It was released by the Mir Publishing House and contains all aspects of a healthy lifestyle. A lot of pictures and schemes, information is presented honestly and with dignity. There are sections that have not yet been studied in domestic schools, but which from this do not become less relevant. Among them - the definition of depression, a detailed examination of mental health, coverage of the aging process of the body, a healthy family life of a man and woman.
The book exhibition “Healthy Lifestyle” in the library will only win if it places this valuable copy on a book table or on a stand for visitors.
The ability of modern libraries to copy and distribute individual pages of publications will help readers gain valuable knowledge. You can help someone create their own email and subscribe to a specific topic. This will greatly support older visitors.
With good preparation, the HLS holiday will be organized and effective.