University Campus Health-Preserving Environment: Medical Infrastructure and Health Risk Analysis

The article on the materials of the sociological study presents an analysis of the health risks of students living in an autonomous (suburban) university campus with a medical institution on its territory. The new trajectory of the development of Russian universities includes the creation of new autonomous campuses, including those located in the suburban area. Modern campuses serve the development of human capital and act as a point of attraction for young people, teachers, scientists, strengthening their competitive advantages by setting the vector of innovative transformations. The space of the university campus, along with educational buildings, laboratories, dormitories, public places, should include a health-saving infrastructure, among which medical institutions occupy a special place. The article analyzed the infrastructural features of the design and development of modern campuses based on the analysis of documents and visual cartographic reading and determined that medical infrastructure is given little attention in public discourse, which reduces the attractiveness of campuses as health-saving spaces. Based on a survey of students of the Ural Federal University living on campus, the article highlights health risks. First, the risks associated with the ruthinization of selfmedication practices as a tool for health care, and the inclusion of the practice of seeking medical care in a medical institution exclusively in cases of serious deterioration in health. Secondly, the risks associated with a poorly developed information and communication vector for the development of a health-preserving campus environment in terms of the activities of a medical institution. Third, the risks relating to declining confidence in the health care system as a whole. The article proposes recommendations aimed at reducing risks and identifying directions for the further development of the health-preserving environment of autonomous university campuses.