Published : 2025-12-30

Health Education as Presented by Dr. Zygmunt Klukowski (1885-1959)

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The purpose of this article is to discuss the views of Dr. Zygmunt Klukowski, a school physician and hygiene teacher at the Men's Teachers' Seminary, relocated from Zamość to Szczebrzeszyn, on health education and other educational activities undertaken to develop school hygiene and conduct educational campaigns among young people. Klukowski emphasized the importance of sports and hiking for health and promoted modern patterns of individual and collective hygiene through youth education. He engaged in activities aimed at improving hygienic living conditions and a balanced diet for students. He combated addictions spreading among young people, combated superstitions, and actively responded to public health problems. The article outlines Klukowski's preventative measures and his involvement in healthcare organization. The work is based on archival sources and literature on the subject, including Zygmunt Klukowski's book Wspomnienia z Zamojszczyzny 1918-1939.

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Zygmunt Klukowski (1885-1959), health education, hygiene



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Bednarz-Grzybek, R. (2025). Health Education as Presented by Dr. Zygmunt Klukowski (1885-1959). Biografistyka Pedagogiczna [Biographical Studies in Education], 10(4), 11–29. https://doi.org/10.36578/BP.2025.10.74

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"Biografistyka Pedagogiczna" received funding for the years 2022-2024 from the funds of the Minister of Education and Science under the programme „Rozwój Czasopism Naukowych”.

Project duration: 2023-2024.

The amount of co-financing is 65 992,00 PLN

Contract number: RCN/SP/0434/2021/1