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НЕКОТОРЫЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ ЗДОРОВЬЕСБЕРЕГАЮЩЕГО ПОВЕДЕНИЯ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ ПРИГРАНИЧНЫХ РЕГИОНОВ РОССИИ
Author(s) -
Борисова Ольга Владимировна,
Шахова Екатерина Владимировна
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
society and security insights
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2619-0249
pISSN - 2619-0230
DOI - 10.14258/ssi(2021)3-07
Subject(s) - population , life expectancy , state of health , human capital , environmental health , medicine , economic growth , economics , power (physics) , physics , battery (electricity) , quantum mechanics
The relevance of the research stipulated by the fact that health is the most important component of human capital, the quality of realization of human labor activity depends on its condition, and, hence, how useful it will be for both his family and the state as a whole. A significant part of the population in Russia does not have access to basic medical care, for many years there has been a decline in the population, and in terms of life expectancy, our country ranks 96th in the world. The aim of this work is to analyze the condition of health capital and health-saving behavior of the population in six border regions of Russia. The empirical basis is the data of the sociological survey conducted in 2020-2021 by the research team of the Altai State University. The main features of the behavior of the residents of the selected regions in preserving their own health revealed. When assessing their health, the respondents most often indicated average and good health. The majority of the population has chronic diseases, among which gastrointestinal diseases, hypertension and spinal diseases are the commonest. Almost half of the respondents do not consume alcohol and do not smoke, regularly see a doctor and do sports in order to stay healthy. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the assessment of the state of health of the population in the border regions, as well as their strategies of health-saving behavior. The practical value of the study consists in the presentation of actual assessments of the health capital of the population of the selected regions, allowing the state to take measures to improve the situation in the regions on this issue.

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