SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS HEALTH OF THE SMALLER ETHNIC GROUPS LIVING IN SIBERIA (BY EXAMPLE OF TOFALARS PEOPLE)

Abstract

This article is devoted to analysis of pathologic affect of child's and adolescent's population, living on the Tofalariya territory, as well as socio-economic factors influencing the health of the native population in the study area according to a sociological study. In a study conducted a thorough medical examination of children living in Tofalaria. And also a sample case study of families was conducted. The article examines a set of negative socio-economic factors, typical to the territory of Tofalars habitation (one parent family, factors of poor housing, low family income, low levels of parental education, nutritional imbalances). We can identify the low availability of health care for this population group in combination with their low medical activity. The self-assessment of health among the population of Tofalariya is overstated, probably due to the significantly low level of information awareness about the prevention of disease and methods of solution these problems.

Keywords

• health
• social and economic factors
• children
• adolescents
• tofalars