OPPORTUNITIES OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES IN PROVIDING THE POPULATION WITH FOR PRESERVING AND STRENGTHENING HEALTH

Abstract

Introduction. Territorial communities are the basic level for ensuring the formation and preservation of public health. Objective: to analyze the medical and demographic situation and conditions for the preservation and promotion of health in the Khust city territorial community of the Transcarpathian region. Materials and methods. Materials: social passport of the Khust city territorial community of Transcarpathian region as of October 13, 2023. Methods: bibliosemantic, of structural-and-logical analysis. Results and discussion. There are 27 settlements in Khust city territorial community with 71484 residents including 36187 (50.6%) women and 35297 (49.4%) men. In 8 (28,6%) of these settlements live up to 500 people. Despite the fact that 5513 IDPs came to the community in three years, the number of community residents decreased by 9374 (11,6%) people. An extensive network of health care institutions of communal and private ownership is functioning on the territory of the community. Most of them are located in the administrative center. This does not ensure equal access of community residents to medical services. Conclusions. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended at the community level to develop and adopt a strategic targeted comprehensive program to preserve and strengthen the health of the population of the territorial community.