TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES AS A BASIC LEVEL OF PROVIDING STRENGTHENING AND MAINTAINING OF THE POPULATION HEALTH

Abstract

The aim is to define conceptual approaches to ensuring the strengthening and maintaining of the population health at the level of territorial communities.
Materials and methods. During the study the following methods were used: bibliosemantic, structural-logical analysis, medical-statistical, systematic approach. Legislative and normative-legal acts, data of sectoral statistical reporting constituted the materials of the research.
Results. In the course of reforming the territorial structure of Transcarpathian region, 6 administrative territories were created, including 64 capable territorial communities.
The study identified the main medical and demographic problems of local communities and the main current problems of strengthening and maintaining the health of the population at the level of local communities:
Based on the obtained data, conceptual approaches to ensuring the strengthening and maintaining of the population health at the level of territorial communities have been developed, which include tasks, necessary conditions and ways of securement.
Conclusions. At the present stage of reforming the system of public administration and the health care system in Ukraine, territorial communities should become the basic level for strengthening and maintaining of the population health. In order to perform this function, local communities must have the necessary specialists, have modern methods of analysis and strategic planning, as well as motivation and resources for implementation.