Organizational and educational program on formation and development of family medical activity

Aim. To work out the organizational and educational program on formation and development of medical activity of a family and detect the key factors, determining and prognosticating its level.

Materials and methods.The method of questioning was used to study the medicosocial characteristic of living conditions and education in children of the first year of life, the mechanism of formation and development of medical activity in 244 families. On the basis of the data obtained, there was developed the organizational and educational program, directed to improvement of children’s health through the activity of district pediatrician; 214 women agreed to participate in the experiment.

Results. The paper is devoted to the necessity of improving the level of knowledge in parents of early age children. The growing sickness rate indices among the child population demonstrate the actuality of searching for methods to improve children’s health, in particular, by means of developing family medical activity.There were revealed and presented the factors, determining and forecasting the level of medical activity of a family, which plans to have a child.

Conclusions. To work out educational program on formation of medical activity, it is necessary to consider territorial characteristics of health status indices among child population and results of medicosocial diagnostics of families. Pediatrician, taking into account prognostic factors, can reveal “risk group” mothers and have individual approach to their training and practical formation and development of medical activity.