Здоровье играет ведущую роль в воспроизводстве человеческого капитала. Учитывая катастрофически низкий уровень основных демографических показателей Украины, сохранение
здоровья населения становится весьма актуальной проблемой. Образ жизни выступает в роли
одного из ключевых факторов влияния на состояние общественного здоровья и определение
основных направлений и приоритетов его совершенствования.
The health plays the main role in creation of the human capital such a medical, social and economic
category. Considering increasing the role of the human capital among the other factors of production
in modern conditions, saving of health is quite important social and economical problem and
requires further researches.
The analysis of the sources shows us that many aspects of the environmental development, the
reproduction process of human capital and aspects of influence on population’s health condition is
not enough examined.
The purpose of the study is to analyze the Ukrainian population’s lifestyle as a key factor in the
public health influence, identifying the main directions and priorities for its improvement.
The authors trace the main tendencies of the life way among Ukrainian citizens. Thus, among the
Ukrainian population there is a predominance of harmful habits: tobacco smoking, alcohol addiction,
drug use, physical inactivity etc. These dangerous issues apply to children as well as to young people.
The links may be traced between the destructive lifestyle, which dominates in society, and complicated
situation in health system in Ukraine.
