Abstract
Objective. To evaluate the health status of young children entering preschool institutions depending on the social status of their families. Patients and methods. This study included 375 children aged 2 to 3 years attending kindergarten No. 239 in Kemerovo. Mean age of children was 25.91 ± 2.52 months. All study participants were divided into several groups according to their social status: from two-parent families (TPF; n = 339), including those with registered marriage (RM; n = 258) and unregistered marriage (UM; n = 81), and from single-parent families (SPF; n = 36), including those living with divorced mothers (DM; n = 25) and single mothers (SM; n = 11). Results. Women living with their partners outside marriage had significant changes during their pregnancy, at the time of breastfeeding and introduction of complementary foods; every fourth woman smoked. Every third child from two-parent families with an unregistered marriage had group III health (p = 0.0298). Vegetative complaints were significantly more common in families with divorced parents and unregistered marriage. Conclusion. Measures to promote healthy marriage and family relations should be implemented by teachers and psychologists at schools, other organizations for children and adolescents, specialized secondary and higher educational institutions. Key words: infants, health, single-parent family, two-parent family, social status
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